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Howdy, Austin Chapter! I hope everybody had a good break for Thanksgiving. This local economy is firing on all cylinders and I definitely enjoyed a few days away.

I would like to thank Rob Stelling for presenting at last month's meeting on the topic of Sustainability through Performance-Based IAQ . For those that weren't there, I believe this type of technology will become a larger part of our normal design as the codes bring

us closer to Net Zero. It's great to have a venue to see what the future might hold.

Last week, we had our annual TopGolf tournament. I would like to thank Cayce McNeil with Climatec for organizing this successful event. We raised over $4,800 for Research Promotion. Also, the tally has come in, and our Sporting Clays tournament this year raised a whopping $6,700. A special thank you goes out to Andrew Turner, who has done a great job for many years now.

For December, we are switching gears again to the legal side of our business with the Biannual State Legislative Update. Mr. Andy Harris with Andrews Myers is presenting this year's update. I, for one, can't wait to find out what they worked on and passed during the session. This presentation is a must-go for business owners, vice presidents, and principals in your company. This is always a very practical discussion, and one I look forward to each time.

To continue with the legislative theme, our Tech Session will be our "Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee" update presented by our own GGAC committee chair Jon-Erik Johnson. Jon-Erik has been hard at work this year, and has many exciting events planned for this upcoming spring.

If I don't happen to see you before the holidays, I wish you and your family a great holiday season! See you in 2018!

Steve

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

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Steve Hansen Chapter President

UPCOMING EVENTS

YEA

DEC 15 | ABGB

Build‐A‐Bike Volunteer

1305 W Oltorf St,

Aus n, TX 78704,

11:30AM—1:30PM

Inside this issue:

Programs 2

Membership Promo 4

YEA 5

Student Activities 6

Treasurer’s Report 7

BOG Meeting Minutes 8

Officer Roster 10

Government 11

History 12

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Gayle Davis VP—Programs

This month we will focus on construction law. Following Texas’ 85th legislative session, several

new laws will impact construction businesses. This presentation will provide an overview of the

bills that passed in the 2017 session that are relevant to the construction industry, and will touch

on matters that remain unaddressed.

Our presenter this month is Andy Harris. Andy is a construction lawyer with Andrews Myers in

Austin, Texas. Andy advocates for general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and owners on a

variety of construction‐related issues, including defect and delay claims, mechanic’s liens, contract

negotiations, and alternative dispute resolution. Prior to practicing law, Andy was a project man‐

ager for a general contractor on projects throughout the Midwest and Texas.

Location:

Dave & Buster’s

9333 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759

Time: 5:00 pm—7:00 pm

Link to Register: Click Here

Price is $25 advanced registration; $30 at the door

Prepay option for the full year has expired, look for the option next year

DECEMBER MEETING: CONSTRUCTION LAW

Andy Harris Andrews Myers

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UPCOMING MEETINGS:

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Membership Promotions

Unpaid Society Dues

This is simply a reminder that if you haven’t paid your dues, both locally and for Society, we strongly encourage you to do so as soon as possible.

As summarized previously, we are continuously trying to reduce our Chapter’s delinquency counts throughout the year by reminding members to pay their dues once their paid Society year is complete. Please call me if you are not sure on the details on how Society monitors your membership and its various notifications. Remember that once you are on the member delin-

quency list, you are in a catch-up mode until you make payments (sometimes two close togeth-er) at some point during the billing cycle to become current.

Please also remember that Society membership is a prerequisite to local membership. Local membership in Austin’s Chapter helps support our local efforts. You can pay your local dues online at the same time you pay your Society dues, or simply bring your dues payment to a monthly meeting. This will allow us to keep you informed on all local activi-ties.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the me at 512-444-1835 during the day, or via email at [email protected]. If you find that you have not paid your dues, you can go to the ASHRAE website and pay your dues online at www.ashrae.org. Should you have any ques-tions regarding this effort, do not hesitate to contact ASHRAE headquarters at 1-800-5ASHRAE.

Remember that PAID UP members have the greatest impact on both Society’s and the local Chapter’s financial bottom line.

Respectfully Submitted,

Stuart Bloomquist

Stuart Bloomquist Membership Promotions Chair

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YEA Activities

VOLUNTEER: THE HELL YES PROJECTS BUILD‐A‐BIKE HOLIDAY LUNCHES AT THE ABGB

What: We are working with the Ghisallo Cycling Initiative and The ABGB to build bikes and promote

bicycling and bike safety to kids. Two bikes have been sponsored already that need to be assembled.

We can build MORE if anyone is interested in sponsoring all or part of a bike!

When: 11:30 AM ‐ 1:30 PM on Friday, December 15th

Where: The ABGB

Address: 1305 W Oltorf St, Austin, TX 78704

All ASHRAE members are welcome.

Contact:

Brennan Mittal

Cell: 210‐902‐9828

[email protected]

HVAC Design Essentials Scholarship

If there are any YEA members interested in attending ASHRAE's HVAC Design Essentials Training,

make sure they apply for the YEA scholarship! The current round of scholarship applications is open

through December 31, 2017. Five scholarships will be awarded and the recipients can attend any Level I

training scheduled between July ‐ December, 2017.

Apply and learn more: www.ashrae.org/HVACscholarship.

Phillip Wood YEA Co‐Chair

Brennan Mittal YEA Co‐Chair

Joshua McCalip YEA Co‐Chair

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Student Activities

We are looking for volunteers:

1) Speakers at meetings ‐ first Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM

Please contact Cassandra Wiese ([email protected]) to volunteer!

UT student chapter meetings recap

October: Presentation on chilled water VAV cooling systems

November: Tour of EERC mechanical rooms

December: Presentation on acoustics

Nick Prisco Student Activities Chair

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BOG MEETING MINUTES

December 2017 Board of Governor's Meeting - via Skype 12/11/17, 11:30AM

Attendees

Board of Governors: Steve Hansen, Vanessa Freidberg, Ryan Burke, Danny Richardson, David Driggers

Chairs: Jon-Erik Johnson, Phil Wood, Lorenzo Gonzalez

Old Business

Resolution of IRS Letter & Back Taxes (Basecamp Item). Steve Hansen sent letter.

Research Promotion - David Driggers

Sporting Clays - DONE. Over $6,700k raised! Insurance reimbursement? Done. Ryan Burke sent to Jon Symko - Burke will follow up if not received by next month.

Top Golf - December 6th. Deposit is hefty at over $3k. Will give deposit after the Sporting Clays tournament.

Full Circle complete.

Potentially change from Paypal to Venmo - less percentages than Paypal. Driggers to follow-up.

RP Events

Golf Tournament - Monday, March 26. (Stephen Greco). Driggers, Hansen to have lunch.

Bowling Tournament - May 7. (Mark Mikulin)

YEA Update - Brennan Mittal, Phil Wood, Joshua McCalip

Events planned for the year

EERC tour went great!

Dec. 15 - Build-a-Bike philanthropy event. ABGB. Invite going out today.

2018—Jan - Feb. - PE Panel with TBPE. Combine with January Ethics meeting.

Website - StarChapter - need to get rights to see number of people have accepted an event. Phil/Josh/Brennan need these rights. Maybe admin rights. Hansen to follow up with John Knauss.

Treasurer - Ryan Burke

Met with accountant to get taxes filed. Extension filed. It's ready to submit. Driggers needs to sign it.

Remove David Bacorn's Debit Card from our account.

Constant Contact - want to keep until we are comfortable with StarChapter

Paypal - see if fees can be reduced for 501(c)(3) organizations.

Danny Richardson Secretary

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BOG MEETING MINUTES

Continued ...

Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee - Jon-Erik Johnson

December Technical Session is "GGAC Activities update"

GGAC RVC Chad is NOT coming

Working on list of contacts for municipalities - City of Austin, RR, - DONE

February 18 - National Engineers' week. Working on Proclamations.

No legislature next year.

Governor's office - looking to get First Lady to present during March meeting. Would present on "rebuilding Texas".

Website Update - John Knauss

Backup training completed 2017.12.08. Gayle Davis, Ryan Burke, Steve Hansen are backups. Lorenzo still to be trained.

Goal is to move ALL meeting requests (chapter meetings, YEA, RP events, etc.) over to Starchapter from Constant Contact by the end of year. Han-sen said will hold off until we are comfortable that Starchapter meets our needs.

Other Business

3-Year Planning Initiative Status - Larry B., Andy C., Randy S., Jeremy S., Bill K.. Andy C. is chair. Submitted to Jon Symko this month.

Official BOG Items voted on

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Vanessa Freidberg President‐Elect/Newsletter

David Driggers Research Promotions

Stuart Bloomquist Membership Promotions

Larry Bloomquist BOG

Andy Collier BOG

David Bacorn Auditing/Nominating

OFFICERS

President Steve Hansen HENSEL PHELPS 512.834.9848 [email protected]

President Elect Vanessa Freidberg (Maryott) Siemens Industry, Inc. 512.461.0404 [email protected]

Vice President Gayle Davis Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3639 [email protected]

Treasurer Ryan Burke Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.914.8799 [email protected]

Secretary Danny Richardson EEA Consulting Engineers 512.744.4498 [email protected]

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

BOG‐1 Research Promotion David Driggers Heat Transfer Solutions 512.653.5315 [email protected]

BOG‐2 Auditing / Nominating David Bacorn Integral Group 512.598.1728 [email protected]

BOG‐3 Membership Promotion Stuart Bloomquist Texas Air Systems 512.462.4777 jon‐[email protected]

BOG‐4 Larry Bloomquist Mechanical Reps Inc 512.444.1835 [email protected]

BOG‐5 Andy Collier Texas Air Products 512.485.5304 [email protected]

CHAPTER COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Attendance Committee Evan Chapman Heat Transfer Solutions 512.381.0091 [email protected]

Auditing/Nominating David Bacorn Heat Transfer Solutions 512.653.5315 [email protected]

Chapter Tech Transfer Cmte (CTTC) Gayle Davis Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3639 [email protected]

CRC Delegate (President) Steve Hansen HENSEL PHELPS 512.834.9848 [email protected]

CRC Delegate Alt (Pres‐Elect) Vanessa Freidberg (Maryott) Siemens Industry, Inc. 512.461.0404 [email protected]

Electronic Communications Andrew Turner Mechanical Reps, Inc. 512.444.1835 [email protected]

Finance Committee Ryan Burke Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.914.8799 [email protected]

Grassroots Govt. Advocacy Chair Jon‐Erik Johnson Texas Air Systems 512.462.4777 jon‐[email protected]

Grassroots Govt. Advocacy Co‐Chair Lorenzo Gonzalez EEA Consulting Engineers 512.744.4400 [email protected]

Homepage Editor John Knauss Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.289.8146 [email protected]

Honors & Awards Randy Schrecengost Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3623 [email protected]

K‐12 STEM

Newsletter Editor Vanessa Freidberg (Maryott) Siemens Industry, Inc. 512.461.0404 [email protected]

Programs Gayle Davis Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3639 [email protected]

Reception Evan Chapman Heat Transfer Solutions 512.381.0091 [email protected]

Refrigeration Lorenzo Gonzalez EEA Consulting Engineers 512.744.4400 [email protected]

Student Activities Chair Nick Prisco Freese and Nichols, Inc. 817 372.3608 [email protected]

Webmaster John Knauss Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.289.8146 [email protected]

Young Eng. in ASHRAE (YEA) Co‐Chairs Phil Wood Trane 214.478.4906 [email protected]

Young Eng. in ASHRAE (YEA) Co‐Chairs Brennan Mittal Enviromatic System 210.902.9828 [email protected]

Young Eng. in ASHRAE (YEA) Co‐Chairs Joshua McCalip CTA Architects Engineers 972.951.4238 [email protected]

Looking for Volunteer

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Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee Update

We are currently looking for volunteers to pursue getting local municipalities to

recognize Engineer’s Week, which is Feb. 18‐24, 2018. That is a little over 2 months

away so now is the time to contact your neighbor who happens to be the mayor of

the small town that you live in and ask for this favor! I will be contacting Marble

Falls and Burnet Co. myself – that still lives lots of territory to cover. It is pretty

easy to do and I have found that they are usually pretty open to any photo op.

ASHRAE has a sample proclamation letter that I can share with you. I have used it

before.

WHERAS, it has lots of fancy language.

WHERAS, we are engineers and not writers so it is a useful resource.

During the technical session of the December meeting I will be give a quick update

on our activities for the year and what we would like to accomplish the rest of the

year. I will also give some general info about GGAC and what we are doing on the

national level.

See you there! Jon‐Erik

Jon‐Erik Johnson GGAC Chair

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ASHRAE Honors and Awards (Part 9)

We continue our H&A series from last month, and some of the remain‐

ing Category Three PERSONAL HONORS FOR GENERAL SOCIETY

ACTIVITIES that are named after ASHRAE members.

George B. Hightower Technical Achievement Award:

This award recognizes excellence in volunteer service in the area of

Technical Committee, Technical Group, and Technical Research Group

activities excluding research and standards.

Recognition is in the form of a plaque

One awarded per year

Recommended by Technology Council

Mr. Hightower was a native of Atlanta, GA, born March 28, 1911. He was a

1933 graduate of Virginia Military Institute with a degree in Electrical En‐

gineering and as a Second Lieutenant in the Cavalry Reserve. He entered

the Air Force on January 21, 1942 and on September 8, 1943, he left Nor‐

folk, VA by convoy through the German bombing attacks in the Mediterranean to Bombay, India.

He later served as a Major in the Air Force Flying Tigers and was stationed in China during the

Japanese invasion. As the Japanese approached, he was responsible for destroying several air bases

after the American and Chinese forces had evacuated, often behind Japanese lines.

His dedication and abilities were described by one of his fellow officers in a letter to their com‐

manding officer stating " His evacuation of Sincheng, Namyung, and Kanchow could not have been

improved upon Hightower has a keen faculty of grasping a complicated over‐all picture in one

squint, and of retaining it for prompt, balanced and constructive decisions later." He was the re‐

cipient of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters, the American Theater Rib‐

bon, and the Asia Pacific Campaign Ribbon.

Mr. Hightower spent 55 years in the engineering and contracting professions. 35 years of those

years as one of the owners of Conditioned Air Engineers, a commercial air conditioning contract‐

ing firm in Atlanta, GA. During that time he actively served in numerous capacities including on

the Board of Directors of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Georgia Society of

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ASHRAE Honors and Awards (Part 9, Continued)

Donald A. Siller Refrigeration Award: This award recognizes exceptional performance by a Chapter

Refrigeration Chair for planning activities and providing technology transfer on the subject of refrigera‐

tion. For additional information, please visit www.ashrae.org/cttc.

Recognition in the form of a plaque

One awarded per year

Recommended by the Chapter Technology Transfer Committee

Donald A. Siller, P.E., was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 6, 1940. He received a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from

the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1964 and an MBA from Washington University in 1977. He was the president and owner of

Electro Motion Refrigeration, Inc. in Chesterfield, Missouri until 2004 and through his knowledge became a leading expert in the

area of Refrigeration.

Totaling more than forty years of experience in industrial refrigeration system engineering, design and applications, Don was a

registered professional engineer and longtime member of ASHRAE. Don worked on a number of large scale refrigeration projects,

including design of the Pinnacle Foods Ammonia Blast Freezing system, the replacement of the HCFC in Mid States Dairy, the

Hazelwood Farms Bakery blast freezer, and computer control system for par‐baked products.

While representing the St. Louis Chapter as Chapter President, Secretary, and Membership Promotion Chair for a number of

years, Don, through his commitment and dedication to ASHRAE, inspired members to work together to bring change and excel‐

lence within the refrigeration industry.

Constantly challenging the Society to remember the “R” in ASHRAE, he worked tirelessly to disseminate knowledge regarding the

refrigeration industry and was well respected by his peers. Don served on a number of ASHRAE committees and councils, includ‐

ing the Refrigeration Committee, the Chapter Technology Transfer Committee, and Technology Council. He was also an ASHRAE

Life Member and Distinguished Service Award recipient. It is because of his work, service, and tireless dedication to the Society

and the industry, that this award bears his name. Donald A. Siller, P.E. died in September 2013 at the age of 73.

The Chapter Technology Transfer Committee’s “Refrigeration ‘R in ASHRAE’ Award” was renamed the “Donald A. Siller Refrigera‐

tion Award” in 2015, and recognizes exceptional performance by a Chapter Refrigeration Chair for planning activities and provid‐

ing technology transfer on the subject of refrigeration. The award consists of a plaque and lapel pin.

Sources: ASHRAE’s Website: Society Groups, Honors and Awards Committee


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Vintage HVAC Advertisements, 1937

Advertisement from 1937, the ninth year of HPAC Engineering magazine, then called Heating Piping and Air Conditioning. Ad‐

vertising was being used as a public‐relations tool for businesses. Ads shifted away from propaganda and veered toward a more

educationally driven, campaign‐themed approach.

The Johnson Service Co. ‐ ad from the January 1937 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning.

Please note that information excerpted from: HPAC Engineering, Edited by Ashley M. Doles, 07‐01‐2015


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