September 2015

Volume 51 , Issue 1

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

President's Message 2

Design on the Delaware 2

YEA Update 3

Corporate Sponsorship 3

Canstruction 3

Speaker Bio & Summary 4

2014-2015 Directory 4

2015-2016 Programs 5

Membership Promo 5

CRC 2015 Update 6

CTTC Article 7

ASHRAE Conference 8

Member Advancement 8

New Members 8

Basic HVAC Course Info 9 - 11

QUAKER C ITY CLIMATE

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

“High Performance Energy Recovery”

presented by

Rudolf Zaengerle President, Konvekta

Click here to Register

LOCATION

Dave and Buster’s

325 North Columbus Blvd.

Philadelphia, PA 19106

215-413-1951

For Directions: click here

Parking: $12 ($5 drink coupon)

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Social Hour/Cash Bar

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Presentation

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM YEA Social

There will be a YEA Social following the dinner meeting.

If you are 35 years old or under, stay after the meeting for time

hanging out and playing pool with other young engineers.

Please contact Jeff Pisarek at c021yea@ashrae.net if you have any questions

regarding the YEA Social or wish to be added to our YEA directory.

This is Membership Promotion Night!

Bring a colleague and your dinner could be free — see page 6 for details!

We hope to see you there!

COSTS

Fees are based on online reservations and prepayment.

Philadelphia Chapter Members:

$30

ASHRAE Society Members - Non-Chapter Members:

$40

ASHRAE Life Members: No Charge

Non- ASHRAE Member: $40

Young Engineers (35 & under): $25

Students: $10

2015-2016

President

Ashley Lester, PE, LEED AP

President-Elect

Casey Younkins, PE

Vice President

Jeff Crozier, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Treasurer

Mike Radio, PE, CEM, BEMP, LEED AP

Secretary

Tim Reinking

Senior Governor

Mike Witkowski, PE

Governors

Michael Calabrese, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Eric Feinschil

Sean Hughes, PE

Tim Reinking

Newsletter & Website Editor

James Piscopo, PE, LEED AP

Chapter Technology

Transfer Committee Chair

Eric Feinschil

Research Promotion Chair

Gary Debes

Basic School Coordinator

James Lill, PE

Refrigeration

Justin Barta

Membership Promotion Chair

Michael Calabrese, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Student Activities Chair

Erik App

Program Committee Chair

Casey Younkins, PE

Chapter Historian

Sean Hughes

Young Engineers in ASHRAE

Jeffrey Pisarek, PE

Public Relations

Mike Witkowski, PE

Grassroot Government Activities

Edward Decker

Golf Outing Director

Tim Reinking

Honors and Awards Committee

Dan Brown

P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a great summer! As usual, my summer flew by and I can’t believe

it is already September! While I will miss all of the wonderful things that summer brings,

I am looking forward to all of the activities that start back up again and all the fun events

that autumn brings.

Over the summer, the ASHRAE Board was working hard on planning seminars and

events for this 2015-2016 ASHRAE year. Our first dinner seminar is on September 9th at

Dave and Buster’s and will be our Membership Promotion/YEA Night featuring a

presentation on “High Performance Energy Recovery Units”. Once again, we will be

offering Certificates of Attendance for all of our educational seminars this year.

In October, our Basic HVAC System Design Course will be starting up again. This one-

year course is great for anyone who is new to our industry or wants to learn more about

HVAC design. I highly recommend it and found it very informative when I took it a year

out of college.

As we enter the 2015-2016 year, I would like to thank Mike Witkowski for all his hard

work as President for the 2014-2015 year. For the past 10 years, Mike has been serving

various ASHRAE leadership positions both at the local and regional level. I would also

like to thank the Board Members and Chapter Chairs who supported Mike to make 2014

-2015 another successful year. Our Chapter received several awards at the Chapter

Regional Conference (CRC) for its service to the Philadelphia region the past year.

I look forward to working with all of you this upcoming year and will do my best to

ensure another successful year for the Philadelphia Chapter of ASHRAE. Please let me

know if you have any questions or ideas to improve our Chapter.

Ashley Lester, PE, LEED AP

Philadelphia Chapter President

c021@ashrae.net

Mark Your Calendars!

Design on the Delaware

October 28-30, 2015

Registration will be open soon for the 13th Annual Design on the Delaware Conference

and Trade Show. The three day conference offers 3 general sessions, 30 programs and

15 tours. Attendees can earn up to 24 Continuing Education Units. Course topics include

design, high performance buildings, professional practice, building technology, green

schools, planning, preservation, landscapes, urban and suburban planning, codes and

zoning, and more. Go to www.designonthedelaware.com for a full schedule of events

as well as a description of programs and tours.

Registration is now open for the 2015-2016

Basic HVAC System Design Course.

See page 9 for details!

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ASHRAE Philadelphia Corporate Sponsorships Available

The Philadelphia Chapter invites your company to join as a Corporate Sponsor for the 2015-2016 year. Your firm’s

participation in this program would enable us to make a wonderful donation to ASHRAE Research Promotion which

includes over $ 1.5 million in local research funding.

Corporate Sponsors are listed on our web site, in our newsletter, and in our annual directory. They receive free copies

of our directory and recognition at all of our events. With the ease of one payment, you may get all this, as well as free

dinner tickets good for our monthly meetings, and make a valuable contribution to ASHRAE Research at the same time.

Since not all companies have the same financial capabilities or quantity of employees, we offer a few different levels of

corporate sponsorship. Each level will receive the same types of benefits, with some differences in quantities and

discounting.

We hope you will decide to join us as a Corporate Sponsor. If you are interested, please email us at

philachapter@mail.ashrae.org. The Board of Governors thanks you for your continued support of ASHRAE. We hope

that this year is successful for your firm.

YEA Update

The ASHRAE Region III CRC brought together YEA Committee Chairs from various chapters to discuss their roles and

responsibilities at its YEA workshop. We had valuable discussion that covered the challenges and successes that each

chapter has experienced. Several ASHRAE members with senior level positions attended the workshop and offered

their input and experiences, too. We look to take away increased knowledge from this session and put it into practice as

we move into the upcoming year.

Canstruction® Update

The Philadelphia Chapter is looking to

build on last year’s success and is

looking for volunteers to help with the

design and planning.

Please contact Chris Gale

or Mike Witkowski if you are

interested.

This year’s theme is Redemption.

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September Speaker Bio & Presentation Summary

Rudolf Zaengerle President

Konvekta

Rudolf Zaengerle is the President of Konvekta’s North American operation, a subsidiary of the Swiss based

Konvekta AG.

He holds a Master of Mechanical Engineering degree and a PhD in Business Administration both from the Swiss

Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He has also studied at Harvard Business School.

He was an Assistant Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Energy Sustainability & Urban

Planning Institute before he relocated to the USA more than 20 years ago to manage Swiss technology businesses in

North America.

“High-Performance Energy Recovery Systems”

HVAC systems are among the greatest energy consumers of large buildings, especially buildings with 100 percent

outside air. High-performance run-around energy recovery systems (RAERS) with advanced control software are

operating at efficiencies of net 70 to 90 percent (based on annual energy consumption for heating and cooling), taking

into account the additional electricity needed for glycol pumps and added fan power to compensate for air pressure drop

in the coils. Advanced control software provides recovery and efficiency verification, as well as continuously reporting

the reduction in carbon and energy consumption.

While the thermodynamics of an energy recovery system are relatively simple, it is critical that high-performance

systems operate at optimum performance under varying operating parameters. With several variable input parameters,

including outside air, supply air, and return air temperatures; air volumes; and glycol volumes and temperatures,

controlling and optimizing a system requires a numerical-simulation-based controller that allows variable amounts of

heat transfer fluid to be circulated throughout the system.

In multi-functional systems, additional heat and/or cold is introduced into the glycol circuit, either to boost the heating/

cooling capability of the energy recovery system from waste heat/cold sources, or to control the supply air temperature

to the building to eliminate the need of separate heating/cooling coils in the supply air handlers. These features add yet

another level of complexity to the controller function.

Verification and proof of energy saved and the reduction of the carbon footprint are essential elements of a sustainable

building. An energy recovery system controller with advanced control software can provide this information to the

building owner on a continuous basis.

The New 2015-2016 Directory is Available!

The latest edition of the Directory of Associations, Consulting Firms, and Manufacturers’ Representatives

in the Philadelphia Area is now available. It sells for $23 each.

Send your check to Emily Albert, ASHRAE, 994 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 1019, Wayne, PA 19087.

If you prefer to pay by credit card, please call Emily at 610-971-2169 or email her at Emily@mmco1.com.

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Program calendar is tentative and subject to change. Please refer to ASHRAE Philadelphia Website for up to date information.

Advance registration and pre-payment are required before the meetings.

We need your attendance!

If we are below our guaranteed level for attendees at our meetings, our treasury could be negatively effected.

Our programs are designed around the membership’s input and we all need to support these meetings to maintain

a strong/informed association. We hope to see you at our next meeting. Please come out and support our Chapter!

Date Location Topic Theme

9/9/2015 Dave & Buster’s High-Performance Energy Recovery by Rudolf Zaengarle of Konvekta

Membership and YEA

10/8/2015 Ritz-Carlton SMCA - More information to follow! SMCA Engineer's Night

11/12/2015 Dave & Buster’s Chilled Beams and their Applications Research Promotion

12/10/2015 Union League Sustainability Breakfast Meeting

1/13/2016 Wells Fargo Center Flyers vs. Bruins Social

2/11/2016 Dave & Buster’s Student Night with SMCA Student Night and YEA

3/10/2016 TBD Trade Show

4/14/2016 Dave and Buster’s LEED by Jim Newman, Newman Consulting Group

Students and Membership

TBD TBD Golf Outing

5/12/2016 Dave and Buster’s TBD Past President's Night

September Meeting - MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION NIGHT SPECIAL!!!

Current Philadelphia ASHRAE Chapter members in good standing can receive their dinner session ticket complimentary

(paid for by the Chapter) by bringing with them a “new” ASHRAE member who signs up for membership at the

registration desk. Additionally, we would like to welcome the new Chapter members with their first Philadelphia Chapter

dinner session ticket free!

To take advantage of this offer when registering online, please use the coupon code "Membership" when registering for

this event. Please make sure you register yourself and a guest when using this code.

Chapter Regional Conference (CRC)

2015 Update

This year’s Chapter Regional Conference (CRC) was held in Johnstown, PA on August 18-20. Several Board members

and I participated in regional training sessions to help guide the operations of our Chapter in the upcoming year. During

the conference, the region recognized chapters and individuals for their commitment and exceptional service.

Thank you to all of those who attended and congratulations to the following committee chairs and officers who were

recognized for exceptional service at this year's CRC!

Ashley Lester

Philadelphia Chapter President

Technology Award 1st Place – Educational (New)

Johns Hopkins University, Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories

Bradford Crowley

Chapter RP Awards Certificate PAOE Chapter Awards Honor Roll

Full Circle Chevron Star

Gold Treasury Ribbon Special Citation

High Five Chevron

Endowment Chevron

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Red Ribbon Award

Recognizes outstanding effort and success in membership growth.

Michael Calabrese

(Mike Calabrese, middle, and Bob Finkboner, far right, Regional Vice Chair for Membership Promotion, Region III)

Pit Bull Award

Awarded to the Research Promotion

Chair for outstanding achievement.

Gary Debes

(Gary Debes, right, with

Sherry Abbott-Adkins, Regional

Vice Chair for Research Promotion,

Region III)

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Please submit articles highlighting novel HVAC technologies to Chapter Technology Transfer Committee Chair

Eric Feinschil (c021cttc@ashrae.net) for consideration in future newsletters.

Did you know there are free design guides available on the ASHRAE web site? The regular technical article is not the only place to get great free information each month. Take a few minutes to log on and see the variety of design guides available to download at

no cost. The design guides can be located by using the link below. https://www.ashrae.org/standards-research--technology/advanced-energy-design-guides

Choosing a Fluid Balancing Design Strategy

By Rod Brandon, S.A. Armstrong Limited

Reprinted from Mechanical Business

Www.mechanicalbusiness.com

Presently, there are a number of approaches to hydronic fluid flow balancing. These include:

Pipe Stretching - the practice of choosing pipe lengths/diameters and components of various sizes to appear (to the

pump) to be of equal resistance for all parallel circuits, regardless of actual length.

Reverse Return - the practice of running equal physical pipe lengths for all parallel circuits, regardless of proximity to the

mechanical room.

One Pipe Load Pumps - using a small variable -speed circulator per terminal unit to deliver the diverted flow required

from a none pipe circuit.

Circuit Balancing - the practice of adjusting flow regulating valves to balance the pressure drop of all circuits within the

system, to ensure design flow is available to each terminal unit.

Auto Flow Limiting - the practice of using valves in each circuit, capable of self-regulating flow over a range of

differential pressure conditions.

As discussed in “Yes, Balancing Is Important,” (Mechanical Business, December 2007) every hydronic system, whether

for heating or cooling, must be properly balanced to achieve maximum system performance, optimum operating

efficiency, and to ensure building occupant comfort.

Without hydronic fluid flow balancing, most favored circuits (typically on the lowest floor and closest to the mechanical

room) will receive the majority of flow and least favored will receive less. The heating or cooling capabilities of the HVAC

system terminal units are dependent on the hydronic fluid flow through them. The fluid balancing process assures that at

least design flow is available to every terminal unit in the building, under any normal operating conditions.

A common misconception is that design conditions are rarely encountered as “design days’ are few and far between. In

reality, design conditions are commonly encountered every time a night setback resets, and the system immediately calls

for heating or cooling through the building.

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Membership Advancement

If you are currently an ASHRAE Associate Member, becoming a full Member is easier

than you think! The following count toward the required 12 points to advance to full

membership status. You must update your ASHRAE online biography and send an

email to membership@ashrae.org to advance.

Non-accredited degree = 4 points

Accredited degree = 6 points

PE = 4 points

Industry experience = 1 point/year

September 11, 2014 Meeting

This is Membership Promotion Night!

Bring a colleague and your dinner could be free — see page 6 for details!

Don Lowe

Alfred Marinelli

Samuel Marthone

Diane McArdle

Sean McCarty

Lawrence Meisezahl

Dale Mull

Joseph Rennie

Mike Schade

Ben Scimeca

William Sherman

Jason Weaver

Cody West

ASHRAE Winter Conference

January 23-27, 2016

Orlando, Florida

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