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T he Austin Chapter has been busy making the closing of

2015 even BETTER. The Austin Chapter’s Annual

Sporting Clays Tournament hit an all-time record high of

21 teams and the First Annual Top Golf Event increased from the

original 5 bays to 13 bays (6 players per bay). Shout out to Randy

Barrington for effectively organizing the Sporting Clays

Tournament. I also want to thank Greg Lockhart and Bryan Haas

for successfully starting the Top Golf event. We need help from

all our volunteers to make this year BETTER!

We will not have any more special events in December, but we are having our first

annual ASHRAE Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament hosted by Dean & Derrick at HTS

on Thursday, January 7th. For registration please contact [email protected].

I would really like to thank all of the members and our sponsors who have contributed

time and donations over the years. I hope that being involved with the chapter is

worthwhile, enjoyable, and educational for everyone and that we continue to meet and

exceed our goals.

Please help us make every meeting, event, or technical session BETTER than the last. If

you are interested in getting involved in ASHRAE Austin Chapter for the 2015-2016 year

please contact me or any of the committee chairs listed on the back page of our AHRAE

Austin Chapter newsletter.

David Bacorn can be reached at (512) 744-4412 or [email protected]

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

ASHRAE DECEMBER MEETING

P lease join us for lunch December 17th at Matt’s El Rancho where we will be looking at

the 2015 Texas Legislative Update presented by our Chapter’s favorite attorney, Ben

Westcott. Ben has presented for our chapter in the past and he always brings us great

insight into the construction world from a different viewpoint than we are used to. This will be

a great presentation that you do not want to miss.

AUSTIN, TEXAS CHAPTER

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DAVID BACORN 2015-2016 Chapter President

UPCOMING EVENTS

December Meeting

December 17 | Lunch

Matt’s El Rancho

Austin ASHRAE Poker

Tournament

January 7 | 7-11 pm

5920 Bold Rule Way

Austin, TX 78730

More details at end of

newsletter

ASHRAE Winter Conference

January 24-27 | Orlando, FL

Inside this issue:

Austin ASHRAE Meeting

Calendar

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Grassroots Activities 2

Treasurer’s Report 3

BOG Meeting Minutes 4

YEA Updates 5

Student Activities 6

Research Promotions 8

History, Honors & Awards 8

ASHRAE Poker Flyer 10

ASHRAE Austin Chapter

Directory Flyer

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ASHRAE Austin Express

Sponsor Package

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STEVE HANSEN 2015-2016 VP—Programs

(512) 834-9848

[email protected]

Date Time Location Topic Speaker Sponsor

12/17/2015 Lunch Matt's El Rancho 2015 Legislative

Update Ben Wescott Andrews Myers

1/21/2016 Dinner County Line on the

Hill Ethics TBPE N/A

2/18/2016 Lunch Matt's El Rancho Air Barriers Joint meeting with

AIA TBD


Hill Building Energy Quotient (bEQ)

David Bacorn TBD

4/21/2016 Lunch Matt's El Rancho TBD David Underwood - ASHRAE President

ASHRAE


Hill Natatoriums

Ralph Kittler (ASHRAE DL)

Seresco

GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE

Q uick update on City of Austin Lobbyist Reform:

A city commission gave a thumbs up to reforming the city’s lobbying law, aiming to close loopholes

and strengthen enforcement of lobbying regulations that haven’t been significantly updated in four

decades.

The commission supports broadening the definition of who is a lobbyist, requiring disclosure of how

much money lobbyists earn from clients and closing a loophole that allowed people who lobby part-time

to avoid registering.

The proposal has been greeted with strong opposition from the city’s design, development and building

industries.

They argue that the ordinance is overly broad as written and would force “thousands” of architects, engineers and building contractors

working in Austin to register as lobbyists. Beyond objecting to the label of “lobbyist,” they are concerned lobby reform would force

folks who work in these industries to resign from various boards and commissions, robbing those groups of needed expertise (City

code prohibits lobbyists from serving on city boards and commissions).

A gourp of architects, engineers and other building professionals, represented by architect Stuart Sampley and attorney Casey

Dobson, have suggested a scaled down version of the reform. Their idea is to get rid of the “incidental” provision that allowed part-

time lobbyists to not register and include a specific exemption for people who work on the administration of “permitting, platting,

plan approval and technical matters.”

This debate is far from over. The council’s Audit and Finance committee will review the proposal before sending it to the full City

Council in December. There will likely be negotiations between the two sides in the ensuing weeks. And even the council vote isn’t

final. The City Manager will have to develop an ordinance based on what the council voted to support. A final vote on an actual

ordinance would come in early 2016.

JON-ERIK JOHNSON 2015-2016 Grassroots Government

Activities

(512) 271-3017

[email protected]

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VANESSA MARYOTT 2015-2016 Treasurer

(512) 461-0404

[email protected]

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Austin ASHRAE – BOG Meeting Agenda - Matt’s El Ran-

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November 19, 2015 - 10:45 pm

Attendees:

1. David Bacorn, President

a. Creation of Past President’s Committee - Dec. 17th

b. Motion Passed: Add CTTC & Government Grass-

roots sections and other minor changes to match model.

2. David Driggers, President Elect / Newsletter

Editor

3. Steve Hansen, Vice President / Programs

a. CTTC all set for upcoming year - Solar topic request, can replace BeQ

4. Vanessa , Treasurer

a. Tax form

b. Scanner for Historian

5. Carrie Anne Crawford, Secretary

6. Derrick Van West, BOG 1 Research Promotion

a. Special Events schedule update.

1. TopGolf - Student Bay

a. ½ from Student Activities funds, ½ from Austin Chapter

b. RP Goal. – originally $44,000 – change to $50,000

c. Set up express pay for RP events

1. If you pay for Skeet Shooting, Bowling, and Golf Tournaments all at once – you get 1 free seat

at the poker tournament.

2. Poker Tournament – Jan 7th

a. $200/seat ($50 to RP, $50 to cost, $100 to prize; HTS donating food/ drinks)

7. Justin Johnson, BOG 2 Auditing/Nominating (Absent)

8. Randy Schrecengost, BOG 3 Historian/Administrator (Absent)

a. Need to scan archived documents from Austin History Museum

b. Leadership recall interviews.

9. Spencer Rothery, Membership Promotion (Absent)

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CARRIE ANNE CRAWFORD 2015-2016 Secretary

(512) 744-4433

[email protected]

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a. Faster check-in ideas: iPad/Scan barcodes on nametags.

10. Gayle Davis, Student Activities (Absent)

a. Collegiate:

1. 1st Thursday of the Month – regular meetings

a. Need Speakers & Topics for: March 3rd, April 7th, & May 5th.

2. Budget: $200 towards student dues, $400 towards travel (9 members – 3 active)

b. K-12: Alicia Reich (Schneider), head of k-12 activities

1. K-12/STEM Chapter Leadership Award

2. UT Girl Day, Thinkery, E-week activities

3. Austin science fair judging – February 2016

4. Math Counts by TSPE – February 2016

11. Ryan Burke, CTTC / Webmaster Committee Chair -

a. Create a link to a dropbox folder on the website for Historian Documents & add Student Scholarship form

on website

12. Carrie Anne Crawford, YEA Committee Chair

a. YEA Happy Hour: December 15th (5:30-8) @ Black Sheep Lodge

14. Jon-Erik Johnson, Govt Grassroots

a. Consultants to submit for bEQ

CARRIE ANNE CRAWFORD 2015-2016 Secretary

(512) 744-4433

[email protected]

YEA UPDATES

Young Engineers of ASHRAE (YEA)

1. Upcoming Events:

a. Happy Hour: December 15th , 5:30-8 pm @ Black Sheep Lodge

2. PE Study Group – Contact [email protected] for more details

3. Mentorship Program – Contact [email protected] for more details

4. Like YEA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/YEA-Austin/135455226563139

Thank you to all the event attendees for a great time with good company.

This is all made possible through the support of the YEA planning committee, so an extra special thank you

to:

Carrie Anne Crawford (EEA), Will Clinton (EEA), Drew Higgins (HTS), Phillip Wood (TRANE)

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/YEA-Austin/135455226563139

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General News

Below is the Student Activities calendar for the 2015-2016 year. The calendar will be updated as

volunteer opportunities are scheduled. If anyone has interest in involvement or an additional

volunteer opportunity, please email me, Jeff, or Alicia.

FY 2015-2016 Student Activities Calendar

Collegiate News

The student branch meeting on December 3rd was canceled due to semester tests. Kevin Schaal’s presentation is

rescheduled for May 5, 2016. Kevin will discuss pump fundamentals & applications.

K-12/STEM News

ASHRAE sponsored a Tech Gingerbread workshop last Sunday afternoon at the Thinkery. The Thinkery is a chil-

dren’s museum in Austin that promotes STEAM education, or Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.

These workshops provided kids ages 8 to 12 with everything needed to build and decorate a gingerbread house,

combining the science of circuitry with the art of making gingerbread houses. This twist on a classic incorporated

lights and spinning parts with a cool winter themes! Volunteers also assisted by distributing candy, making icing,

and supervising construction of the gingerbread houses. Here is a big THANK YOU to each and every ASHRAE

member who volunteered for this event – we could not have done it without you!

Happy holidays & see you at the December meeting!

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GAYLE DAVIS 2015-2016 Student Activities

(512) 427-3639

[email protected] DATE EVENT VOLUNTEER/SPEAKER(S)

2/4/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Jeff Childs – VFDs in HVAC Appli-

cations

2/17-20/2015 Austin Regional Science Fair Volunteer Registration Open, see David Bacorn for details

2/27/2016 Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Ongoing Recruitment

3/3/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Danny Richardson – Thermal

Storage

4/7/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Nick Prisco – Heat Pumps v. Split

DX

5/5/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Kevin Schaal – Intro to Pumps &

Applications

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GAYLE DAVIS 2015-2016 Student Activities

(512) 427-3639

[email protected]

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History

The following are the History goals for this Society year:

· MBO #1 Meet or exceed PAR for History points (PAR 300, 100 minimum re-

quired)

Status: Complete - Currently sit at 400 Points and have exceeded PAR. -

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T hank you for making our first annual Top Golf Tournament a great success. We had 13 teams participate, raising $3,900 for Research Promotion. Greg Lockhart w/ Climatec and Bryan Haas w/ Brandt did a wonderful job coordinating everything for the entire event.

Austin ASHRAE Research Promotion funds raised as of 11/30/2015: $7,042 out of $44,000 goal.

Don’t miss out on our POKER TOURNAMENT on Thursday, January 7th!!

DERRICK VANWEST 2015-2016 Research Promotion Chair

(512) 745-0555

[email protected]

HISTORY, HONORS & AWARDS

RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2015-2016 Historian

(512) 427-3623

[email protected]

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HISTORY, HONORS & AWARDS

RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2015-2016 Historian

(512) 427-3623

[email protected]

MBO #2 Complete a Chapter Year History Summary for previous Society Year

Status: Complete - Charles Whitten’s Society Year of 2009-2010. –

· MBO #3 Complete a History Power Point presentation for Spring CRC

Status: On-Going - Currently 75% complete

· Goal #1 Form a Historical Committee of at least 3 members, but no less than 2.

Status: Complete - Committee has 4 members (see September Report)

· Goal #2 Communicate with Regional Historian (RH) monthly.

Status: On-Going.

· Goal #3 Develop a succession plan to include “How To” word documents for future Chapter

Historian for review and education for the role and including honors and awards.

Status: On-Going

As always, this author continues to look for Historical information and welcomes any/all input. Think

HISTORY!

Honors and Awards

· MBO #4 Complete paperwork for at least one Honor and Award

Status: On-Going – We have one qualifier for Chapter Service Award (CSA) for the April CRC.

As always, this BOG member would WELCOME ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED to assist

in the above items.

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ASHRAE AUSTIN POKER TOURNAMENT

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ASHRAE AUSTIN CHAPTER DIRECTORY FLYER

November 19, 2015

Dear Advertiser:

Re: Austin Chapter of ASHRAE

2015-2016 Product & Services Directory

The annual ASHRAE Product & Services Directory of the Austin Chapter is being revised. The Directory is distributed to approximately

400 members of the Austin Chapter each year. This year’s ASHRAE Product & Services Directory will be 100% electronic and available

on the Austin Chapter’s ASHRAE website. You will be able to download, save & print the entire directory starting February 1, 2016 from

our website http://austinashrae.weebly.com/

In order to minimize the work involved on your part for this renewal process, we have modified and shortened the renewal forms. These

revised forms include areas to edit information from last year’s advertisement. Further instructions are on the attached form.

The cost for the vendor advertisements are listed below:

Cost for Vendor Listing & Advertisement………..………..$400.00 (per listing)

Cost for Service Companies, Consulting

Engineers, HVAC Contractors &

Commissioning Agents/Firms……………………………...$125.00 (per listing)

Please fill out the attached Cost Summary & Advertisement Form that pertains to your organization and return no later than December

30, 2015 via email to [email protected]. Money and forms received after December 30, 2015, will be returned. I will also include

your logo, and will contact you directly for this.

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Return Address:

Derrick Van West

HTS Austin

6101 W Courtyard, Bldg 4

Austin TX 78730

COST SUMMARY

PRODUCT & SERVICE DIRECTORY

Thank you for your listing in the Austin Chapter of ASHRAE 2015-2016 Product and Services Directory.

Your charge for this year’s ad is as follows:

Section I – Vendor Listing.……………………………………….. @ $400.00………$ ________________

Section II – Service Companies Listing………………..………… @ $125.00………$ _________________

Section III – Consulting Engineer Listing...………………………@ $ 125.00……...$ _________________

Section IV – Mechanical Contractor Listing.……………………..@ $ 125.00……...$ _________________

Section V – Commissioning Agents/Firms Listing.……………....@ $ 125.00……...$__________________

Please make your check payable to ASHRAE-Austin CHAPTER and mail with this form, along with your ad applica-

tion to the address shown below.

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ALTERNATIVELY, PLEASE FOLLOW THE BELOW LINK TO PAY WITH PAYPAL

Vendor Listing:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GT9G5CRNSDVGA

Service Company, Consulting Engineer, Mechanical Contractor, or Commissioning Agent:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DAPMMK6E484K4

Derrick Van West

HTS Austin

6101 W Courtyard, Bldg 4

Austin TX 78730

512-745-0555

[email protected]

COMPANY NAME: ________________________________________________________________________

COMPANY PHONE: _________________________________________________________________________

PERSON TO CONTACT WITH QUESTIONS: ____________________________________________________

November 19, 2015

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GT9G5CRNSDVGA

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DAPMMK6E484K4

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ASHRAE AUSTIN EXPRESS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE

ASHRAE Austin has created an express sponsorship package to help our event participants. Benefits to both you and the

Austin chapter are:

1. Purchasers can submit a single expense report instead of several 2. You will already have teams reserved for our RP fundraising events. 3. Austin Chapter can recognize RP $ earlier in the year, and gain PAOE points

Please choose which events you’d like to participate in, and we can send a single invoice to cover you for the entire

2015/2016 year. If you purchase all events, the total will be reduced to $2,750, thus giving you a FREE seat at the Poker Tour-

nament. If you purchase 4 out of 5 events, we will give a $50 discount.

If you have already paid for an event, we will simply invoice for the balance.

Thank You!!!

Derrick Van West

Austin ASHRAE RP Chair 2015/2016

512-745-0555

[email protected]

EVENT DATE COST RP DONATION AMOUNT

SPORTING CLAY TEAM OF 4 20 NOV 2015 $600 $150

TOP GOLF TEAM OF 6 3 DEC 2015 $700 $300

POKER TOURNAMENT. 1 Person 7 JAN 2016 $200 $50

BOWLING TEAM OF 4 Xx FEB 2016 $250 $100

GOLF TOURNAMENT TEAM OF 4 XX MAR 2016 $1,200 $500

Total $2,950 $1,100

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