2024/2025 ASHRAE October Newsletter:
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As part of our continued efforts to find the best venue for our monthly meetings, the board of governors has made the decision to move to a new location for our October meeting.
We are excited to announce that the upcoming October meeting will be held at
Rodizio Grill Hamilton Place on October 2, 2024.
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While we appreciate Adelle’s at Grandfalloon for welcoming us last month (and we encourage you to continue to support them as a locally owned and operated business), we do not feel like it was a good fit for us as a monthly meeting space.
The move to Rodizio
Benefits of this location:
- More variety in food choices
- Plenty of free parking (mall)
- Hotel in same parking lot (aloft) for out of town speakers at a great rate
- Larger space for regular attendees and ability to grow
Potential concerns with this location:
- Higher cost (we will continue to discuss this as a group throughout the year)
- Not downtown
Our speaker: Robert Bean
Robert is the director of www.healthyheating.com, and founder of Indoor Climate Consultants Inc. He is a retired engineering technology professional who specialized in the design of indoor environments and high-performance building systems. He is an ASHRAE Fellow and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, recipient of the Lou Flagg Award, Distinguished Service Award and instructor for the ASHRAE Learning Institute. He has authored many papers, articles and course curriculums and serves on numerous technical committees related to indoor environmental quality, building and energy systems.
Our Topic: What Should Drive the Sustainability Bus - Indoor Environmental Quality or Energy?
Efficiency programs seem to ignore the fact that the only reason why society uses energy in buildings is to condition people and generate domestic hot water. One would then think that all design ought to begin with the physiological and psychological needs of the occupants. However in the real world most energy efficiency programs focus exclusively on enclosures and equipment and have superficial IEQ requirements. The hope is that the assembled systems will deliver the desired indoor climate with the modeled energy. The flaws in this approach are demonstrated in the poor results from thousands of post occupancy evaluations. Following this workshop, participants will learn the human sciences behind thermal comfort and air quality and how energy and exergy efficiency is the natural outcome from engineering the indoor environment using human factor design tools.
We look forward to seeing you there and enjoying another great event in a fresh setting!
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Upcoming Events:
Upcoming Events
Oak Ridge National Labs Technical Tour
As promised, this year, we will have multiple opportunities to learn and network outside of our monthly meetings. I briefly mentioned at our September meeting that I have been working with a team at Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) to get us a technical tour setup and I happy to now share the details with you all. NOTE: a background check is required to participate in the tour and the deadline to submit your information to ORNL is Friday October 18
The tour will start promptly at 10 am est. There will be a break for lunch. There is a cafeteria onsite when lunch can be purchased. I am told the average cost is $8-10 or you are welcome to bring your own lunch. There is no cost for the tour and we will be issuing 1 PDH credit for those in attendance.
Sites seen will include the Supercomputers and BRTIC labs.
Computational Facilities / Frontier and Summit Data Centers:
During this tour, attendees will get to see Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer since June 2022 and Summit the world’s fastest supercomputer from June 2018 to November 2019 and is currently at #9. Details about the two data centers’ mechanical support systems will be given with an in-depth look at the cooling systems. The central energy plants serving these systems provide nominally 20MW for Summit and 40MW for Frontier. The annualized power usage effectiveness (PUE) for Summit’s data center has been around 1.11 while Frontier’s has been1.06.
BRTIC:
The Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC) is the only US Department of Energy (DOE)-designated National User Facility devoted to building technologies research and development. The 60,000ft2 campus includes the flagship MAXLAB, a multipurpose laboratory to advance the energy efficiency and durability of building envelopes, equipment, and materials. Following is a link to more information: https://www.ornl.gov/facility/btric
To confirm your spot, RSVP by clicking here
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UTC Tailgate
We are thrilled to announce our first annual ASHRAE YEA Tailgate at UTC!! Please plan to join us – families and all - on Saturday, October 26thto socialize and cheer on the Mocs! This is Homecoming so it should be a lively, fun, family friendly event.
Food, beverages, and GAME TICKETS will be provided by the chapter! If you have special game day snack you would like to share you are more than welcome to bring it too!
Here are the details:
- Game Time: 4 pm
- Setup Time: can start as early as 6 hrs prior to kickoff
- Tailgate Start Time: 1 pm
If you are willing to help with planning and setup, please reach out to Dottie McSpadden (Dottie.Mcspadden@aeedinc.com) and/or Hailey Mick (Hailey.Mick@uponor.com). We will need a few people to arrive early to get spots. If you have tailgating items like tents, chairs, tables, coolers (even a tv and small generator would be great to have) that you are willing to let us use, please let us know that as well.
The earlier we get a headcount, the better for ticket purchases. Look for a final cutoff date soon! RSVP by Clicking Here
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