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Monthly Newsletter of the Central Oklahoma Chapter
ISSUE 9 - April
2015-2016 EDITION
www.ashrae.org www.ashraecok.org
Table of Contents
President’s Message: Outreach 2-3
Chapter Technology Transfer: April’s Program 4
Social Media: #Follow Us! 5
Student Activities: ASHRAEcok at OCCC 6
Membership Promotion: Update on COK’s Membership 6
Research Promotion: Thank You 7
Refrigeration: OSU Central Plant Tour 7
YEA: OSU Central Plant & Eskimo Joe’s 8
History Message: Dusty Comments 9-12
Government Affairs 13
Future City / Upcoming Events 14
COK Contact Information 15
UPCOMING EVENTS
May Chapter Meeting May 4th 11:30am Meeting 3rd Floor Retail Space of 50 Penn Place
Acoustics 101 & Noise Reduction Options
ASHRAE Summer Meeting June 25-29, 2016
St. Louis, MO www.ashrae.org
ASHRAE COK Fall Golf Scramble September 2016 Location to be announced
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Year in Review
President’s Message By: John Semtner Our ASHRAE chapter has had another historically successful year. This is in part to all of those who volunteered their time and talents to help us achieve the goals we set out early on. We have been focused on engaging our membership and increasing our membership numbers. We held more events this year than we had in the past. This allowed us to dive deeper at our chapter meeting and focus on quality topics and events. The result of that has been increasing attendance numbers and membership growth. The most exciting aspect is the age demographic of our growth is in the YEA age group. This will ensure our future growth and development as a chapter. I hope my leadership has continued to guide our chapter into a positive direction. I want to thank some members who specifically went above and beyond expectations. Jeff Forman volunteered at every event, took on one of the often avoided chairs of newsletter, and always pushed for more with a smile on this face. Daniel Brazeale continued to be one of our strongest chairmen and won the Round-Up award for the best Membership Promotion Chair in Region VIII. Stephanie Thomas has continued to be a unsung hero of the chapter as our steady Treasurer. Andy Donehue pushed to double the number of YEA events and attendance at each. Madison, Caleb, and Brian combined to pull together a very successful Student outreach year. Chris Dolan has more dollars committed to RP than any recent year since Bob Vermillion’s influence. Damon McClure has tirelessly filled the secretary role, but still found time to help drag some contractor blood to the new Sporting Clay tournament. There are so many more that helped and I am thankful to all. As my term passes, I hope that I instilled some passion for our chapter / industry / friendships into your life. I am very proud of ASHRAE and our Central Oklahoma Chapter. I wish Trapper Wilson good luck next year and challenge each of you to help us to strive to improve Central Oklahoma. ASHRAE Mission: To advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. (Cont’d)
John Semtner
2015-2016 President
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President’s Message By: John Semtner (Cont’d) COK Leadership Group picture at CRC in Tyler, TX.
Back Row (L to R): Dusty Stoabs, Caleb Spradlin, Don Carter, Madison Schulz, John Harrod, Stephanie Thomas, Jeff Forman, Damon McClure, Scott Sanders, Trapper Wilson, Michael Wilson, Joe Sanders Front Row (L to R): Andy Donehue, Mrs. Carter, John Semtner For a copy of the Chapter Presidents CRC Report, use the DropBox link below: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nkbyg7rn1z5p537/2015-16%20CRC%20Chapter%20Summary%20Report.docx?dl=0
John ASHRAE Central Oklahoma Chapter President
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Chapter Technology Transfer (CTT)
May’s Program: Acoustics 101 By: Michael Wilson
We had a great time at the chapter meeting in Stillwater on April 6. There was a great
showing from Central Oklahoma members and around 40 students from OSU. Special thanks
to Brian Sauer with FSB and James Rosner at OSU for presenting on the new power plant at
OSU. Also, thanks to the OSU staff and students that facilitated the tours and helped in
setting up the presentation.
Our final meeting this ASHRAE year will be over Acoustics 101 and presented by Russell Hawkins with Vibro-Acoustics.
A little bit about Russell:
Russell Hawkins has joined Vibro-Acoustics on our USA Business Development team.
Russell will be actively working with our manufacturer’s representative network to call
on consulting engineers and acoustical consultants to help promote our Lay-in service
including our complete "systems" approach.
Russell has his Bachelor of Science (Physics) from Brigham Young University and his
Masters in Acoustics from Penn State University.
Recently, Russell was a noise control application engineer for Pottorff/Dynasonics
where he applied his sales, application engineering and project management
experience.
It has been a great year and we look forward to your input for programs for the upcoming year. If you have any ideas
for events, want to get involved, or if you want to sponsor an event please contact me. If you have any ideas for
events, want to get involved, or if you want to sponsor an event please contact me. Michael Wilson can be reached at
405-416-8373 or [email protected].
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Social Media - #2016CRCRegionVIII By: Madison Schultz Chapter leadership just returned from the annual ASHRAE Chapter Regional Conference (CRC) for Region VIII. They attended business sessions, technical sessions, and committee chair training. They return to the Central Oklahoma Chapter full of enthusiasm for next year’s
activities! Check out all of their pictures on our Facebook page! Hashtag of the month: #2016CRCRegionVIII
www.facebook.com/ASHRAEcok
www.instagram.com/ASHRAEcok
www.linkedin.com/companies/ashraecok
www.twitter.com/ASHRAEcok Reddit username: ASHRAEcok
Madison Schultz can be contacted at 405-416-8205 or [email protected].
Did you know that ASHRAE offers several certifications to set yourself apart from your peers in the industry? See
below for some information and the list of the certifications they offer:
Are developed by industry practitioners who understand the knowledge and experience that are expected for superior building design and system operation
Assure employers and clients of subject mastery
Serve as a springboard for continued professional development
Offer an easy-to-apply process
To read more about the values of certifications and testing requirements visit https://www.ashrae.org/education--certification/certification/value-of-certification. If you have any ideas for events, want to get involved, or if you want to sponsor an event please contact me. Michael Wilson can be reached at 405-416-8373 or [email protected].
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Student Activities ASHRAEcok at OCCC By: Madison Schultz
Our next Student Activities event will be at OCCC. We will be touring their central plant. Exact date TBD. We will keep you updated through social media. Enthusiastic ASHRAEers are welcome to attend! Please contact me for more information. We are always looking for more ASHRAEers to join SA as regular committee members or one-
time volunteers. If you want to get involved with SA or sponsor an upcoming event, please contact me at 405-416-8205 or [email protected].
Membership Promotion Update From CRC on COK’s Membership By: Daniel Brazeale There was a lot of fun shared by all down in Tyler, TX for the yearly CRC. From sharing frozen custard at Andy’s to
bonding time with the members from the Monterrey Chapter there was something for all to do. In addition to all the fun all the hard work done by the Membership Promotion Committee was recognized with the Blue Ribbon award. For those that aren’t familiar there are three awards that are given out each year for Membership Promotion. The Blue Ribbon is awarded to the chapter in each region with the most MP PAOE totals. The Red Ribbon is given to the chapter in each region with the 2nd highest MP PAOE totals. Last but not least is the Green Ribbon which is awarded to the chapter in each region with the highest percentage of online renewals. Much thanks to everyone on the committee and in the chapter that allowed us to be recognized! We had the following new individuals sign up this last month:
Craig Yadon Jordan Demas Jessica McFarland Justin Love Dwayne Gordon Please join me in welcoming these new members and if you see them at any ASHRAE events please introduce yourself! If you happen to run across any of the new members at the next meeting, please reach out to them and make them feel welcome. Let’s make sure we’re keeping our roster updated. Please let me know if someone you know has moved out of our chapter, left the industry, or has passed away. Additionally, if you need help registering for membership, renewing your membership or simply want to chat feel free to email or call. Daniel Brazeale can be reached at 405-464-3677 or [email protected]
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Research Promotion Thank You By: Chris Dolan I wanted to thank everyone who donated to RP this year. Because of your personal and business donations we are very close to reaching our goal for 2016! A special thanks needs to be given to Climatemaster for their annual $10,000 donation. If you
haven’t donated yet this year, please take the time to go to www.ashrae.org/contribute and give what you can. A final update on our yearly donations will be given in the next newsletter. Chris can be reached at 405-525-7722 or [email protected]
Refrigeration OSU Central Plant Tour By: Jason Keyes
Our second refrigeration tour of the year was held on 3/6/16 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. The university is beginning construction of a new central plant and we were given the opportunity to tour the existing facility and see a presentation on the new one and the planning that went into it. This was a unique opportunity for the membership and the student chapter to see yesterday’s best technology and a modern plant designed for the future.
Between regular members and those from the student chapter we had a full house and another great refrigeration tour! Looking towards next year, please be thinking about technologies, locations, and applications you would like to see your Refrigeration Committee explore for tours. Jason Keyes can be reached at 405-948-1794 or [email protected]
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YEA OSU Central Plant & Eskimo Joe’s By: Andy Donehue
We are beginning to wrap up the year for YEA. Last event we had in conjunction with the plant tour at Oklahoma State University. We went to Eskimo Joe’s after the April meeting in Stillwater and about 20 people joined us including OSU Staff and ASHRAE student members. It was great to be able to take a YEA event to a student chapter. We also had seven YEA
members go down to Tyler, TX for the 2016 CRC. We will be having at least one more event to wrap up the year. Look for details to follow; If you want to get involved or would like to sponsor an event I can be reached at 405-317-0552 or
[email protected]. Sponsorship for an event is $200.
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Historian Message Interview with ASHRAE Fellow, Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler By: Dusty Stoabs
Chapter members are encouraged to conduct interviews of influential people in our industry and provide a written copy to the chapter historical committee. Back in the early 1990’s, I had the privilege of having Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler as my professor at OSU for Thermo II, Indoor
Environmental Systems, and my senior Design Projects class. Having been a long time since then, I thought it would be great to catch up with him, find out what’s been going on and possibly learn a thing or two that I never knew about Dr. Spitler. DS: You earned your Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois. Are you originally from that area? Dr. Spitler: Yes, I was born in the Chicago suburbs and lived there until I was 17. I did live in Pennsylvania for a few years, but pretty much, I’m from the Chicago area. I then spent the entire decade of the 1980’s earning my degrees from the University of Illinois. DS: How did you end up at OSU? Dr. Spitler: When I was done at the University of Illinois, I was looking for a job. I had several interviews and received two good offers: One from the University of Arkansas, and one from Oklahoma State University. Having to choose between the two, I chose OSU primarily because of Faye McQuiston, the research he was involved with, plus his textbook, along with Dr. Bose and the work on ground-source heat pumps. Faye was close to retirement at that time. The work going on at OSU just seemed to fit better with my background and interests. The trout fishing is probably better in Arkansas, but we’re closer to pheasant hunting here in Oklahoma! DS: Professors often have titles and distinctions that the general public may not be familiar with. Currently, you are listed as “Regents Professor and OG&E Energy Technology Chair.” In the past, you were listed as “C.M. Leonard Professor.” What is the meaning and significance of these titles? Dr. Spitler: It’s funny; one time I had a news person call asking for me, and they said that if I wasn’t available, they could just speak with C.M. Leonard! But, to answer the question, chairs and professorships are honorary titles. They’re usually awarded for outstanding research performance. They are endowed and come with funding to be used at the professor’s discretion. For example, the funding could go toward buying equipment, computers, and be used to pay graduate students, especially in the case where the research project’s funds run out before the research is finished. Likewise, if students start working prior to a project’s funding coming available. DS: I know that, for some time now, you have been co-author of the widely distributed HVAC book Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Analysis and Design. How did you originally get involved with that textbook? Dr. Spitler: When I came to OSU, Dr. McQuiston and Dr. Parker were working on the 4th edition. They asked me to provide input on a few parts. When it came time to write the 5th edition, they asked me to join them as co-author and write my own chapter. In the 6th edition, I took on a few more chapters. DS: Is that textbook still being used in the Indoor Environmental Systems class? Dr. Spitler: Yes it is, both in the undergraduate class and the graduate level class. (Cont’d)
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Historian Message Interview with ASHRAE Fellow, Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler By: Dusty Stoabs
(Cont’d) DS: What other publications, whether books, software or websites, have you worked on? Dr. Spitler: At last count, I’ve written around 130 technical articles including journal and transaction articles, conference papers and magazine articles. I’ve written or co-written a number of books on load calculation published by ASHRAE; the 2nd edition of the Load Calculation Applications Manual came out earlier this year. I’ve written several book chapters including three on ground-source heat pump systems for a book to be published this summer. DS: I understand that you were on sabbatical recently at Chalmers University in Sweden and that you have had extended visits to other countries in the past as well. How was your recent trip to Sweden? Dr. Spitler: I spent a year on sabbatical in Gothenburg, Sweden working at Chalmers University. It was a fantastic experience! Swedish researchers have made quite a few contributions in the ground-source heat pump area since the 1970’s and I was able to work with several researchers there. I spent most of the time working on research related to ground-source heat pump systems, with some teaching and guest lecturing. Several papers and book chapters have come out of that work. When I go on sabbatical, I do the research myself, as opposed to supervising graduate students. That really gives me the opportunity to renew my expertise. Two other highlights were: 1) Serving as a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, I was invited to the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, and 2) Moose hunting (successfully) in the Swedish mountains! DS: What other Universities have you taught at? Dr. Spitler: If you mean taught in the sense of teaching a full semester-long course, I’ve only done that at OSU. If you include giving guest lectures and seminars, the list is pretty long. In the last couple of years, I‘ve given lectures at universities in Sweden, Ireland, and China. DS: I attended the ASHRAE Winter Conference in New York in 2014. While watching the main program, I was pleasantly surprised to see you walk across the stage and receive the E. K. Campbell Award. What was that award for and what does it mean to you? Dr. Spitler: The award is given for contributions in University teaching and research in ASHRAE-related fields. There are quite a few things considered including ASHRAE involvement, publications, teaching, etc. I was quite happy to be in the company of other E.K. Campbell Award recipients like Michel Bernier from Polytechnique Montreal, Eckhard Groll and Jim Braun from Purdue, Dave Claridge from Texas A&M and our own Faye McQuiston in 1986. DS: You’ve been an ASHRAE member for over 30 years now and served the Society at many different levels. Can you summarize your service and contributions to ASHRAE and possibly talk about how the Society has benefited you? Dr. Spitler: I’ve made a lot of connections through ASHRAE over the years. Getting to know people from different places has been very beneficial. I’ve also benefited from the ASHRAE Research Program. Research funds are obviously very important to the business of running a research university. I’ve probably received over a million dollars of ASHRAE research funds over the past 25-plus years.
(Cont’d)
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Historian Message Interview with ASHRAE Fellow, Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler By: Dusty Stoabs
(Cont’d) DS: Has OSU recently received any money for research from ASHRAE? Dr. Spitler: Right now, we’re in between projects. I have a project that’s really been finished for about a year -and-a-half, but the committee still has one last thing they want me to do. Dr. Christian Bach has a new project getting ready to start on office equipment heat gain measurements. DS: Outside of ASHRAE, what other associations have you been involved with? Dr. Spitler: I’ve served as President of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). I’m also a Fellow of that society. The president of that society serves a 2-year term and I served two terms from 2002 to 2006. I’ve served in various roles in the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA). I’m also a member of ASME, and a member of Energi- och Miljötekniska Föreningen (EMTF) which is kind-of the Swedish equivalent to ASHRAE! DS: You were my professor for a number of classes back in the early 1990’s. I graduated from OSU in 1995. What have you seen that has changed in academia over the past 20 years? Dr. Spitler: We’ve had a huge shift in technology. When you were in school, most of the professor’s notes were handwritten and there was probably some use of overhead projectors. We did a lot more of what I would consider, solid lecturing, where you come into class and the professor lectures for 50 minutes and the students take notes as quickly as they can. As technology advanced, PowerPoint became the norm; for instance, in my thermal systems class, I have about 950 PowerPoint slides that I teach from. Those slides are often printed to PDF and given to the students. From the student side, in my own view, I think it’s harder and harder, today, for students to pay attention for 50 minutes. This has caused me to have a lot more in-class activities, including short quizzes. DS: Where do you see the HVAC industry headed in the future and how will your research play into it? Dr. Spitler: You’ve probably heard of the phrase “the internet of everything” meaning that all kinds of devices and systems are being connected to the internet. I believe that when it comes to HVAC, the ability to measure and analyze system performance is going to become much more readily available. I’m interested in research related to low cost sensors and the methods for gathering and analyzing the data, in real time, to optimize the control of equipment and the building. Today, for example, you can measure a building’s overall energy performance, and you could determine that, say, you have a mediocre building. But that’s a mixed measure of equipment and envelope performance, plus the activities going on in the building. You may have a really good envelope and your loads aren’t that heavy but you’ve got very poorly performing equipment. I can imagine that the ability to measure and identify that is going to become more common in the coming years. At OSU, we’re hoping to get research funding to help move this along. (Cont’d)
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Historian Message Interview with ASHRAE Fellow, Dr. Jeffrey D. Spitler By: Dusty Stoabs
(Cont’d) DS: On the ASHRAE Central Oklahoma Chapter Roster, I’ve seen the name “Rachel Spitler.” I suspect she’s related to you. Do we have a 2nd generation Professor Spitler coming up? Dr. Spitler: She’s my daughter and she’s actually already working in the industry in Tulsa at Cyntergy. The Central Oklahoma Chapter’s loss is the Northeastern Oklahoma Chapter’s gain! She’s been there a little over a year now. So, I really don’t think we have a 2nd generation professor coming along. She really enjoys doing MEP system design. Actually, I have five daughters. One is an Agricultural Engineer working for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. One still in high school and the other two work in other areas. I doubt the one in high school is going to go into the HVAC industry, but you never know!
Dusty Stoabs, PE ASHRAE Central Oklahoma Chapter Historian
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BOG Meeting Minutes
Please select the links below to access the the most
recent COK Chapter Board of Governors
Meeting Minutes. January 2015 BOG Minutes December 2015 BOG Minutes November 2015 BOG Minutes October 2015 BOG Minutes September 2015 BOG Minutes August 2015 BOG Minutes
Central Oklahoma ASHRAE Rosters
Did you know we have an online roster with listings of members and companies on the website? Please let John Semtner know if any information needs to be updated. Members Directory: http://ashraecok.org/directory.php
Company Roster: http://ashraecok.org/content.php?page=Company_Roster
2014 rosters may be downloaded using the link below, or contact John Semtner for a hard copy. http://ashraecok.org/images/downloads/Miscellaneous/2014_ashrae_roster_final.pdf
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ASHRAE Government Affairs Update 5/2016
US Federal Legislative & Regulatory Activities Senate Passes Comprehensive Energy Bill, Opening the Door for Possible New Law this Year High Performance Building Coalition Holds Congressional Briefing on Funding Priorities DOE Corrects Final Rule on Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines Quadrennial Energy Review Task Force Announces Meetings Final Determination on Portable Air Conditioners Issued by DOE GGAC Regional and Chapter Activities ASHRAE Argentina Chapter to hold Energy Efficiency Congress State of New York Issues Notice of Permanent Rulemaking on Legionella Town Hall Meeting on Legionella Scheduled for Flint, Michigan
Please visit http://ashraecok.org/blog.php for more details
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Oklahoma Future City
As you know ASHRAE is a proud supporter of the Oklahoma Future City competition. In past years our members have served as mentors, judges, and coordinators for the state competition. Several schools are in need of mentors. If you are interested in volunteering to mentor a team, please let me know ASAP. Mentors usually just meet with their team 3-4 times during the fall school semester. The teams can usually work to make it fit into the mentor's schedule. Also, Future City has modified its scope slightly to incorporate the Project Management Process. This means that professional project managers would be great mentors as well (whether they are engineers or not). The theme of this year's Future City Competition is solid waste/trash. If you would like to learn more about the Oklahoma Future City competition, please visit http://futurecity.org/showcase/presenting-city-17 Please contact Aruna at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer. Thank you for your help.
Upcoming Meetings and Events 5/4/16 May Meeting 50 Penn Place, 3rd Floor
11:30am Lunch
Acoustics 101 & Noise
Reduction Options
Vibro-Acoustics
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2015-2016 COK CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Company Phone Email
OFFICERS:
President John Semtner ADG (405)232.5700 [email protected]
President Elect Trapper Wilson Engineered Equipment Inc. (405)525.7722 [email protected]
Secretary Damon McClure Harrison-Orr Air Conditioning (405)520.2492 [email protected]
Treasurer Stephanie Thomas TME, LLC (405)463.6570 [email protected]
BOARD OF GOVERNORS:
Board of Governors Joe Sanders RB Akins (405)947.6502 [email protected]
Board of Governors Jeff Forman Mechanical Sales Midwest (405)368.8883 [email protected]
Board of Governors Brian Sauer, P.E. F+S+B (405)840.2931 [email protected]
Board of Governors Rick Marsh Trade Mechanical (405)521.1497 [email protected]
Board of Governors Dusty Stoabs, P.E. Streets, LLC (405)388.2271 [email protected]
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
Historian Dusty Stoabs Streets Mechanical (405)388.2271 [email protected]
Research Promotion Chris Dolan Engineered Equipment Inc. (405)525.7722 [email protected]
Refrigeration Jason Keyes Automated Building Systems (405)948.1794 [email protected]
Technology Transfer Michael Wilson Guernsey (405)416.8373 [email protected]
Governmental Activities Byron Hughes RB Akins Company (405)947.6502 [email protected]
Student Activities Madison Schultz Guernsey (405)416.8205 [email protected]
YEA Andy Donehue Trane (405)717.7667 [email protected]
Membership Promotion Daniel Brazeale Engineered Equipment Inc. (405)525.7722 [email protected]
Webmaster & Electronic Comm.
David Royal Royal Consulting, Inc. (405)839.0762 [email protected]
Honors & Awards Tino Mendez Retired (405)843.3579 [email protected]
Newsletter Jeff Forman Mechanical Sales Midwest (405)368.8883 [email protected]
Social Media Chair Madison Schultz Guernsey (405)416.8205 [email protected]
Scholarship Chair Caleb Spradlin TME, LLC (405)463.6570 [email protected]