REMINDERS. President s Message. In This Issue. Omaha Meeng - Tuesday, Oct. 13

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1 Focus on ASHRAE Technology & Membership Education Volume 57, Issue 2 President s Message Your ASHRAE committee members and elected board members are pushing full throttle to make this session as fun and informative as possible. We have a new goal to increase the number of our chapter and YEA social events. We have three this month: 1. UNO Student ASHRAE Chapter Industry Panel Thursday, October 1 at 5:30pm at The Peter Kiewit Institute, room 158. The chapter has invited a handful of industry professionals who work with building mechanical systems to speak to students about their careers and day-to-day work. A mixer will follow the Q&A session and will continue until approximately 7:30pm. All ASHRAE Members are invited to attend, please do your part in encouraging participation from your young co-workers that are new to the industry and interns. If you have any questions, please Jim Butler at jbutler@unomaha.edu 2. Nebraska ASHRAE Trap shoot Scholarship Benefit Wednesday, October 28 at the Papillion Gun Club starting at 1pm. Spots are filling up fast, please register your team and sponsorships as soon as possible. There will be an area for non-shooters to cheer teams on, have food and drink, and play some tailgate games. 3. YEA Monday Night Football Monday, October 19th (Omaha) at DJ s Dugout in Aksarben starting at 5:30pm. Come watch the Giants battle the Eagles with us. It will be a great time for drinks, laughs and football! Our program this month in Omaha will be ASHRAE Standard 188 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems. Not to be outdone, the Lincoln chapter will be hosting Octourfest (clever), a tour of the West O Prison central plant followed by happy hour at Red Fox. I hope these initial meetings and events are an indication of our commitment to make you NE ASHRAE membership exceedingly valuable to you and your company. I ask your support by being your company s ASHRAE champion by encouraging membership and participation in our events and technical sessions (member or not!). Contact any of our board members or volunteers with questions. Please be sure to or post event fliers and schedules to spread the word! **Also a reminder to start thinking about making reservations to attend the ASHRAE Winter Meeting and Expo January in much warmer Orlando, FL. There are currently great deals on airfare and hotels that will not last much longer** Sincerely, Tyler Glesne Nebraska ASHRAE Chapter President *please note that my contact information has changed. You may reach me at tglesne@ameresco.com October 2015 In This Issue Meeting Details 2 RP Progress Update 3 Omaha Meeng - Tuesday, Oct. 13 REMINDERS Lincoln Meeng - Wednesday, Oct. 14 Omaha YEA Monday Night Football - Monday, Oct. 19 Designing an Edible City Panel Tuesday, Oct. 20 NE ASHRAE Trap shoot Benefit for NE ASHRAE Scholarship Fund - Wednesday, Oct. 28 Winter Conference Info 3 Industry Panel 4 YEA Football Mixer 4 ASHRAE Scholarships 5 Grassroots Update 6 Trap shoot Benefit 7 Future Meetings 8 Edible City Panel 9

2 September Meetings OMAHA ASHRAE Std. 188 Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems with Eric Granzow Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 Steakhouse Choice of Club Sirloin ($23), Chicken Cordon Bleu ($18), or Grilled Salmon ($18) LINCOLN Octourfest (West O Prison Central Plant) Happy Hour at Red Fox Recommended donation $5 (with a raffle) Wednesday, October 14th, :00PM (tour last approx. 1 hour) Red Fox Steak House & Lounge Suggested donation ($5) Byron Bakenhus, Senior Engineer at Lincoln Electric System, & Todd Bowman, DEC Operations and Maintenance Supervisor, will be giving a tour of the DEC central plant for the Lancaster County Corrections Department on West O Street. (3801 W. O Street, Lincoln NE 68522) Plan to arrive 10 minutes early. Carpooling is encouraged due to limited parking. Drive through the gate house indicated on the map below. For more information or to register for either meeting visit our website

3 ASHRAE Resource Promotion A big thanks to all donors who contributed to the ASHRAE RP Campaign! It was a record fundraising effort with over $2.5 million raised on a national level for Research, YEA, Education, Scholarships, and the General Fund. The Nebraska Chapter contributed over $22,000, and this year s Chapter goal has been set at $19,300. We hope RP can count on your support again this year. Please consider sending in your personal or corporate contributions early to help our Chapter hit progress goals. We hope to raise 30% of goal by December 31 to earn Nebraska Chapter PAOE points. If you have any questions regarding RP or would like to contribute early to the Campaign, please don t hesitate to contact myself, or Nick Mandel. Thank you for your support of ASHRAE RP! Dave Kros Nick Mandel dkros@mechsales.com nmandel@specializedeng.com

4 Networking Socials Please join our Nebraska YEA organization for a great opportunity to network with young professionals in our industry. YEA has been developed for those who are 35 years and younger as a way to get involved with the ASHRAE community. This is a great platform to get to know your peers outside of the workplace while having some fun. Please join us for drinks, laughs and Monday Night Football!! Omaha Gathering: Lincoln Gathering: th WHEN: October 19 WHEN: November 16th TIME: 5:30 7:30 TIME: 5:30 7:30 WHERE: DJ s Dugout WHERE: Longwells 2102 S 67th St 350 Canopy St, Suite 100 Omaha, NE Lincoln, NE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL MIXER Questions / Comments: Josh Marple, Associated Equipment Sales, jmarple@aeskc.com Callen Schwank, Victaulic, callen.schwank@victaulic.com We encourage you to forward this invitation to other colleagues you know that would be interested in knowing more Industry Career Panel and Mixer with UNO Student Chapter On Thursday, October 1 at 5:30pm, the UNO Student ASHRAE Chapter will be hosting an Industry Panel at The Peter Kiewit Institute, room 158. In preparation for the Durham School Career Fair, the chapter has invited a handful of industry professionals who work with building mechanical systems to speak to students about their careers and day-to -day work. The chapter has invited a design engineer, a commissioning agent, a sales engineer, a facilities professional, a mechanical contractor, and a programmer to speak to students of all levels. The event will start with a minute introduction of ASHRAE as an organization, followed by short presentations by each of the panelists. After the presentations, students will be able to ask the panelists questions. A mixer will follow the Q&A session, and will end at approximately 7:30. The Student Chapter would like to invite ALL Omaha ASHRAE members to this event to participate in the discussion and mingle with the students. Please invite other young engineers and interns from your office that might benefit from this event. If you have any questions, Jim Butler at jbutler@unomaha.edu

5 ASHRAE Provides Assistance to Future Engineers Through ATLANTA Twenty-nine students are receiving $152,000 worth of financial assistance for the school year via ASHRAE s scholarship program. In addition, ASHRAE announced creation of several new scholarships, which will be available for Those are: Gordon V.R. Holness Scholarship, named in honor of ASHRAE Presidential Member Holness, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, who served as president in ASHRAE Central New York Chapter King-Traugott Scholarship, named in memory of Fritz Traugott, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, and Harry King, Life Member. King created the Air Conditioning Engineering Technology program at SUNY Canton in 1946 and helped orchestrate its tremendous growth until his retirement in After receiving his doctorate from Syracuse University, Traugott went on to become a guest lecturer and lifelong supporter of the University, sharing a vision for the motivation, inspiration, and education of young engineers, especially in energy conservation. James R. Bullock Jr. Scholarship, named in honor of Bullock, P.E., Life Member, a longtime ASHRAE member who serves as president of Environmental Air Systems Inc. Freshman Engineering Scholarship Over the course of 27 years, ASHRAE has awarded more than $1.45 million to over 300 deserving undergraduate and graduate students. For more information on ASHRAE scholarships, visit scholarships. Applications are now being accepted for the undergraduate, regional/chapter and university-specific scholarships. The deadline is December 1, ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 50,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow s built environment today. More information can be found at

6 GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE House Subcommittee Approves Comprehensive Energy Legislation This week the US House Energy and Power Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee unanimously approved a new draft of a comprehensive energy bill. Significantly, the new draft does not include the potentially harmful building energy codes language from H.R.1273 that was included in previous versions of the legislation. While it is expected that this language will be offered as an amendment when the draft bill is marked-up by the full Committee or considered on the House floor, the removal of this language marks a major milestone for ASHRAE and our allies, and is proof of our effectiveness in educating Members of Congress on the likely pitfalls of such language. MORE ARTICLES To find more arcles like this visit government-affairs-updates Click the bu8on below to subscribe and receive informaon on acvies within Congress and Federal agencies from the ASHRAE Washington office. Full information on the Subcommittee s consideration of the draft bill, including legislative text, video, and opening statements by leadership can be found by clicking here. Markup of House Energy Bill Postponed Due to Disagreements Over Climate Change, Building Energy Codes Earlier this week, the US House Energy & Commerce Committee suddenly put the brakes on plans to mark up the North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of This is the same bill previously referred to as the House comprehensive energy bill or Architecture of Abundance legislation. The bill contains several provisions of interest to ASHRAE members, including support for workforce development, energy efficient federal data centers, a report on the energy and water savings potential of thermal insulation, energy efficiency in schools, and energy savings performance contracting. The decision to postpone the markup results from a failure to reach agreement between Democrats and Republicans on issues such as climate change, the federal government s use of fossil fuels, and building energy codes. While somewhat surprising, this is likely only a speedbump, as it is widely expected that the Committee will take up the bill later this month or early next. By that time, the two Parties will either decide to proceed with a bipartisan bill that may contain more controversial amendments offered during floor debate, or Republicans will choose to charge ahead with a bill more heavily laden with their priorities. Hope remains strong for a bipartisan bill, as it was unanimously approved in July by the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the Energy & Commerce Committee. Additional information on the markup is available here.

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8 Future meetings (Topics subject to change) Omaha Lincoln Nov. 10th Construction Law & Contract Language (Joint with MCA) Nov. 11th Construction Law & Contract Language Dec. 8th Project Specific beq Submission Dec. 9th Project Specific beq Submission Jan. 12th Panel Discussion/Round Table: Energy Modeling Jan. 13th NE State Chief Electrical Inspector Feb. 9th ASHRAE Presidential Theme Speech Feb. 10th SAC Federal Credit Union Chilled Beam System Mar. 8th Flow Measuring Technologies (Tech Session to Follow) Mar. 9th ASHRAE Presidential Message Apr. 12th ASHRAE Webcast Apr. 13th VRV/VRF Round Table May SAC Federal Credit Union: Project Overview & Tour TBD May CRES Tour TBD June ASHRAE Golf Outing Iron Horse GC June ASHRAE Golf Outing Iron Horse GC Membership Promotion Philip Prest Research Promotion David Kros Nick Mandel Student Activities Chris Beaty Meagan Kurmel Omaha Technology Transfer Aaron Rasell Chapter Chairpersons Lincoln Technology Transfer Will Morris Webmaster Eric Granzow Grassroots Historian YEA Ryan Adrian Jim Ellis Sarah Poursharafeddin Callen Schwank Visit us on the web at Special Events Kyle Heberly Aaron Rasell Newsletter Sara Robbins Publicity (UNO) David Yuill Reception Bryan Schwartz Cecily Haggerty Chapter Officers President Tyler Glesne President Elect Secretary Jessica Errett Tom Lewis Treasurer Shaun Nienhueser 1st Board Member Chris Hawk 2nd Board Member Chris Beaty Board Ex-Officio Jeff Backemeyer

9 Designing an Edible City Alive, Nourishing and Restorative Buildings and Infrastructure The goals of this event will be to explore how we can design food & agriculture into the urban fabric. As we examine how we build the buildings, cities and neighborhoods of the future, it is critical that we address the question of how and where we grow food to reconnect civilization with agriculture. Panelists will present in Pecha Kucha format with a discussion and questions to follow. Cost: $15 (Chapter members) & $25 (non-members). Click here to RSVP. Panelists: Gus Von Roenn, Certified Permaculturist, Von Roenn Permaculture Vic Gutman, President, VGA, Omaha Farmers Market & Tenth Street Market Kristina Engler, Horticulture Instructor, Metropolitan Community College Clayton Chapman, Chef/Owner, The Grey Plume Restaurant Lily Livingston, Sustainable Leader, HDR Moderator: Lucy Wilson, co-publisher, Edible Omaha TIME 11:30am-1pm LOCATION Metropolitan Community College Fort Omaha Campus Swanson Conference Center, Bldg 22 Campus entrance at 32nd & Sorensen Pkwy DATE Tuesday, October 20th, 2015 Visit us on the web at