March Meeting - Central Boiler Efficiency

Hey all,

There will be two meetings next week Thursday, March 17: Lunch in South Bend at Tippecanoe Place and Dinner in the Calumet area. For a little change up, however, the dinner meeting will be at The Charleyhorse Restaurant in Munster, IN.

Robert Glod from the National Association of Power Engineers will be speaking about what every industrial facility should be doing to reduce their boiler room's carbon footprint. This high energy speaker will touch on several current subjects including reducing water chemical treatment, proper deaeration, and water treatment concepts.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, March 15

Thursday, March 17, will be St. Patrick's day and the middle of March Madness. The Charleyhorse will be a GREAT place to participate in both. Come join us at 4:00 pm CST for our "executive" meeting and to catch some of the 2nd round action on the big screens. The presentation will end in a timely fashion to catch some March Madness afterward as well.

Also, coming up in either April or May the chapter may have the opportunity to host a 4 hour training session on ASHRAE 90.1-2007, the new energy code for the State of Indiana. This will be provided at MINIMAL cost to anyone who wishes to attend. If you are interested, please take the survey on the sidebar.

Lunch Meeting

Cost: $15 (includes lunch)
Check-in: 11:30 am - Noon EST
Lunch/Program: Noon - 1:00 pm EST

Tippecanoe Place
620 W. Washington St.
South Bend, IN

Dinner Meeting
Cost: $20 (includes dinner & drinks)
Check-in: 5:30 pm - 6:00 CST
Dinner/Program: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CST

The Charleyhorse Restraurant

8940 Calumet Avenue

Munster, IN

Indiana Energy Forum at Pudue Calumet

NEWS RELEASE:

Originally posted at http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/news/releases/08-10-17_energy_wbez_forum.html

Indiana energy needs focus of WBEZ/Chicago Matters public forum, Oct. 28

Purdue University Calumet is hosting a Community Forum, focusing on Indiana’s energy needs and sponsored by Chicago Public Radio Station WBEZ (91.5 fm) and Chicago Matters: Growing Forward series, Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The hour-long forum begins at 6 p.m. in The Calumet Conference Center, located at the far south end of the Purdue Calumet campus. It will be broadcast live on WBEZ. A pre-broadcast reception starts at 5 p.m.

During the forum, Chicago Public Radio’s Gabriel Spitzer and northwest Indiana reporter Michael Puente will discuss the state of Indiana energy and related needs with Purdue University Professor of Agricultural Economics Otto Doering; Indiana Center for Coal Technology Research Director Marty Irwin; Hoosier Environmental Council Executive Director Jesse Kharbanda; and Celina Weatherwax, director of the Northwest Indiana Office of Indiana Senator Richard Lugar.

"We're excited to invite the public to an open forum to discuss Indiana's energy needs," said Sally Eisele, managing editor of public affairs for Chicago Public Radio. "Here's a great opportunity to get your questions answered by our local reporters, as well as policy makers, business leaders and environmentalists."

The event is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP to secure a seat for the broadcast by contacting Chicago Public Radio’s Alexandra Salomon at asalomon@chicagopublicradio.org or by phoning 312/893-2929.

News Release Date: October 17, 2008

ASHRAE SSPC 90.1 Chicago Meeting

If you are interested, Standing Standard Project Committee (SSPC) 90.1 will be meeting in Chicago later this month. The meetings are open to the public. As I've mentioned before, this is a very important part of ASHRAE's process of developing standards. This is an incredibly important standard as well. So, it may be well worth your time to sit in on some of the meetings. This is a great way to start getting involved.

I've posted the main committee agenda here.
There is also a list of meeting times for the sub-committees here.
The meetings will take place from April 10 to April 12 at the O’Hare Hilton Garden Inn.

Follow the link to the ASHRAE website if you want more information about the committee.

ASHRAE Publishes Updated Version of Energy Efficiency Standard

For Release:
January 22, 2008

Contact: Jodi Dunlop
Public Relations
678-539-1140
jdunlop@ashrae.org
1791 Tullie Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

ATLANTA – Energy reduction through new requirements related to lighting, façades, and mechanical systems is achievable in the latest energy efficiency standard from ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).

Just published, the 2007 version of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, provides minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of buildings except low-rise residential buildings. The standard contains changes made through 47 addenda to the 2004 standard.

“One of the best ways to reduce building energy consumption is to reduce, or eliminate, the cooling or heating loads,” Mick Schwedler, chair of the Standard 90.1 committee, stated. “By doing so, the systems installed in buildings become smaller and use less energy. For example, on a hot, sunny day, having more insulation in the roof and better glass on the southern and western façades of a building reduce the air conditioning necessary as well as its resultant energy use. Two of the addenda do this by enhancing the insulation and fenestration (or window) requirements for the building exterior.”

The standard also addresses reduction of electrical and cooling loads and thus electricity by allowing less power for lighting. An addendum revised lighting allowances for retail displays, as it allows more flexibility for designers and better reflects actual retail lighting function.
Schwedler cited forewords from three approved mechanical addenda to quantify a portion of the energy savings:

• Addendum an: “…would save about 18 trillion Btu of gas and oil annually once the existing boiler stock turns over.”
• Addendum g: “will save an estimated 1.05 Quads of cumulative primary energy by 2035.”
• Addendum f: “will save an estimated 2.3 Quads of cumulative primary energy by 2035.”

“These substantial savings are credited to the work of past Standard 90.1 Chair Jerry White, the Standard 90.1 committee, and those that aided in the rigorous public review process,” Schwedler said. “We know that many projects are achieving considerable energy savings at reasonable costs and ask the entire design, operation, and owner communities to share these project ideas and contribute toward future energy and energy cost savings.”

The cost of the I-P version of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is $119 ($95, ASHRAE members). The SI version will be available later this spring. The standard is co-sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA).

To order, contact ASHRAE Customer Service at 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or 404-636-8400 (worldwide), fax 404-321-5478, or visit at www.ashrae.org/bookstore.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.