April Meeting: Refrigerants (Phaseouts, Future, and LEED)

Thank you for all of those that came to our program last month at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 training facility. Thank you to the Local 20 for providing great food and hospitality. Finally, a special thanks to John Hamilton, the chief operating officer of TABB. Mr. Hamilton gave a great presentation on the importance of spelling out what the commissioning agent is to do and what powers he has.

This month Jeff Moe of Trane will be presenting on refrigerants. As mundane as this sounds, there are several very important issues coming up with refrigerants. The first and foremost being the phaseout of R-22 in the next couple of years. R-22 based equipment is certainly cheaper right now, but what will they cost in the long run? What should a contractor do? Using the right refrigerants can also garner LEED points.

Jeff Moe is Vice President & Chairman for Trane’s global environmental policy council. He has more than 20 years of experience in various marketing and product management positions in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. His current responsibilities also include leading Trane’s R-22 transition strategy.

Until recently, Jeff served as the program director for Trane’s environmental policy council. Prior to that role, he served as marketing director for Trane’s Commercial Unitary and Packaged Terminal products for North and South America with responsibility for delivering volume and margin goals to the business. Beginning in 1998, he spent three years as the global product manager for Commercial Unitary products, based in Epinal, France. In this role, he was responsible for the development of the business’ global product management and planning processes, which included monitoring and understanding the global regulatory environment.

He began his Trane career as a marketing engineer. Jeff’s product responsibilities during his career have included chillers, air handling units, packaged and split system unitary equipment and packaged and chilled water terminal products. During his tenure, Jeff has also served on several Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) committees, and currently serves on the boards of the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, the Business Council for Sustainable Energy, and the Green Building Initiative. In addition, Jeff is actively involved as a business advisor at the Montreal Protocol and Kyoto Protocol meetings.

Jeff earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University. So, please join us for dinner and invite anyone (wife, brother, mother, client, building owner, contractor, engineer, etc.). We are not an exclusive chapter.

We hope that you can join us to contribute to the discussion. Drinks will also be covered by the chapter.

Dinner Meeting
Cost: $20
Check-in: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm CDT
Dinner / Program: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

Margaritas
19606 S. Burnham
Lynwood, IL
708-418-2650
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