ASHRAE Insights  June 2013 1

June 2013
Volume 28
Number 3

Labeling
119 To Be Recognized Program
Expanded
The Building Energy Quotient, (bEQ),
a building energy labeling program that
allows the industry to zero-in on oppor-
Ayub Burgett Carter Cohen Crawley Dean tunities to lower building operating cost
and make informed decisions to increase
value, has been expanded to include an “As
Designed” label.
ASHRAE is the developer of bEQ.
The program now two labels in one: an
“As Designed” label that rates the building’s
potential energy use under standardized
Hosni Hwang Leppard Menzies Rooley Sanchez conditions—independent of the building’s
occupancy and use—and an “In Opera-

Late Presidential Member tion” label that rates the building’s actual
measured energy use as influenced by the

To Receive Boggs Award

building’s occupancy and use.
A building’s utility costs are some of
the largest, yet most controllable, operating
expenses; therefore, managing a build-
One hundred nineteen people Crosse, Wis. ing’s energy efficiency is an integral part
will be recognized by ASHRAE • Dale Carter, Fellow/Life Mem- Sekhar Vallort of the building’s operational and financial
for their contributions to the So- ber ASHRAE president/CEO, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. performance.
ciety and the building industry at DEC Engineering, Vancouver, • Ben Leppard Jr., P.E., principal and di- As the marketplace, the built environ-
the 2013 Annual Conference in B.C., Canada. rector of mechanical engineering, Leppard ment industry and the government look
Denver, June 22 – 26. • Raymond Cohen, Ph.D., P.E., Johnson & Associates, Tucker, Ga. at reducing energy use and saving money,
The Andrew T. Boggs Service Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, is • George Menzies, P.Eng., Life Member, is bEQ serves as an easily understood, yet
Award recognizes past recipients Charles
retired and lives in Valparaiso, Ind. retired and lives in Hamilton, ON, Canada technically sound, tool for understanding
of the Distinguished Service Award • Drury Crawley, Ph.D., P.E., • Richard Rooley, FREng., Presidential/ a building’s energy use and identifying
for continuing unselfish, dedicated and distin- Fellow ASHRAE, ASHRAE-Certified Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, ASHRAE- opportunities to reduce that use to be to
guished service to the Society. It is awarded Building Energy Modeling Professional, Certified Operations and Performance save energy and money.
posthumously to Richard Charles, P.E., director, building performance, Bentley Management Professional, owner, Rooley, “Owners, tenants, potential owners and
Presidential/Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE. Systems, Washington, D.C. Consultants, Stoke Poges, Bucks, UK. tenants and building managers need to
• K. William (Bill) Dean, P.Eng., manager, • Alberto Sanchez, P.E., Fellow/Life have the information necessary to make
Exceptional Service Award National Research Council of Canada, Member ASHRAE, vice president, Global informed decisions about the energy use of
The Exceptional Service Award rec- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Sanchez, Tampa, Fla. the existing buildings where we live, work
ognizes Distinguished Service Award • Mohammad Hosni, Ph.D., Fellow • Sitaraman Chandra Sekhar, Ph.D., and play,” said Amy Musser, Ph.D., P.E., a
recipients who have continued to serve the ASHRAE, professor and Frankenhoff chair C.P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, associate consulting engineer in Ashville, N.C., and
Society faithfully and with exemplary ef- of engineering, department of mechanical professor and program director, building volunteer chair of the bEQ Committee.
fort. Fourteen recipients will be recognized: and nuclear engineering, Kansas State performance and sustainability, National See bEQ, Page 5
• Zahid Ayub, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, University, Manhattan University of Singapore
president, Isotherm, Arlington, Texas. • Yunho Hwang, Ph.D., research associate • James Vallort, senior vice president, ESD,
• Lee Burgett, P.E., Presidential/Fellow professor and associate director of the Cen- Chicago. Historical Minute
ASHRAE, consultant, Trane Co., La ter for Environmental Energy Engineering, See ASHRAE Honors and Awards, Page 2

Regional Meetings
Bookstore Has Papers Sought “With membership increasing and

New Design For Conference more chapters being established, the

age-old practice of having the Society
ASHRAE, in partnership with Tech-
street, announced this month the launch In Phillipines President visit each chapter during his
tenure in office became burdensome,
a newly redesigned ASHRAE Bookstore. Papers are being sought for a conference and so the Council voted to adopt a
The website offers enhanced usability and focused on the design, construction and opera- Regional Plan with the Society being
navigation that quickly and easily connects descriptions, history and related products. tion of buildings in developing economies. divided into regions, so that offices
engineers, librarians and technical profes- A range of new format options are being Organized by ASHRAE along with the other than the President could share
sionals to ASHRAE tools on HVAC&R, offered, including multi-user PDFs, redline Philippines Chapter, the “Efficient, High in the policy of chapter visits. Whether
green building design and more. documents, and print and online bundles. Performance Buildings for Developing Regional Meetings could be held suc-
The new ASHRAE Bookstore features The new site features increased controls Economies” Conference will take place cessfully was a concern of the Council,
enhanced search, navigation and usability. for digitally protected items, allowing us- April 24 – 25, 2014, in Manila, Philippines. and the Oklahoma Chapter offered to
Improved search capabilities include new ers to manage documents with ease. The It is co-sponsored by the Air-Conditioning, act as a guinea pig and host a trial bal-
filtering and sorting tools, and a redesigned new checkout process makes purchasing Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) loon Regional Meeting.”
results page speeds access to important more intuitive, with enhanced ordering and and endorsed by the International Associa- —American Society of Heating and
document information. The redesigned prod- payment preferences for faster checkout. tion of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials Air Conditioning Engineers Oklahoma
uct pages give users quick access to product See Bookstore, Page 4 (IAPMO). Chapter Newsletter, May 1955
See Phillipines Conference, Page 4
2 ASHRAE Insights  June 2013

ASHRAE Honors and Awards

From Page 1

Abramson B. Anderson J. Anderson Arnold Austin Bailey Bartel Bowman Brundage Cabot

Callaway Carter Case Cawley Conover Crowther Culp Curlin Dettmers Escamilla

Fallin Fenton Gilbertson Gowri Groff Hanegan Hyman Jayaraman Kuempel Levin

Distinguished Service Award • Bruce Anderson, vice president of mar-

The Distinguished Service Award salutes keting, CES Group, Eden Prairie, Minn.
members of any grade for giving freely of • Joseph Anderson, P.E., principal, Ander-
their time and talent to the Society. The fol- son Engineering, Germantown, Tenn.
lowing 61 members will be recipients: • David Arnold, Ph.D., FREng, Fellow/
• Douglass Abramson is retired and lives Life Member ASHRAE, is partner, Troup
Linder Markel Marple Maxwell McDermott McDowall
in Chapin, S.C. Bywaters & Anders Consulting Engineers,
Reading, United Kingdom • Thomas
ASHRAE® • George Austin Jr., P.E., ASHRAE-Cer- A. Gilbert-
1791 Tullie Circle NE tified High-Performance Building Design, s o n , P. E . ,
Atlanta, GA 30329-2305 Building Energy Assessment, Building Fellow/Life
Phone: 404-636-8400
Fax: 404-321-5478 Energy Modeling, Commissioning Process Member
www.ashrae.org Management, Operations and Performance ASHRAE
McGinn Modera Naughton Nelson Nix
PUBLISHER Management and Healthcare Facility Design president,
W. Stephen Comstock Professional, principal, Shultz Engineering Thomas A. Gilbertson & Associates, Mora- • David Olson, P.E., president, Integrated
EDITORIAL STAFF Group, Charlotte, N.C. ga, Calif. Mechanical Systems, Niwot, Colo.
Jodi Scott • Ronald Bailey, P.E., president, Bailey • Krishnan Gowri, Ph.D., senior research • Chee Sheng Ow, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow
Fred Turner Engineering Corporation, Jupiter, Fla. engineer, Pacific Northwest National Labo- ASHRAE, professor, Universiti Teknologi
Amanda Dean
Jeri Eader • Dieter Bartel, energy specialist, Manitoba ratory, Richland, Wash. MARA, Selangor, Malaysia
Sarah Foster Hydro, Winnipeg, MB, Canada • Gerald Groff, Fellow/Life Member • David Rasmussen, Canadian sales rep-
Rebecca Matyasovski • Richard Bowman, owner, Mechanical ASHRAE principal, Groff Associates, Ca- resentative, Airdex Corporation, Barrie,
Tani Palefski
Christopher Weems
Concepts, Wichita, Kan. zenovia, N.Y. Ontario, Canada
• Donald Brundage, P.E., codes and stan- • Traci Hanegan, P.E., ASHRAE-Certified • John Rieke, P.E., senior mechanical en-
PUBLISHING SERVICES dards principal, marketing research, South- Healthcare Facility Design Professional, gineer, SAIC, St. Paul, Minn.
Publishing Services Manager ern Company, Atlanta. principal mechanical engineer, Coffman • Harvey M. Sachs, Ph.D., senior fellow,
David Soltis
• Paul Cabot, administrator, national fuel Engineers, Spokane, Wash. American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Production gas code, American Gas Association, Wash- • Lucas Hyman, P.E., president, Goss En- Economy (ACEEE), Washington, D.C.
Tracy Becker
Jayne Jackson ington, D.C. gineering, Corona, Calif. • Lawrence Schoen, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE,
• Cynthia Callaway, P.E., senior mechani- • Nadar (Jay) Jayaraman, P.Eng., is special president and principal engineer, Schoen
ASHRAE OFFICERS cal engineer/project manager, P2S Engineer- projects manager, Enbridge, Ottawa. Engineering, Columbia, Md.
President ing, Long Beach, Calif. • John Kuempel Jr., P.E., vice president, • Randy Schrecengost, P.E., ASHRAE-Cer-
Thomas E. Watson, P.E.
• John Carter, senior associate, CPP, Fort DeBra-Kuempel, Cincinnati. tified Building Energy Assessment Profes-
President-Elect
William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E.
Collins, Colo. • Hal Levin, Fellow ASHRAE, research sional, project manager/senior mechanical
• Mark Case, P.E., president, ETC Group, architect, Building Ecology Research Group, engineer, Stanley Consultants, Austin, Texas
Treasurer
Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E. Salt Lake City. Santa Cruz, Calif. • Michael Sherber, P.E., ASHRAE-Cer-
Vice Presidents • Richard Cawley, P.E., Fellow/Life Mem- • Robert Linder, P.E., senior project man- tified High-Performance Building Design
Constantinos A. Balaras, Ph.D., P.E. ber ASHRAE is retired and lives in Tyler, ager, Karges-Faulconbridge, St. Paul, Minn. Professional, executive vice president, The
Daniel C. Pettway
Timothy G. Wentz, P.E. Texas. • Lawrence Markel, Fellow ASHRAE, is Firma Group, Avon, Conn
Thomas E. Werkema • David Conover, senior technical advi- principal, SRA International, Knoxville, • Donald Siller, P.E., Life Member, presi-
Secretary & Executive Vice President sor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Tenn. dent, Siller & Associates, O’Fallon, Mo.
Jeff H. Littleton Great Falls, Va. • Kevin Marple, president, Benz Air Engi- • Steven Szymurski is retired and lives in
POLICY GROUP • Hugh Crowther, P. Eng., executive vice neering Co., Portland, Ore. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
2012 – 13 Chair president-product management and technol- • Norm Maxwell, P.E., Life Member, is • T. Minh Tran, P.E., managing director—
Publications Committee ogy, Price Mechanical Industrial, Dundas, president, Environmental Air Quality, Great utility operations, construction, Piedmont
Francis A. Mills ON, Canada Neck, N.Y. Natural Gas, Charlotte, N.C.
• Charles Culp, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow • Michael McDermott, project manager, • Alan Veeck, vice president, MVA, and
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ASHRAE Insights  June 2013 3

Olson Ow Rasmussen Rieke Sachs Schoen Schrecengost Sherber Siller Szymurski

Tran Veeck Villanueva Wentz Weston B. Williams Woods Wright Yuill Zarour

Bennett Bishop Brink Caffrey Clements Jones McFall Newman V. Williams Woods
Member ASHRAE, is retired and lives in
Cookeville, Tenn.
• David P. Yuill, P.E., graduate research
assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Ind.
• Jack Zarour, senior mechanical engineer,
Murphy Cai Cremaschi Ghajar Bryant O’Neal Davis Gibbs
Genentech, a Member of the Roche Group,
South San Francisco, Calif. Shanshan Cai, Lorenzo Cremaschi,
Ph.D., Afshin Ghajar, Ph.D., P.E., and Kasey
Distinguished 50-Year Members Worthington receive the Poster Presentation
The Distinguished 50-Year Member Award Award for “Measurements of Pipe Insulation
is given to persons who have been a member Thermal Conductivity at Below Ambient
of the Society for 50 years and have per- Temperature Part 1: Experimental Method-
formed outstanding service to the Society. ology and Dry Tests.” The award is given to Idem Nalla Memarzadeh Fullerton Donovan
The following 13 members will receive this peer-reviewed technical papers with the best
award: visual and technical information presented
• Arthur Bennett, P.E., Fellow/Life Member at Society meetings. Cai is a Ph.D. student,
ASHRAE, is retired and lives in Athens, Ga. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
• Walter Bishop, P.E., Fellow/Life Member Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,
ASHRAE is retired and lives in Sunnyside, Okla.; Cremaschi is an associate profes-
N.Y. sor, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Weiss VanGeem Siddiqui Schiavon Lima
• Laurence Brink, Life Member, is being Okla.; Ghajar is regents professor, John
recognized posthumously Brammer Endowed professor and director Nalla is current product engineers, Cummins Standards Achievement Award
• Floyd (Les) Brown, P.E., Fellow/Life of graduate studies, School of Mechanical Filtration, Soughton, Wis. The Standards Achievement Award rec-
Member ASHRAE is retired and lives in and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State • Farhad Memarzadeh, Ph.D., P.E., re- ognizes significant and exceptional service in
Charleston, Ill. University, Stillwater, Okla.; Worthington is ceives an award for “Literature Review of the area of standards leadership and technical
• Ronald Caffrey, Life Member, partner, project engineer, AAON Inc., Jenks, Okla. the Effect of Temperature and Humidity on contribution. The recipient is Martha Van-
BSC Partners Consultants, Saint Petersburg, John Bryant, Ph.D., P.E.; Dennis O’Neal, Viruses.” Memarzadeh is director, Division Geem, P.E, self-employed principal engineer,
Fla. Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE; and Michael of Technical Resources, National Institutes Mount Prospect, Ill.
• Waller Clements, P.E., Life Member, Davis, Ph.D.; are the recipients of the Crosby of Health, Bethesda, Md.
owner, Clements Consulting, Evansville, Field Award. Their paper, “Modeling the Student Activities Achievement
Ind. Performance of ECM and SCR Parallel Fan- Lincoln Bouillon Award The Student Activities Achievement
• Thomas A. Gilbertson, P.E., Fellow/Life Powered Terminal Units in Single-Duct VAV The Lincoln Bouillon Award recognizes a Award recognizes a Chapter Student
Member ASHRAE, president, Thomas A. Systems,” was judged to be the best paper member who performs the most outstanding Activities chair for service related to the
Gilbertson & Associates, Moraga, Calif. presented before the Society in 2012. They work in increasing the membership of the goals and growth of student activities. The
• Donald Glaser, P.E., Fellow/Life Mem- also receive two Technical Paper Awards, Society during the course of the year. The re- recipient is Ather Siddiqui, chief execu-
ber ASHRAE is retired and lives in Fort which recognize the authors of the best cipient is George Waters Sr., branch manager, tive, Environmental Engineering Centre,
Myers, Fla. papers presented at Society meetings: one sales engineer, R.L. Stone Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Islamabad.
• Robert Jones, P.E., Fellow/Life Member for the aforementioned paper and one for
ASHRAE is retired and lives in Winchester, “Modeling the Performance of ECM and Dan Mills/Chapter Program Awards Ralph G. Nevins Award
Va. SCR Series Fan-Powered Terminal Units in The Dan Mills Technical Award recog- Stefano Schiavon, Ph.D., P.E., assistant
• James McFall, P.E., Fellow/Life Member Single-Duct VAV Systems.” Bryant is as- nizes a Chapter Technology Transfer Com- professor of architecture, Center for the Built
ASHRAE senior consultant, MKK Consult- sociate professor, Mechanical Engineering mittee (CTTC) chair who excels in meeting Environment, Department of Architecture,
ing Engineers, Greenwood Village, Colo. Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar, CTTC goals. The recipient is Mike Fullerton, University of California Berkeley, is the
• James Newman, Life Member, ASHRAE- Doha, Qatar; O’Neal is dean, School of P.E., ASHRAE-Certified Healthcare Facility recipient of the Ralph G. Nevins Physiology
Certified Operations and Performance Man- Engineering and Computer Science, Baylor, Design Professional, is project manager/ and Human Environment Award, which is
agement Professional and Building Energy University, Waco, Texas; Davis is director principal, TME Inc., Little Rock, Ark. Ful- given to a researcher under the age of 40 for
Assessment Professional, owner, managing of laboratories, New York University Abu lerton is also receiving the Chapter Program significant accomplishments in the study of
partner, Newman Consulting Group, Bloom- Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Star Award, which recognizes excellence in bioenvironmental engineering and its effect
field Hills, Mich. Daniel Gibbs is the recipient of the chapter program endeavors. on human comfort and health.
• Verle Williams, P.E., Fellow/Life Member Willis H. Carrier Award, which is given
ASHRAE, ASHRAE-Certified Commis- to an ASHRAE member 32 years of age or William J. Collins Jr. RP Award Environmental Health Award
sioning Process Management Professional, younger for presenting an outstanding paper The William J. Collins Jr. RP Award is Lawrence J. (Larry) Schoen, P.E., Fellow
president, Utility Services Unlimited, San at a Society meeting, for his paper “Measure- given to the chapter research promotion chair ASHRAE, of the National Capitol Chapter
Diego, Calif. ments of Flat Oval Diverging Flow Fittings who excels in all activities supporting the is the recipient of the Environmental Health
• James Woods, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow/Life Loss Coefficients.” Gibbs is a mechanical research promotion campaign. The recipient Award, which recognizes excellence in
Member ASHRAE, independent consultant, engineer, Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and is Christopher (Mike) Donovan, ASHRAE- volunteer service focused on environmen-
Charlottesville, Va. Cannon, Nashville, Tenn. Certified High-Performance Building Profes- tal health issues. Schoen is president and
The following papers were selected to sional, Houston. principal engineer, Schoen Engineering,
Paper Awards receive Technical Paper Awards, which Columbia, Md.
The Journal Paper Award honors the recognize the authors of the best papers Lou Flagg Historical Award
best paper or article published in ASHRAE presented at Society meetings. Alexander Weiss, P.E., is the recipient of Homer Addams Award
Journal. John Murphy receives the award • Stephen Idem, Ph.D., and Ananth Nalla the Society’s Lou Flagg Historical Award, Ricardo Da Silva Lima, Ph.D., is the re-
for his article, his article, “Total Energy and receive an award for “Laboratory Test- which recognizes an individual for preparing cipient of the Homer Addams Award, which
Wheel Control in a Dedicated Outdoor Air ing of Saddle-Tap Tees to Determine Loss the most outstanding historical presentation honors a graduate student who has been
(OA) System,” Murphy is an applications Coefficient.” Idem is a professor, Tennessee related to HVAC&R. Weiss is a professional engaged in an ASHRAE research project.
engineer, Trane Co., La Crosse, Wis. Technological University, Cookeville, Tenn. engineer, Brooklyn, N.Y. Lima lives in Versoix, Switzerland.
4 ASHRAE Insights  June 2013

ASHRAE Seeks Papers For

2014 Annual Conference ASHRAE Tours L.A. World Airports
ASHRAE is seeking papers for the
By Jay Madden, Public Relations Chair,
2014 Annual Conference, to be held in
Southern California Chapter
Seattle, June 28 – July 2.
The Conference will address broad LOS ANGELES—On April 9, the Los
topics in the application of technology Angeles World Airports (LAWA) hosted
to practice, specific applications in 50 ASHRAE members on a tour of the new
ground source heat pumps, O&M and central utility plant (CUP). This plant will
indoor environmental quality as well as be complete and operating in summer 2014,
new reports on research taking place replacing a plant built in 1961.
worldwide. A few of our members reminisced that
The conference’s Research Summit they toured the construction of that older
seeks papers that report on HVAC&R CUP as ASHRAE student members from
research with particular emphasis on San Luis Obispo, Calif., Dan McKelvie,
high performance building design and George Stawniczy, Roman Verba, Eugene
its role in a clean energy economy, and DeSouza and Kevin Carpenter, led the tour.
brings together researchers to present They started with a PowerPoint presentation
and discuss the latest research. Papers of the project, followed by a safety talk.
describing ASHRAE-related research Then, after a group photo, we divided into
are encouraged as well as papers from smaller groups for a tour of the construc-
societies and associations worldwide. tion site.
The complex relationship between Clark Construction and McCarthy
indoor and outdoor environmental Construction formed a joint venture to
conditions, coupled with the impacts design and build the replacement central
of climate change, requires buildings plant, using bridging documents prepared
that are comfortable and healthy for by Syska & Hennessy. ARUP is providing
the occupants yet also energy efficient. civil, structural, mechanical and electrical
The Indoor Environment—Health, engineering design, with HVAC and plumb- Members of the Southern California Chapter on tour of the new central utility
Comfort and Productivity Track ing construction provide by Murray Co. The plant of the Los Angeles World Airports, which is aiming for LEED Silver.
seeks papers highlighting the state of new facility is striving to attain LEED Silver When the entire CUP is complete and op- and other buildings. The new CUP will pro-
knowledge of the balance of environ- accreditation and will be 25 percent more erating, the older CUP will be demolished vide twice the capacity of the original plant.
mental health and energy efficiency in efficient than the older plant. Infrastructure and replaced with a 1.6 million gallon The designers included a control room
buildings and research directions. is being put in place to feed reclaimed water chilled water storage tank. The chilled water that overlooks the chiller room and cooling
The Ground Source Heat Pumps to the cooling towers, from the neighboring storage tank will allow LAWA to shift its towers, with sound-resistant glass protect-
State of the Art: Design, Performance Hyperion Water Treatment Plant. chilled water production to off peak hours, ing the operators from the machinery noise.
and Research Track requires papers The design-build team’s challenges were providing savings on utility cost. Further sound attenuation in the facility is
addressing all aspects of design that to build the new 75,000 square-foot CUP Two solar turbine 4.4 MW gas turbine provided by two CMU walls separated by
lead to optimally performing systems on a small footprint in the center of the generators will provide electricity to the air gaps. The designers even provided a real
in addition to avoiding common pitfalls airport, while keeping the existing plant plant. Exhaust from these machines is plan room for the site, not a dank storage
that lead to poorly performing systems. in operation. They accomplished this by ducted to heat recovery steam generators, room in the basement.
With low-energy and net zero ener- designing a four-story structure, and relo- which in turn drives two steam-turbine wa- This tour was a great opportunity for
gy buildings becoming more prevalent, cating an existing electrical substation. The ter chillers. These chillers are set alongside our members. Best of all, when the central
there are many issues that arise with in- team constructed new cooling towers and five 4,400 ton dual-compressor centrifugal utility plant is complete, we can drive our
stallation, startup, commissioning and associated pumps and piping, then tied this chillers in the main chiller room. Overall, friends and relatives slowly past its glass
operations and maintenance (O&M). new system into the existing plant. Once the this system will deliver 20,000 tons of walls, and they can “ooh” and “aah” at
The Installation, Commission, Op- new condenser water plant is operating, the cooling through miles of pipework to the the site of chillers, piping and gas turbines
eration, Maintenance of Existing existing cooling towers will be demolished. terminals, the iconic Encounters Restaurant working to cool the airport.
Buildings Track seeks papers focus-
ing on lessons learned, improvement Phillipines Conference, From Page 1
of process and team communications Abstracts (400 or less words in length) • Design criteria for developing coun- • Green building programs in developing
and effort to improve the installation, are due July 12, 2013. If accepted, papers tries; countries;
startup, O&M and commissioning of are due Oct. 18, 2013. Submittal infor- • Hot and humid climates; • Energy efficiency standards;
HVAC systems. mation can be found at www.ashrae.org/ • Thermal comfort preferences and cul- • IAQ and comfort regulations;
The Refrigeration Track has an Developing2014. tural expectations ; • Refrigeration;
emphasis on global perspectives on The conference addresses the challeng- • Impact of thermal design criteria on • Refrigerants: Limitations and Oppor-
new refrigerants, variable refrigerant es developing countries face in sustainable energy use and occupant well-being; tunities;
flow applications, magnetic bearing construction, such as rapidly growing • Indoor air quality; • Applications, e.g. improved food pres-
compressors and refrigerant manage- energy demand, population density and • Impacts of outdoor air quality issues; ervation;
ment. Papers on non-comfort cooling urbanization, and focuses on aspects relat- • Potential application of natural ventilation; • Rural communities;
applications in food preservation and ing to design, construction and operation • Energy efficiency; • Water use;
medical cryogenics are sought, also. of high performance • Lack of energy infrastructure; and;
The Standards, Guidelines and buildings, including • Combustion using low-grade fuels.
Codes Track seeks papers highlight- the HVAC&R indus- Accepted conference papers In addition to paper presentations, in-
ing the applications of ASHRAE’s try’s role in meeting and extended abstracts will be vited speakers from around the world will
standards to practice as well as Euro- this objective. focus on the most critical challenges facing
pean (CEN) and ISO standards that The Conference reviewed for a possible topical countries with developing economies.
support building performance. seeks to bring people i s s u e o f A S H R A E ’ s H VA C & R
As with past ASHRAE conferences, from diverse cultures Bookstore, From Page 1
the Seattle Conference also seeks pa- and climates together Research journal. Select authors The new ASHRAE Bookstore also
pers addressing advances and practices to share building de- will be invited to submit significantly features an easy-to-use online help system
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papers undergo a single-blind review. motivation behind amended, withdrawn or replaced with Tech-
Full technical papers are due Sept. the conference is to street Tracker.
23, 2013. Papers submitted for review utilize traditional construction practices. • Indoor environmental quality con- Customers have access to 15,000
must be both technically accurate and “The papers and presentation will pro- straints on energy efficiency; ASHRAE publications and more than
clearly written. These papers undergo vide examples of how to apply the latest • Reductions in emissions of global 500,000 codes, standards and technical
a rigorous double-blind review. technology to achieve cost effective solu- warming gases through use of renewable books aggregated from over 350 of the
To submit a conference paper ab- tions to support high performance build- energy; world’s leading authorities. The ASHRAE
stract or a technical paper, go to www. ings in developing economies,” he said. • Energy impacts associated with water Bookstore now supports iOS handheld
ashrae.org/seattle. Papers are sought on the following use; devices, giving customers greater ease and
themes: • Standards and government regulations; access to documents.
ASHRAE Insights  June 2013 5

Denver Tech Program

Covers New Concepts 13,262 Watch CTTC Webcast
And Applications Some 13,262 views watched ASHRAE’s
The ASHRAE Technical Program at the April 18 webcast, Assessing Building
2013 Annual Conference in Denver will Energy Performance: From Principles to
cover high-level concepts and rock-solid Practice.
applications on what’s new in the building ASHRAE chapters, companies and other
industry. organizations were among the 945 group
Beginning Sunday, June 23, the Tech sites around the world that hosted the web-
Program kicks off a new format: special cast. Viewers from dozens of countries and
hour-long interactive sessions with audi- six continents accessed the three-hour long
ence participation, followed by a network- live broadcast via theInternet. Hundreds of
ing coffee break. viewers also took advantage of the online
Also unique to the Denver Tech Program archived replay of the program that was Panelist Jim Kelsey, moderator Jennifer Gladstone, panelist Dru Crawley and
is the newly instituted Research Summit made available for two weeks following panelist Chris Mathis during the Assessing Building Energy Performance webcast.
and an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) the live webcast.
mini-conference. The webcast challenged viewers to Engineering, Oakland, Calif.; and Chris Of the 3,407 viewers who submitted
The Research Summit—which com- acknowledge the importance of building Mathis, president, MC Squared, Asheville, evaluation forms, 98 percent indicated
prises a major portion of the technical pro- energy performance and highlighted its N.C. that they were satisfied with the program,
gram with some 30 sessions scheduled, 22 far-reaching implications in both new and During the live broadcast, viewers had and 99 percent responded that they would
of which are paper-based sessions—brings existing buildings. The presenters were the opportunity to submit questions to the participate in future ASHRAE webcasts.
together distinguished researchers to pres- Drury Crawly, Ph.D., ASHRAE-Certified presenters to answer on air, and nearly 400 The subject for the April 2014 ASHRAE
ent and discuss the latest research results, Building Energy Modeling Professional, questions were received during the live webcast is Energy and Water Efficiency
innovative research techniques and forecast director of building performance, Bentley webcast. Visit www.ashrae.org/abepweb- Without Compromising Indoor Environ-
future research directions. Systems, Washington, D.C.; Jim Kelsey, , cast to see a list of viewer submitted ques- mental Quality. Watch ASHRAE Insights
Shanti Pless, Associate Member P.E., ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy tions, along with answers from presenters and www.ashrae.org for more information in
See Technical Program, Page 8 Assessment Professional, president, kW not addresses during the program. the coming months regarding further details.

bEQ, From Page 1

“bEQ allows commercial building
owners to zero in on opportunities to
What’s in the April 2013
lower building operating cost and make
informed decisions to increase value. HVAC&R Research
It also allows potential buyers or ten-
ants to gain insight into the value and
potential long-term cost of a building.” HVAC&R Research offers compre- Each issue of HVAC&R Research
“What makes bEQ unique is the hensive reporting of research in the contains 150+ pages, with 8 issues pub-
depth of the analysis upon which each fields of environmental control lished online and combined
rating is based,” Musser said. “Each for the built environment and twice a year in print (June and
label requires an ASHRAE-certified cooling technologies for a December). Also, using Taylor
professional to perform either an wide range of applications and & Francis’ early online-publi-
energy assessment or standardized related processes and concepts, cation system, iFirst, accepted
model; this brings a highly qualified including underlying thermo- articles will be published on-
individual to the building’s energy dynamics, fluid dynamics, line in unedited form within
management team.” and heat transfer. Only works seven days of receipt, bringing
The As Designed label is based on reporting on research that is new knowledge to researchers
the results of an energy model with original and of lasting value in the shortest possible time.
standardized inputs as compared to are accepted for publication. V i s i t w w w. a s h r a e .
a baseline median EUI. The rating is Included in the ISI Web of Science and org/hvacrr for more information on
based on simulated energy use—inde- Current Contents databases, HVAC&R HVAC&R Research.
pendent of operational and occupancy The bEQ label assigns letter grades. Research is ASHRAE’s archival research Free access to the 10 most-cited
variables. Since the label compares journal, published by Taylor & Francis articles from 2009–2011 at www.tandf.
a building under a standardized set of use disclosure is already mandatory in the Group on behalf of ASHRAE. co.uk/journals/cited/UHVC.pdf.
operating assumptions, it is a useful tool states of California and Washington; the
for tenants who want to compare different cities of Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas;
buildings without including effects of the Boston, Mass.; Philadelphia; Pa.; New York Table of Contents
current occupants as well as for operators City, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif.; and the Volume 19, Issue 3, April 2013
to know whether they are achieving the full European Union and Australia.” Editorial
designed potential for a particular building. Buildings that participate in the program • Figure of Merit for Working Fluids
To receive an As Designed rating, a stan- will receive a displayable label or plaque
dardized energy model must be performed with an easily understood rating scale to Original Articles
by an ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy allow a comparison of the building’s en- • Computational fluid dynamics simulation of open ended thermoacoustic prime
Modeling Professional (BEMP). ergy use with similar buildings, as well as mover with straight and tapered resonator
The key component of the In Operation demonstrate the building owner’s commit- • Simplified optimization method for preliminary design of HVAC system and
label is the in-operation assessment, which ment to energy efficiency. Buildings can be real building application
includes an ASHRAE Level I Energy Au- labeled using both labels or just one. • Application of a support vector machine algorithm for improving effects of
dit—the industry standard for determining The building owner will also be given a defrosting of commercial refrigerated display cabinets in supermarkets
a building’s energy use—conducted by an dashboard that provides a quick overview • Numerical modeling of pulse tube refrigerator and sensitivity analysis of
ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy As- of the buildings energy usage, and a cer- simulation
sessment Professional (BEAP), along with tificate that contains additional technical • Simplified thermal modeling of indirect evaporative heat exchangers
recommendations for energy improvement information to explain the score on the • Various air distribution modes on commercial airplanes. Part 1: Experimental
measures. The rating focuses on the build- label and that could be used to satisfy measurement
ing’s actual energy use for the preceding 12 compliance with state and local disclosure • A simplified physical model-based fault detection and diagnosis strategy and
to 18 months and is based on actual operat- requirements. its customized tool for centrifugal chillers
ing data. This helps building owners and Finally, documentation accompany- • Predicting backdrafting and spillage for natural-draft gas combustion appli-
operators see how their building’s energy ing the label and certificate provides the ances: A validation of VENT-II
usage compares to the energy usage of a background information useful for engi- • Efficient horizontal ground heat exchanger simulation with zone heat balance
median baseline building and highlights neers, architects and technically savvy integration
their building’s potential for energy perfor- building owners or prospective owners • Optical model for tubular hollow light guides (RP-1415)
mance improvement. in determining the current state of the • Uncertainty analysis for a virtual flow meter using an air-handling unit chilled
“bEQ is a voluntary program that draws building and opportunities for improving water valve.
on successful features from other U.S. and its energy use.
European building labeling and certification For more information, visit www.build-
programs.” Musser said. “Building energy ingenergyquotient.org.
6 ASHRAE Insights  June 2013

Students Put
Theory Into
Practical Use

Holding the new Cyprus Section banner is Section president Polyvios Eleftheriou (left) and Bassam Elassaad, Sub
Region B chair. Members of the new section flank them.

Students visit the Caterpillar

construction site to tour the holistic
facility operation, review the
Cyprus Section Chartered
By Bassam Elassaad member who first began work to form a support and the members who signed the
mechanical systems and visualize
Sub Region B chair chapter in the 1990s. petition for their initiative. He also talked
the relationships of roof collection
The mayor of Strovolos spoke about the about the cooperation of ASHRAE with the
areas and site topography. Shown
STROVOLOS, Cyprus—A chartering importance of ASHRAE to the HVACR ASHRAE Associate Society Alliance of
from left are Jack Duvall, project
superintendent, Gray Construction; ceremony for the Cyprus section was held industry and its contribution toward setting which the Cypriot society is a member. He
Ron Jackson, project architect, Gray this spring on April 26 in Strovolos, Cyprus’ the stage for energy efficiency. He wished explained the duties of the Board and urged
Construction; students Brandon second largest city. Eighteen members and the section success in its endeavor and members to support them and participate in
Pangrazio, Martin Davis, Jon Janssen invitees attended including the mayor of expressed happiness that ASHRAE chose the activities of the Section.
Mehul Patel and Elvin Samuel; and Strovolos, Dr. Lazaros Savvides, and the the city’s civic center for its inauguration. The sub-region chair then proceeded
Chuck Gulledge, project mechanical former mayor as well, as the chair of the The chartering ceremony was conducted with the chartering process and installed
engineer, AC Corp. Cypriot mechanical engineers association, by the sub-region chair, Bassam Elassaad, Polyvios Eleftheriou as president. The
Eliza Vasiliou. Among the attendees was who thanked the mayor and the chair of the president will contact members to form the
Paris Lenas, an ASHRAE Fellow and the engineering society for their attendance and rest of the Board during the month of May.

\
Yea! for YEA Weekend in Vancouver

Tom Lawrence, faculty advisor,

University of Georgia; Chuck Gulledge,
project mechanical engineer, AC
Corp.; and students Jon Janssen, Jake
Hightower, Mehul Patel, Martin Davis
and Brandon Pangrazio.
ATHENS, Ga.—Senior engineering stu-
dents from the University of Georgia are
participating in design of anew 826,300
sq. ft. Caterpillar mini hydraulic excavator/
small track-type tractor Assembly Facility
in Athens, Ga.
The Senior Design Group project has
Participants in the 2013 YEA Leadership Weekend in Vancouver enjoyed networking and learning opportunities.
been tasked with analyzing site storm water
collection scenarios and designing solutions By Lee Feigenbaum, During our tour we viewed the seawater the things that distinguish us from oth-
that can be used to provide cooling tower Long Island Chapter, Region I heating and cooling systems, the sophisti- ers. While it makes sense that this should
makeup water via non-potable resources. I was fortunate to get a new stamp in cated water recovery and on-site treatment be a personal exercise, conducting it in a
These students participate in the my passport and attend spring 2013 Young systems, and the largest “living roof ” in group setting really allowed ideas to flow
ASHRAE University of Georgia Student Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) Leader- North America. Interestingly, Vancouver freely. With such powerful facilitation we
Branch, which is under the umbrella of the ship Weekend in Vancouver, BC, Canada, had more green space after the conven- covered a lot of ground very quickly and
Atlanta Chapter. Mentoring for the students from April 5-7. This dynamic three-day tion center was completed than they did all groups offered their findings to the
is being provided by Tim Grubb, Caterpillar event included segments that increased before! As the first convention center in group before we concluded for the day.
Environmental Health and Safety/Secu- personal awareness while calling attention the world to earn the U.S. Green Building My personal brand was “Boom: Problem
rity manager; Tom Lawrence, Ph.D., P.E., to our similarities and differences in the Council’s highest rating, the Vancouver Solved!” What’s yours?
branch advisor; Charles E. Gulledge III, workplace, leadership development, per- Convention Center has set a high standard Sun Tzu offers that a leader who knows
P.E., ASHRAE-Certified High Performance sonal branding, a site visit and discussions of excellence for others to follow. It was himself cannot be defeated. This timeless
Building Design Professional, ASHRAE about continued leadership opportunities exciting to see the mechanical systems in advice transfers directly to corporate Amer-
director at large and project mechanical in ASHRAE. operation. ica. Regardless of our role in the HVAC
engineering; and Gray Construction out of My 1 a.m. arrival in Vancouver was On day two we met our facilitator, Ralph community, understanding our “why” as
Lexington, Ky. admittedly rough, but it afforded me an Kison. After completing our individual well as our personal brand is important.
“Caterpillar is excited to be teaming up excellent opportunity to explore the local organization performance profile, Kison When it comes to our success over the long
with the University of Georgia and their stu- economy in the morning before the con- set out to help us know ourselves better. term, people and the relationships we build
dents on this important water conservation ference began. The conference formally He revealed some powerful and undeniable become more important than our techni-
project,” Todd Henry, Athens operations began with introductions in the afternoon, insights that pertained to all in attendance. cal prowess and building. Thankfully, the
manager, said. “Caterpillar’s values include followed by a guided tour of the Vancou- After helping us to “connect the dots” Ralph YEA focused in these important soft skills
making sustainable progress possible, and ver Convention Center, which the British encouraged us “start with why,” rather than in order to help contribute to a more well-
through this project we will implement Columbia Chapter helped to organize. This falling into the trap of focusing on “the rounded and completely competent person.
methods that allow reuse, recycling and unique facility sets the standard for green what” and “the how.” The conversation I highly recommend the YEA Leadership
reclamation of water from multiple sources building and has received multiple awards throughout the day was enthusiastic and Weekends to all aspiring HVAC profes-
for use in our cooling towers. The project for sustainability. It was a rare privilege engaging…dinner came too soon! sionals. They offer real opportunities to
goal is to lessen the demand on the overall to go behind the scenes with both the de- On the third and f inal day we met get involved, to contribute meaningfully to
water and waste treatment systems for the signing engineer and the building’s chief with Kison again to discuss our personal the conversation and to become leaders in
Athens community.” engineer. branding. He encouraged us to explore our industry.
ASHRAE Insights  June 2013 7

Completed ReseaRCh Results of Completed ASHRAE Research Available

The final reports for the following re- densers in Cooling Tower Applications,” have been recently adopted by the heat investigator was Dr. Lorenzo Cremaschi
search projects are available for free for presents a new experimental methodology pump industry because of their compact- with Oklahoma State University.
ASHRAE members. Visit www.ashrae.org/ and validation of waterside thermal perfor- ness and efficiency for heating and cooling
research and log in to gain access. The mance of BPHE’s under fouling operating in residential and commercial applications. 1416
ASHRAE Transactions papers are avail- conditions. This final report presents ex- If used in outdoor refrigerant to-air direct As contemporary building designs
able for $5 for ASHRAE members at www. perimentally validated fouling resistance expansion coils, they are subjected to sig- often include large windows or glass
ashrae.org/bookstore. correlations and pressure drop correlations nificant frost growth and frequent defrost curtain walls, modeling convective heat
were provided for possible inclusion in cycles, which ultimately limit their heating transfer at the interior surfaces of these
1487 the ASHRAE Handbook and possibly performance during winter. 1589-URP, “Ef- windows becomes crucial in calculating
In 2007 the EPA noted 1.5% of the the AHRI Guideline E. Technical papers fects of Fin Design on Frost and Defrost loads. 1416-RP, “Development of Internal
USA’s nation’s energy load was from data on this project published in ASHRAE Thermal Performances of Microchannel Surface Convection Correlations for En-
centers and that energy use this could Transactions (Vol. 118 (1), CH-12-033) Heat Exchangers,” experimentally inves- ergy and Load Calculation Methods,” has
double by 2011. CFD can be a tool to and ASHRAE HVAC&R Research Journal tigated the effects of surface temperature, investigated interior convective heat trans-
optimize data center design, layout and (Vol. 17(2), April 2011) are available now. fin geometry, fin surface coatings and air fer at perimeter curtain walls and window
energy efficiency. Modeling the rack is 1345-RP, “Waterside Fouling Performance psychrometric conditions on the thermal surfaces with over 200 experiments. The
one of the critical pieces in this design but of Brazed-Plate Type Condensers in Cool- and hydraulic performance of the micro- results will allow designers to better predict
real data sets against which to compare ing Tower Applications,” was sponsored channel heat exchangers under frosting interior convection and calculate loads for
models are rare due to the mission critical by TC 8.5, Liquid-to-Refrigerant Heat conditions. The final report includes data these architectural designs. The final report
nature of these facilities. To fill this need, Exchangers. The principal investigator was and correlations that predict frost thickness, details an algorithm to estimate load based
1487-RP, “The Development of Simplified Dr. Lorenzo Cremaschi with the Oklahoma air-side face-velocity reduction, and heat on geometrical conditions, mechanical
Rack Boundary Conditions for Numerical State University. transfer coefficients for louvered folded fins equipment present, operating mode, and
Data Center Models,” has developed steps operating under quasi-steady state frosting thermal conditions in the space for imple-
to guide the CFD user in developing their 1431 conditions in microchannel-type evapora- mentation into the ASHRAE Load Toolkit.
own rack models for any CFD platform Many cleanrooms and bio-safety facili- tors. A technical papers on this project Furthermore, correlations are formatted
using input of heat dissipation rate and fan ties utilize airlocks at each entrance and exit published in ASHRAE Transactions (Vol. for inclusion into ASHRAE Handbooks
volumetric flow rate. The tool in the final for personnel, material, equipment, and 118 (1), CH-12-034) is available now. 1589- chapters for use by practitioners. A techni-
report will allow designers to more quickly, product traffic to minimize the flow of URP, “Effects of Fin Design on Frost and cal paper was published in the ASHRAE
confidently, and accurately model data contaminated air between clean spaces and Defrost Thermal Performances of Micro- HVAC&R Research Journal (Vol. 16(5),
centers. A technical paper on this project less-clean or unclassified corridors. Despite channel Heat Exchangers,” was sponsored September 2010) and is available now.
published in ASHRAE Transactions (Vol. these airlocks being commonly employed, by TC 8.4, Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Transfer 1416-RP, “Development of Internal Surface
118 (2), SA-12-009) is available now. critical in nature, and energy and space Equipment. The principal investigator was Convection Correlations for Energy and
1487-RP, “The Development of Simplified use intensive, they’ve not been thoroughly Dr. Lorenzo Cremaschi with the Oklahoma Load Calculation Methods,” was sponsored
Rack Boundary Conditions for Numerical studied. A recently completed ASHRAE State University. by TC 4.7, Energy Calculations. The prin-
Data Center Models,” was sponsored by TC project has researched the effectiveness cipal investigator was Dr. Atila Novoselac
4.10, Indoor Environmental Modeling. The of numerous parameters (air lock type, 1356 with the University of Texas-Austin.
principal investigator was Dr. John Zhai number of doors, pressure differential, sup- Mechanical pipe insulation systems
with the University of Colorado. ply air flow rate, time-delay in opening of are often installed around cold cylindri- 1476
airlock doors, walk-in vs. walk-out, door-in cal surfaces, such as chilled water pipes, The use of water as a refrigerant
1344 vs. door-out) to optimize cleanroom decon- in HVAC&R applications that work at (R718) in refrigeration applications could
Pressure differential (PD) of 0.05 tamination results, energy and space use. below ambient temperatures. It is crucial have distinct advantages over traditional
in. (12.5 Pa.), as a single criterion for The method presented in the final report can the insulation system work properly to pre- refrigerants. However, difficulties arise
cleanrooms, has been used for many lead to development of a future ASHRAE vent freezing, condensation, mold growth, during manufacturing low-cost but high-
years since adopted into Federal Stan- standard for airlocks. A technical paper has even corrosion. ASTM C335 presents a performance compressor impellers to
dard 209 and the ASHRAE Handbook. been submitted for future publication in methodology for measuring thermal con- compress this natural refrigerant that still
This criterion is believed over-simplified ASHRAE Transactions. 1431-RP, “Analysis ductivity of pipe insulation systems but it need to be addressed. 1476-URP, “Woven
and no longer precise for more complex of Transient Characteristics, Effectiveness, is based on a heated pipe approach with Compressor Enabling Economic and Scal-
conditions and applications. 1344-RP, and Optimization of Cleanroom Airlocks,” outward heat flow and does not consider able R718 Chillers – Phase 1: Proof of
“Cleanroom Pressurization Strategy Up- was sponsored by TC 9.11, Clean Spaces. water vapor movement or condensation Concept,” set out to demonstrate a novel
date – Quantification and Validation of The principal investigator was Mr. Wei Sun at below ambient applications. 1356-RP, manufacturing method to manufacture
Minimum Pressure Differentials for Basic with Engsysco. “Methodology to Measure Actual Thermal composite impellers for compressing
Configuration and Applications,” presents Performance of Pipe and Duct Insulation at water-vapor refrigerant at a low cost. The
a list of minimum PD requirements across 1477 Below-Ambient Temperature,” developed final report demonstrates the feasibility of
cleanroom envelopes grouped by cleanli- Hourly weather data files available a method and experimental apparatus to this manufacturing process and presents
ness class difference. Furthermore, since from ASHRAE have been limited in the measure the thermal conductivity of me- performance data that can be interpreted
some auxiliary devices could contribute number of locations available outside chanical pipe insulation systems operating as a starting point upon which considerable
a possible reduction on room cleanliness the US and Canada. These weather files below ambient temperature. A technical improvements are possible. A technical pa-
requirement, ACH or PD value, a table of are required input for building energy paper on this project was published in per has been submitted for future publica-
auxiliary device benefits is presented as simulation programs commonly used in ASHRAE Transactions (Vol. 118 (1), CH- tion in ASHRAE Transactions. 1476-URP,
well. These tables are intended to replace design. However, development requires 12-034) and is available now. “Woven Compressor Enabling Economic
the existing “single” pressure differential hourly measurements over a 15-30 year 1356-RP, “Methodology to Measure and Scalable R718 Chillers – Phase 1:
criterion. Technical papers on this project historical period and formatting for use in Actual Thermal Performance of Pipe and Proof of Concept,” was sponsored by TC
were published in ASHRAE Transactions energy simulation programs. With much Duct Insulation at Below-Ambient Tem- 8.2, Centrifugal Machines. The principal
(Vol. 119 (1), DA-13-011, DA-13-12) are of the raw weather data now being much perature,” was sponsored by TC 1.8, Me- investigator was Dr. Norbert Mueller with
available now. easier to track and access, 1477-URP,” chanical Systems Insulation. The principal Michigan State University.
1344-RP, “Cleanroom Pressurization Development of Typical Year Weather Files
Strategy Update – Quantification and Vali- from ISH Database of Historical Weather
dation of Minimum Pressure Differentials Data for 2005 International Locations,” NEBB Continues
for Basic Configuration and Applications,” developed over 3,000 new international
was sponsored by TC 9.11, Clean Spaces. weather files included in the ASHRAE Tradition of Donating
The principal investigator was Wei Sun
with Engsysco.
IWEC 2.0 DVD. The final report details
the development of this data. Technical pa-
To ASHRAE Research
pers on this project published in ASHRAE MONTREAL—NEBB donated $10,000
1345 Transactions (Vol. 116 (1), OR-10-045 and to ASHRAE Research at its 2013 NEBB
Brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs) Vol. 115 (2), LO-09-062) are available Annual Conference in Montreal. NEBB’s
were recently introduced for use in cool- now. 1477-URP,” Development of Typical donation continues the long tradition of
ing tower applications because they can Year Weather Files from ISH Database of NEBB support for ASHRAE research.
provide higher heat transfer rate per Historical Weather Data for 2005 Interna- The donation will help fund research
unit volume and are more compact than tional Locations,” was sponsored by TC projects, RP-1245, “Determine the Ef- Stan Fleischer, NEBB president (left),
presents a check to Tim Wentz,
conventional tube-and-shell exchangers. 4.2, Climatic Information. The principal fects of Duct Fittings on Air Velocity
ASHRAE vice president, at the opening
However, users of this type of equipment investigator was Mr. Joe Huang with White Measurements” and RP-1748, “Measuring session of the conference on May 2.
have typically applied the same fouling Box Technologies. Air-Tightness of Mid- and High-Rise Non-
factors recommended for tube-type heat Residential Buildings.” ASHRAE Golden to ASHRAE Research. These investors con-
exchangers. 1345-RP, “Waterside Fouling 1589 and Platinum Circle Levels are made up of tributed more than 10% of the total amount
Performance of Brazed-Plate Type Con- Microchannel-type heat exchangers investors who contributed $10,000 or more of funds collected for research.
8 ASHRAE Insights  June 2013

ashRae CeRtifiCations obituaRies

Building Energy Assessment Professional Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) Carl H. Duke Bradford Pyle
(BEAP) Individuals who earn ASHRAE’s BEMP 71; Life Member; Houston, TX 77040; 103; Life Member; Grosse Point Woods,
Individuals who earn ASHRAE’s BEAP certification program have demonstrated an joined ASHRAE in 2009. MI, 48236; joined ASHRAE in 1982.
certification program have demonstrated ability to evaluate, choose, use, calibrate,
an ability to audit and analyze residential, and interpret the results of energy model- Keith Alan Goldstein Phillip D. Rodgers
commercial and industrial buildings includ- ing software when applied to building and 52; Member; Fort Thomas, KY 41075; 71; Life Member; Calexico, CA 99231;
ing determining project scope, collecting systems energy performance and econom- joined ASHRAE in 1992. joined ASHRAE in 1976. He served as
data, analyzing building performance, ics and shows their competence to model historian of the Maine Chapter in 1993 – 94.
interpreting results, evaluating alternatives, new and existing buildings and systems Raymond K. Goode
submitting recommendations for energy with their full range of physics. 89; Life Member; Metairie, LA 70005; David C. Rough
conservation measures and assisting with The following recently obtained BEMP joined ASHVE in 1956. He served as 67; Member; Johannesburg 2158 South
the implementation of these recommen- certification: president of the New Orleans Chapter in Africa; joined ASHRAE in 1989.
dations The following recently obtained Juan-Carlos Baltazar, Houston 1957-58.
BEAP certification: Amit Bhansali, Central Oklahoma Lee Francis Sandahl
Anthony Floyd, Central Arizona Brittany Hanam, British Columbia Gerald A. Howell 90; Life Member; La Habra Heights, CA
Kewal Sahni 81; Life Member; Hacienda Heights, CA 90631; joined ASHRAE in 1988.
Commissioning Process Management Mohamed Zackariah, Saudi Arabia 91745; joined ASRE in 1955.
Professional (CPMP) Franz Sparovic
ASHRAE’s CPMP certification helps Healthcare Facility Design Professional (HFDP) William G. Lau Jr. 71; Life Member; Greenville, SC 29615;
building owners, developers, standards Individuals who earn ASHRAE’s HFDP 66; Life Member; Jackson, NJ 08527; joined ASHRAE in 2006. He served on
writing agencies, commissioning authori- certification have demonstrated mastery joined ASHRAE in 1989. Lau served as ISO/TC 205/Panel 4 and ISO/TC205 TAG-
ties, and others assess the capability of of a body of knowledge that covers medi- general chair of the Region I Chapters P1, P2 and P3.
individuals to manage the whole building cal terminology and facility operations as Regional Conference in 2011-12. He also
commissioning process. The following re- they affect HVAC&R design of healthcare held all offices in the New York Chapter, Paul F. Sprehe
cently obtained CPMP certification: facilities. including president in 2004-05, and was 82; Life Member; Oklahoma City, OK
Barry Abramson, Atlanta The following recently obtained HFDP a member of TC 5.5, Air-to-Air Energy 73162; joined ASHRAE in 1964.
Yaw Ankobiah certification: Recovery.
Antwain Chatman, Hampton Roads Mohammad Abu Jaber Harold B. Swygert Jr.
Stephen Halsted, National Capital Joseph Mulligan, National Capital Wallace Lee 86; Fellow Life Member; Columbia,
Guo Hong Ho, New York David Palmer, Pittsburgh 81; Life Member; Franklin, TN 37067; SC 29211; joined ASRE in 1958. Swygert
Andrew Lang, New York Tran Ton, Triangle joined ASHRAE in 1959. He was a charter served as president of the South Carolina
David McGowan, Central Florida To see the complete list of certified member of the Nashville Chapter, which Chapter and also served on the Society’s
Robert Scarlett, New York professionals, visit www.ashrae.org/cer- was the first ASHRAE chapter formed after Admissions and Advancement Commit-
Tom Vannatta, Illinois tification. the merger of ASHAE and ASRE. tee. He received a Distinguished 50-Year
Member Award in 2008.
James C. Malone Jr.

ashRae-endoRsed ConfeRenCes 94; Life Member; Mountain Brk, AL,

35223; joined ASHRAE in 1985.
Leon J. Taub
88; Life Member; Seattle, WA 98122;
CLIMA 2013, June 16 – 19, Prague, 2014 joined ASHRAE in 1989.
Czech Republic. Endorsed by ASHRAE. James M. Ritter
Contact 420 284 001 444, fax 420 284 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Jan. 18
– 22, New York. Contact ASHRAE at 800- 82; Life Member; La Crosse, WI 54603; ASHRAE predecessor societies: ASHVE,
001 448, clima2013@guarant.cz, or www. joined ASHRAE in 1971. Ritter was the the American Society of Heating and Ven-
clima2013.org. 527-4723, meetings@ashrae.org, or www.
ashrae.org. long-time historian of the La Crosse Area tilating Engineers; ASRE, The American
ASHRAE Annual Conference, June 22 Chapter. He received the Society’s Lou Society of Refrigerating Engineers; ASHAE,
– 26, Denver. Contact ASHRAE at 800- International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Flagg Historical Award in 2003 and 2005 the American Society of Heating and Air-
527-4723, meetings@ashrae.org, or www. Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), for his histories of The Trane Co. and Reu- Conditioning Engineers.
ashrae.org. Jan. 21 – 23, New York. Cosponsored by
ben Trane.
ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International
ECOS 2013, July 16 – 19, Guilin, China. Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or
Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact ecos2013- www.ahrexpo.com.
china@iet.cn or http://tinyurl.com/d6s3gnk.
Conference on Energy and Indoor En- standaRds aCtions
CIAR XX, July 22 – 23, Cartagena, Co- vironment for Hot Climates, Feb. 24 – All standards activities are announced Interpretations
lombia. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact 26, Doha, Qatar. Contact 965-24985804, and published on ASHRAE.org. Information Standard 189.1-2011, Standard for the
ciar2013@acaire.org or http://tinyurl.com/ meetings@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org/ about call for members, call for comments, Design of High-Performance Green Build-
CIAR2013. HotClimates.
errata, publications, new projects, addenda ings Except Low-Rise Residential Build-
IBPSA 2013, Aug. 25 – 30, Chambery, International Sorption Heat Pump Con- availability and interpretations can be ings, May 7, 2013.
France. Endorsed by Ashrae. Contact www. ference (ISHPC2014), March 31 – April 3, found at www.ashrae.org/publicreviews.
http://bs2013.fr/. College Park, Md. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Publication Notice
Contact 301-405-5439, mbaugher@umd. Errata Addenda a, c, d, e, f, h, j, k, l, n, q, s, t,
International Conference for Enhanced edu, or http://tinyurl.com/ISHPC2014. Standard 189.1-2011, Standard for x, y, aa, ab and ac Standard 189.1-2011,
Building Operations, Oct. 8 – 11, Mon-
treal. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact the IEA International Heat Pump Confer- the Design of High-Performance Green Standard for the Design of High-Perfor-
Energy Systems Laboratory of Texas A&M ence, May 12 – 16, Montreal. Endorsed Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential mance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise
University at icebo@esl.tamu.edu or http:// by ASHRAE. Contact 315-655-4577, Buildings, May 8, 2013. Residential Buildings.
icebo.tamu.edu. ggroff2@twcny.rr.com, or www.iea-
hpc2014.org.
AHR Expo-Mexico, Sept. 23 – 25, Mexico Technical Program, From Page 5
City. Cosponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI. ASHRAE Annual Conference, June Equipment track keynote speaker is Otto Van-
Visit www.ahrexpomex.com/eng. 28 – July 2, Seattle. Contact ASHRAE at ASHRAE, of NREL will be the keynote Geet, NREL, “Trends in Data Center Design.”
800-527-4723, meetings@ashrae.org, or speaker addressing NREL’s research and He speaks at 9:45 a.m. Monday, June 24.
International Conference Solar Air- facilities, advanced HVAC development The Energy Modeling vs. Measurement
www.ashrae.org.
Conditioning, Sept. 25 – 27, Kurhaus and energy systems integration facilities. & Verification track investigates trends in
Bad Krotzingen, Germany. Endorsed by 2015 The Integrated Project Delivery mini- building modeling and the realities of con-
ASHRAE. Contact gabriele.struthoff-
mueller@otti.de or www.otti.de. International Air-Conditioning, Heating, conference on Sunday and Monday, June struction and operations and maintenance.
Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), 23-24, addresses the evolving method of The Renewable and Alternative Energy
CLIMAMED, Oct. 3 – 4, Istanbul. Endorsed managing a design project from concep- Sources track looks into new advances
Jan. 26 – 28, Chicago. Cosponsored by
by ASHRAE. Contact 90 3124194571, tual design through to the operation and in alternative energy equipment and new
ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International
ttmd@ttmd.org.tr, or www.climamed.org. maintenance phase, based on the concept design strategies for engineers.
Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or
IAQ 2013: Environmental Health in Low www.ahrexpo.com. of shared risk/profit and teamwork. The In a nod to Denver, the Mile High Ef-
Energy Buildings, Oct. 15 – 18, Vancouver, keynote speaker is Robert (Bob) Springer, ficiency and Equipment track looks into
BC, Canada. Contact ASHRAE at 800-527- 2016 Concurrent Technologies Corp., who will new breakthroughs in equipment and build-
4723, ext. 1158, IAQ2013@ashrae.org, or International Air-Conditioning, Heating, address integrated project delivery from ing systems that contribute to a building’s
www.ashrae.org/IAQ2013. Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), multiple perspectives. overall high-efficiency performance.
Asia Pacific Conference on the Built Jan. 25 – 27, Orlando. Cosponsored by HVAC&R Systems & Equipment and The ASHRAE Annual Conference and
Environment, Nov. 5 – 6, Makati City, Phil- ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International Fundamentals & Applications tracks again the Technical Program take place at the
ippines. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or feature a wide range of current practices Sheraton Denver Downtown, June 22 – 26.
www. http://ashraeregionxiii.org. www.ahrexpo.com. and trends in the industry. The Systems and The Technical Program will run June 23 – 26.