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May 2017 
Monthly newsletter
APRIL 2017 NEWSLETTER OF THE CENTRAL ARIZONA CHAPTER OF ASHRAE
CALENDAR
APRIL
18 11:30 ASPE / Aunt Chiladas
18 11:59 pm TAXES!
20 1:00 ASHRAE webcast “Take Control”
26 11:30 MTCAZ Roundtable / Emb Stes Phx
MAY
9 4:30 Board Meeting / Radisson
9 5:30 Chapter Meeting / Radisson
16 11:30 ASPE / Aunt Chiladas
JUNE
8 7:00 Annual Chapter Awards Dinner
24—28 2017 Annual Conference / Long Beach, CA
JULY I guess we have it off.
AUGUST
TBA Chapter planning meeting
SEPTEMBER
12 4:30 Board Meeting / Radisson
12 5:30 Chapter Meeting / Radisson
19 11:30 ASPE / Aunt Chiladas
OCTOBER
9 4:30 Board Meeting / Radisson
10 11:30 Chapter Meeting / Radisson
19—24 ASPE 2017 Tech / Montreal
17 11:30 ASPE / Aunt Chiladas
NOVEMBER
14 4:30 Board Meeting / Radisson
14 5:30 Chapter Meeting / Radisson
21 11:30 ASPE / Aunt Chiladas
DECEMBER
11 4:30 Board Meeting / Radisson
12 11:30 Chapter Meeting / Radisson
19 11:30 ASPE / Aunt Chiladas
Statements made in this publication are not expressions of the Society or of the chapter and may not be reproduced without special permission of the chapter.
BEAU TURNER
CHAPTER PRESIDENT 2016/17
This month’s exhortation:
See Pete’s Editorial on Leadership. ASHRAE is a leadership forum. “Now’s your chance”!!
Note that our Chapter will be completing the Nomination and Election cycle at the next (May) meeting. See info on last page.
OFFICER GROUP
PRESIDENT ELECT: Meg Gates
TREASURER: Rick D’Andrea
SECRETARY: Kellie Huff
Complete listings of officer and committee contact information is found at
Ashraecentralaz.starchapter.com
MONTHLY ATTENDANCE SCORECARD
April (Hazard exh): 42
March (EPA): 38
February (CAD): 51
January (murder, she wrote): 57
December (Ethics): 54
November (Canabis): 45
October (Data centers): 66
September (Controls): 51
2016 AVG TD: 51
An exciting note to all statistic freaks: at the start of next year, we’ll also show a moving average. Try to contain yourself.
FROM THE APRIL MEETING:
Heeeee’s back! Good to see Charlie again.
Food great and fresh as always.
Joe McElvaney in full cry! With that gesture, he’s either making a point, or asking someone to leave. Great talk on combustible dusts. Joe consistently provides insightful design guidance.
Karine Leblanc, Regional Chair (Region X) (Az is part of R-X)
This month’s Chapter Newsletter Quiz: what famous rhyme fits these four pictures?
YEA BAGS TOURNEY (March 24)
We got 30 people out for some FUN!
TJ Saquilayan, PE
LOOKING AHEAD: MAY MEETING TOPIC
We will be hosting a PANEL DISCUSSION, with an Architect, a General Contractor and a Mechanical Contractor. What could go wrong?!
Bring your questions, leave the tomatoes; leave the gun, bring the cannolis.
CENTRAL AZ CHAPTER AWARDS ! !
It’s on the calendar so it must be REAL. This is our 3rd year, and the tradition has begun to take hold. Remember the management advice, “Find someone doing something right and praise them”? (Blanchard) Well, that’s a big part of the Awards principle.
June 8, Orange Tree Resort. 10601 N 56th St Scottsdale
We have recognition of firms for projects, and we praise individuals. The categories of individual awards:
Rising Star
Best Inside Sales Person
Best Outside Sales Person
Top Engineer Under 40
Projects have categories, too:
Commercial Buildings
Educational Facilities
Other Institutions
Health Care Facilities
Public Assembly
Residential (single and multi-family)
See? Something for everyone! The Chapter website has the application forms. Tell a friend. Better yet, nominate a colleague.
2016 Awards went to:
JOE GUMBAR: Outside Sales
KENT RIGGENBACH: Inside Sales
MEG GATES: Rising Star
MICHAEL HALLENBECK: Top Engr/40
JOHN BENSON: Lifetime Achievement
Dave Pearson: Design – Commercial
Lawrence Black - Education
CERT OF THE MONTH CLUB
ASHRAE CERTIFICATION:
Building Energy Modeling: The BEMP certification, an ANSI accredited certification program, validates competency to do the following: Model new and existing building and systems with the full range of physics; Evaluate, select, use, calibrate and interpret the results of energy modeling software where applied to building and systems energy performance and economics.
ASHRAE STUFF
Standard 90.1-2016 (I-P Edition) -- Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ANSI Approved; IES Co-sponsored)
MTCAZ MEETS
Mechanical Trade Contractors of Arizona – MTCAZ (formerly ACCA-AZ) April 26th luncheon - 6th Annual Manufacturers Panel-Industry Roundtable at Embassy Suites by Hilton, Phoenix-Scottsdale @ Stonecreek Golf Course, 4415 E. Paradise Village Parkway S. Phoenix, AZ 85032. Connect with over 100 contractors and industry staff.
IAQA (ASHRAE Affiliate)
IAQA Phoenix Chapter Workshops slated for May 9, August 8, November 14, in the Phoenix area. For more info, contact Derrick Denis, Phoenix IAQA chapter Director. [IAQA is now part of the ASHRAE family, and we’ve been doing some joint activities with them.]
ASPE STUFF
Attaboy(s) to the Phoenix Chapter of ASPE for a record-breaking convention they hosted here. Write-up in that issue of PM magazine lauds the local Chapter for attendance and participation. Way to go!
Southwestern Ohio ASPE President Ron Bartley, PE, has circulated a proposal for NCEES to establish a category of “Plumbing Engineer”. There has been some discussion among participants locally (AZ). For those seeking more information, contact [email protected]
A bit more LSW, from the old days. I do believe that’s Martin Schreiber in front (bolo tie, crew cut).
ASU – IAC
Established in 1976, Industrial Assessment Centers were created to serve small businesses to reduce energy use and increase productivity. There are 28 IACs, one of which is located at ASU. You can find more information at iac.engineering.asu.edu.
In accordance with IRS regulations, we have to show at least one water chiller in each newsletter to maintain our tax exempt status:
NOMINATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR
Secretary; members for Board of Governors;
Committees: TableTop; YEA; Student Act; Grassroots Gov; Golf Tourney; Nominating; Research/Promotion; Tech Transfer; Member Promo; Honors/Awards; Webmaster; Newsletter (members welcome)
LEADERSHIP: Not just for Boy Scouts
[I reference Scouting because I spent 25 years as an adult leader.] A fellow employee once asked me how he could develop leadership skills (yes, I think he was sucking up). I outlined a 5-year plan based on joining the Scouts as an adult leader; he just faded into the woodwork.
Now, I encourage any parent to use Scouting as a tool; it’s a very finely honed child-rearing device. It’s also the best leadership school you can find, including much of the military schools. Why? It gives participating parents lots of training, and lots of opportunities to lead, and then peer discussions, then more opportunity.
Here’s the Deep Down Secret: it ain’t for the boys. Oh, it involves the boys, and many of them get to be leaders, too, but if you’re running a school for leadership and you have 12-year olds and 30-year olds, who will learn more? (Hint: the one who owns a car.) The idea that the adults are running the classes doesn’t reduce the lessons they learn. The boys are a necessary part because the adults need someone to practice on, but the adults inevitably learn more and faster.
But, see, you don’t have to be a parent, and you don’t have to join Scouts. You just have to put yourself out there: volunteer. It could be a youth program (inclu- ding sports), church, charity, ASHRAE.
Like so many things, GIGO: you get what you put in. So, if you’re rolling your eyes right now, I’m not bothering with you anymore; I got that for 25 years from parents who weren’t paying attention. For those not rolling eyes: do it. Start small, volunteering to help in an established Committee. Then, couple years later, you’re the Committee Chair. Then, you volunteer for the “Chairs” (officer positions).
There’s not a shortcut. You have to invest time. But it is an investment, and it does pay off.
Pete Menconi, PE
Editor
ALL SUGGESTIONS ACCEPTED AT [email protected]
And while all suggestions are accepted, Management reserves the right to disregard them at whim.