Hello ASHRAE members and welcome

to the 2018-2019 ASHRAE Year! I am

truly honored to serve as your Chapter

President this year. There have been

so many great Past Presidents for our

Chapter that have created such a high

standard that I will hope to live up to.

Joining me on the Board of Governors

is Chris Hawk (President Elect), Chris

Beaty (Secretary), Jake Kopocis

(Treasurer), Aaron Rasell (1st Board

Member) and Dave Kros (2nd Board

Member). We have many returning and

new committee chairs which we will be

highlighting in the upcoming months.

We really do have a great team of lead-

ers here to help and support all of you.

I would like to extend a special thanks

to Tom Lewis, our immediate Past Pres-

ident, for all the hard work and commit-

ment in leading our Chapter and being a

mentor for me.

There have been a couple ASHRAE

activities since we last met in May:

The Annual ASHRAE Golf Outing

had another successful year at Iron

Horse Golf Club in June.

ASHRAE Annual Conference in

Houston, TX in June.

The Board met for a kickoff and

planning meeting in July.

The last event was the Chapter Region-

al Conference (CRC) which was held

last month in Sioux Falls, SD. I am

proud to report that the Nebraska

Chapter was able to return home

with many Honors and Awards.

Here are the all the awards our chapter

or members of our chapter brought

home:

Nebraska Chapter – Sustainability

Award, PAOE Honor Roll, Star

Award and Special Citation

Frederich Granzow – Chapter Ser-

vice Award and Regional Award of

Merit

Jessica Errett – Chapter Service

Award

Dave Kros –RP Goal and High

Five, Full Circle Chevron

Jim Butler – Top Student Activities

Chair

Philip Prest – Membership Red

Ribbon Winner

Meagan Gibbs – Top Chapter

Technology Transfer Committee

Chair

Tom Lewis – Presidential Award of

Excellence and Chapter President

of the Year

In the 2018 ASHRAE Student Design

Competition the University of Nebraska

team was awarded First place in the

HVAC Design Calculations category. A

big congratulations to the students, fac-

ulty advisors and mentors that were part

of the competition! See everyone that

was involved further back in the News-

letter.

We have a great group of energetic

leaders to help keep our Chapter thriv-

ing, but we are continuously interested

in new volunteers to join in. We are

looking for individuals to serve as

chairs, co-chairs, or in supporting roles

for committees or special chapter

events. These are great opportunities

to join and learn from a committed and

dedicated team of highly talented indi-

viduals. These roles also give the op-

portunity to learn leadership skills and

make lasting relationships while serving

our members. I can’t stress enough the

satisfaction you receive from serving. If

you would like to be a part of these

teams, please contact me at

shaun.nienhueser@hdrinc.com. If you

have shown interest and we haven’t

found a place for you, PLEASE contact

me so we can talk.

Regards,

Shaun Nienhueser

Nebraska Chapter President, 2018-

2019

Sept 2018 Focus on ASHRAE Technology & Membership Education Volume 60, Issue 1

President’s Message

In This Issue

Omaha Meeting - Tuesday, September 11th

Lincoln Meeting - Wednesday, September 12th

Meeting Information 2

September Calendar 3

Student Competition Winners! 4

Upcoming Meeting Topics 5

REMINDERS

OMAHA — Smart Building Systems & Building Energy Performance

with Abby Brophy

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

Anthony’s Steakhouse, Buffet ($18)

It’s 2018 and our worlds are driven by technology and data. The HVAC industry is a perfect example of

data rich technology that can be leveraged for continual improvement in occupant comfort and energy

goals. Join us as Abby discusses ways to use the data and technology available to us today to improve

how our buildings are designed and operated.

Abby Brophy works as a Controls & Intelligent Services Team Leader at Trane. She has a mechanical

Engineering degree from UNL and has been a licensed PE since 2015.She has been working at Trane

with a focus on building automation systems and smart buildings for almost 5 years. Prior to her career

in the HVAC industry she worked for Duncan Aviation as a design engineer.

LINCOLN — Smart Building Systems & Building Energy Performance

with Abby Brophy

Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

Valentino’s, Buffet ($15)

See above for more information

For more information or to register for either meeting visit our website www.neashrae.org

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STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN WON FIRST PLACE IN THE 2018 ASHRAE HVAC DESIGN CALCULATIONS CATEGORY

This year’s competition focused on a new 70,000 square foot (6,500 square meter), four story mixed use complex north of Is-tanbul, Turkey near Arnavutkoy which is just south of the new international airport. The facility featured retail and office spac-es, a restaurant, and a hotel in support of the upcoming rapid growth in the area when the airport is completed in 2019. The team consisted of Jack Buckley, Madeline Sampsel, Austin Seagren and Christopher Wozny. Faculty advisors are Joe Hazel (HDR), Dan Karnes (Leo A Daly), and David Yuill (University of Ne-braska). The team selected a heat recovery chiller in conjunction with a geothermal loop field as the primary system for the building. The geothermal loop is a sustainable ap-

proach for cooling and heating that can easily be hidden from occupant view un-der a parking lot. The geothermal heat recovery chiller provides efficient, flexible means of producing heating or chilled due to three operating modes available through the virtual endcap. The project along with those placing in the other competition categories will be shared during the 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Jan. 12-16 in Atlanta. The Winter Conference is held in conjunction with the ASHRAE co-sponsored AHR Ex-po, which will be Jan. 14-16 at the Geor-gia World Congress Center. For a full list of Student Design Competi-tion winners (First, Second, Third and Ris-ing Star), please visit the Design Competi-tion Winners page on ashrae.org.

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Membership Promotion

Sara Robbins

Research Promotion

Nick Mandel

Kyle Heberly

Historian

Jim Ellis

Reception

Mary Kleinsasser

Garrett Johnson

Chapter Technology Transfer

Will Morris

Abby Visty

YEA

Callen Schwank

Sarah Toy

Student Activities

Tyler Winnike

Brianna Brass

Milena Palahanska-

Mavrov

Webmaster

Scott Murray

Special Events

Kyle Heberly

Aaron Rasell

Jake Kopocis

Government Affairs

Jim Butler

Tyler Glesne

Newsletter

Sara Robbins

Chapter Officers President

Shaun Nienhueser

President Elect

Chris Hawk

Secretary

Chris Beaty

Treasurer

Jake Kopocis

1st Board Member

Aaron Rasell

2nd Board Member

David Kros

Board Ex-Officio

Tom Lewis

Visit us on the web at www.neashrae.org

Chapter Chairpersons

Future meetings (Topics subject to change) Omaha Lincoln

Oct 9th Alvine Building Tour - Wellness in

Buildings Oct 10th Acoustics

Nov 13th Acoustics Nov 14th Ethics

Dec 11th Smart Grid Utility Panel—OPPD Dec 12th Smart Grid Utility Panel—OPPD

Jan 8th BACnet Standards Jan 9th BACnet Standards

Feb 12th Plumbing & HVAC inspectors Feb 13th Plumbing & HVAC inspectors

March 12th Data Center Design March 13th Data Center Design

April 9th Fume hoods & Exhaust—Labs,

dealerships, etc April 10th

Fume hoods & Exhaust—Labs,

dealerships, etc

May 7th HDR Building Tour May 8th HUDL Building Tour

June Golf Outing June Golf Outing