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Welcome to ASHRAE Toronto Chapter
Greetings!
The ASHRAE Toronto Chapter Board of Governors are proud to introduce the newly formatted, and fully automated Toronto Chapter Gazette.
Please take a few minutes to look around and get comfortable with the format. and of course click HERE to link to the NEW website which will allow you to register for the upcoming meeting.
Once you get to the website, Please go tot he "Join" tab and join the local chapter ( you must do this before regiister ing for the meeting if you are a local chapter member or would like to become one), then click on the Meeting and Events tab to register for the meeting. Please register on line and pay with your VISA card. If this option presents you with a problem you can click the manual pay option, although we are hoping you will use the fully automated option.
Many of our volunteers have spent considerable time creating and designing this new automated option, and deserve our thanks. We hope that this allows you easier access to all the chapter news and upcoming events.
***Note to all Local Chapter Members- You must go to the "Join" tab on the web before registering for the meeting or you will be charged the guest fee***
Looking forward to a great Year of ASHRAE,
Dave Sage,
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Theme: Student Night/ Project Management on Ryerson's new Image Arts Building
October 5, 2009 meeting is being held at Ryerson University, Thomas Lounge in Oakham House, 63 Gould St.Map to (at Church), in Downtown Toronto.
Map to Oakham House Dinner Speaker and Topic: Upon receipt of the donation of the Black Star Collection in 2005, Ryerson was charged with the responsibility of archiving valuable collection of images which describes the historical figures, world events and conflicts of the twentieth century. How will Ryerson University preserve these important images, meanwhile showcasing them to local and global academics and artists? Our dinner speaker is Jule Mycan, the Project Manager at Ryerson University who is leading the redesign and expansion of the existing Image Arts Building. The renovation, designed by Toronto-based Diamond and Schmitt Architects and engineered by Crossey Engineering, will add 1,860 square metres of combined Public Gallery, Archival Space and Research Centre plus an additional 1,200 square metres of study, teaching and academic space. Jule Mycan will explain how Ryerson is meeting the project management challenges of today and plans to achieve indoor environmental requirements of a Class A museum in the future. Jule Mycan has been responsible for coordinating the delivery of over 600,000 SF of capital construction at Ryerson University within the past 9 years. Jule's project work includes Eric Palin Expansion, George Vari Engineering Building, Ted Rogers School of Management and her current project, the IMA Arts Photographic Gallery and Building Expansion. She has a diverse professional background including the practice of urban design and landscape for approximately 10 years, work as an M&E technical coordinator for Trow Consulting Engineering and Capital Project Manager for the Region of Peel. Jule sits on Canadian Standards Association Committees Z614 and B651 and is a member of the Project Management Institute. Further Information on Redesign and Expansion of the Image Arts Building and the Historical Black Star Photography Collection: www.imagearts.ryerson.ca/collectionwww.ryerson.ca/news/news/General_Public/20080305_RyePhotoGal |
ASHRAE May Meeting and Tour at Mount Sinai Hospital:
Dinner speaker Mr. Steven Rosen with The new 2009 -2010 Board of Governors
Glenn Kilmer.
  Survey winner Nick Reggi with his new Roberto Battiston the night's 50/50
iPod with President Allard Vegter. winner, who donated the winnings to
ASHRAE Research, with Research
Chair Doug Cochrane.
The tour for the month of May took place at 600 University Avenue, which has been the location of Mount Sinai Hospital since 1973. Located in downtown Toronto, the hospital serves a broad community and is a globally recognized institution of excellence in patient care, teaching and research. The hospital is physically linked to two other hospitals by various tunnels and bridges, but is an independently operated facility of its' own. There were approximately twenty Toronto Chapter Ashrae members in attendance for this particular tour.
The hospital has decided to become greener starting in spring 2009. The hospital has recently added six new floors to their Murray St. tower and has also signed on with the Enwave Energy Corporation (Enwave) Deep Cooling program, which will allow for the hospital to reach into the depths of Lake Ontario for an environmentally-friendly air-conditioning source for its facility. The new mechanical rooms for the six-storey addition and the Enwave system were the highlights of the tour.
The Enwave system has the capacity to provide central cooling for approximately 32 million sq.ft of building space in the Toronto downtown core. The system has been in operation since 2004 and Mount Sinai Hospital is one of the system's newest additions. Enwave takes chilled water from Lake Ontario at a depth of 83 meters and sends this chilled water (approximately 4°C) to the Toronto Island Filtration Plant. After the water is processed at the filtration plant it travels to Enwave's Energy Transfer Station (ETS), which is located adjacent to the John Street Pumping Station. It is at this location where pairs of heat exchangers transfer the cold lake water's energy to Enwave's underground closed loop piping system. Also in existence are the two steam driven centrifugal chillers at the Simco Street Cooling Plant if further cooling is required to meet the supply loop temperature demands. These chillers are capable of producing 4,700 tons of additional cooling to the closed loop system. After this process, buildings such as Mount Sinai use the chilled water provided by the Enwave system to cool their building through the use of their own heat exchangers and closed loop systems.
During the tour the fellow members of the ASHRAE team were able to visit the Enwave room. The hospital had just commissioned the system a few days prior to the tour and the members were able to see the system in action. The Enwave controller maintains the building's cooling demand by modulating the flow through the building's heat exchangers. Although the system was only running for a short period of time, the operators indicated that the system has been very stable and reliable.
The decision in implementing the use of an Enwave system at Mount Sinai was not solely based on environmental reason(s) alone. The financial aspects were taken in to consideration as well. The hospital's conventional chiller was due to be replaced and when the costs of a new conventional system were examined by the development team, the solution was apparent, and it made sense to implement the Enwave system. Using a 20 year forecast, it was shown that the energy used by a conventional chiller would be approximately $13.5 million whereas the cost of the Enwave system was only
$10 million.
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ASHRAE Toronto Chapter Golf Tournament
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Always Busy around the Mike Dobric winner of the registration table. Putt for Cash contest.
Eric Vainio winner of the mens Steve Wilson winner of the mens
low gross with Dave Benedetti. low net with Dave Benedetti.
Michael Loghry winner of beat the Jolanta Velen winner of the
pro with Antonio Figueiredo Women's low gross with Dave
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Young Engineers In ASHRAE  
Young Engineers in ASHRAE Toronto Chapter....What is it?
Young Engineers in ASHRAE is a new program that was introduced by ASHRAE in 2006 to promote the involvement of young professionals under the age of 35 in ASHRAE. It is the intention of YEA to assist young professionals in ASHRAE to become more involved with their chapters while providing the technical and professional guidance that is often required in the beginning of a career.
"It is currently estimated that there are between 65,000 and 85,000 technical professionals employed in the HVAC&R-related industries. Approximately one third of these professionals are 55 years of age or older and expected to retire from active practice over the next 10 years."
ASHRAE like many other organizations is facing the fact that many of the professionals who have contributed their expertise and time to their respective industries will be retiring in the next decade. Groups such as Young Engineers in ASHRAE were created in order for young professionals to learn the valuable lessons that if not passed down from our experienced colleagues and fellow professionals would be lost forever. YEA is the vehicle for the next generation of young professionals to learn about ASHRAE and its important role in our future.
The ASHREA Toronto Chapter has been actively promoting YEA since its beginning and as a result, developed a strong base of young professionals who are committed to the continuing growth of ASHRAE. The YEA's committee's main goal is to increase the amount of YEA members, thus increasing the base membership of the ASHRAE Toronto Chapter. Although increasing membership in YEA is fundamental to its success, the committee is striving to make YEA members the most active members of the ASHRAE Toronto Chapter. There are currently over 110 members of the ASHRAE Toronto Chapter who don't realize that they are YEA members!
How do I become a YEA member?
Any ASHRAE member who is under the age of 35 is automatically a YEA member. Although membership is automatic for ASHRAE members it is essential to participate in the ASHRAE and YEA events if one hopes to gain the most out of the organization. If you are not an ASHRAE member then it is required that you join ASHRAE in order to become a YEA member. Once you are an ASHRAE member YEA membership is free. Most companies understand the importance of ASHRAE and will offer reimbursement/compensation for joining. If you would like to see what YEA is all about before committing, we encourage you to come to one of the many events that will be posted on the YEA section of the ASHRAE Toronto webpage http://www.torontoashrae.com and on our Facebook group (www.facebook.com - YEA Toronto Group).
Also, if you would like to register for the YEA connection newsletter which will inform you of YEA events please register at http://www.ashrae.org/members/page/2068
Why should I become involved with the YEA Toronto Chapter?
The YEA program offers many personal and professional benefits to its members. The members in YEA have a wide variety of experiences and specialties in relation to the HVAC industry, Sustainable Design, Green Buildings, HVAC Products and Building Automation to name a few. By having members with diverse professional backgrounds our members are always able to help each other by giving guidance and sharing their experiences. This allows our members a special perspective to their careers that would not be possible without YEA.
Through our YEA events we are focusing on creating an environment where young professionals can gain technical knowledge, meet other professionals and learn about the interesting things that many of the other professionals in our industry are doing. Although our events are geared towards networking and learning we prefer to do this is in a social atmosphere. Some of our past events included a pub crawl, technical tours of buildings in the Toronto area and a paintball event. This year we will be growing off the success of our past years and we will be offering more opportunities for professionals to meet and discuss their experiences, so please contact us for more information.
YEA is an active group at the ASHRAE events and we work in collaboration with other organizations in ASHRAE such as the Student Activities committee, Membership committee and ASHRAE Event Planning committee. We hope that YEA members see the benefit of participating in the many committees that ASHRAE provides and we are always there to help any member in growing their ASHRAE career. Outside of ASHRAE many of our members are involved with other organizations such as the Toronto Construction Association's Young Construction Executive Club. YEA's involvement with these other organizations broadens the benefits enjoyed by our members. Becoming involved with an organization such as YEA will give young professionals the edge, knowledge and expertise that are in such high demand in today's competitive economy.
"We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm."
- Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft Corporation
See you in 2009-2010
The Young Engineer's in ASHRAE are very excited about the upcoming year and hope to see many new faces this year. Below is a list of the current committee members and please feel free to contact them at your convenience for any questions you may have.
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YEA Calendar of Events :
The Scotia Bank Toronto Waterfront Marathon - (September 27, 2009)
Six members of the YEA Toronto Chapter participated in this event.
http://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com
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Wonderland Tour - (October - TBA)
All YEA members and future YEA members are invited to join us at this event. The details are being finalized, but we are planning to attend a tour of one of the HVAC plants associated with the rides at Canada's Wonderland. After the tour we will be staying in the park to spend some time enjoying the attractions. The cost for this event will be approximately $20-$30. Once the details have been worked out we will send out an email to all the YEA members on our mailing list. If you are interested in this event please feel free to contact me at imtee@cssi.ca and I will make sure you are on our distribution list.
http://www.canadaswonderland.com
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Whirly Ball - (Thursday November 19, 2009)
At this event we will be playing a game of Whirly Ball. For those of you who don't know what this is please see the web link below. This is a YEA social event and after the game we will most likely be heading to a local establishment where all the members will have a chance to network and discuss the finer details of their Whirly Ball game. The cost of this event is approximately $25 or less depending on the amount of people that attend. Please contact marc.bertolin@siemens.com for more information or if you would like to register.
http://www.theezone.ca/whirly_ball.php
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Hockey Night (December - TBA)
This event will be organized by the YEA group but will be open to all ASHRAE members. We will be renting a rink and splitting the cost with all the participants. For all those ASHRAE members that are interested in playing a game of hockey and meeting some of the younger ASHRAE members please come out and join us. David Titus will be organizing this event and will be posting more information on the YEA section of the website once we get closer to the date.
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Pub Crawl (January 2010)
We invite all the YEA members and those ASHRAE members that are interested in participating in a traditional pub crawl to come downtown for our second annual YEA pub crawl. We will be visiting various establishments in the downtown core all within stumbling distance of one another. So take the TTC down and join us for a social evening where you can meet your fellow ASHRAE members in a more social atmosphere. Please watch the YEA section of the Toronto ASHRAE website and our Facebook group for details on this event.
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York Campus Tour - (Thursday February 18, 2010)
This tour will be an educational tour for those YEA members that would like to visit the York Campus to see their central plant operations. There will be a presentation prior to the tour that will explain the operations of the plant and the HVAC systems present on the campus. This tour will be organized by Greg Rushby and more information will be available as the date approaches.
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Go Carting - (Thursday March 18, 2010)
Two locations are currently being reviewed and a location will be decided upon in early 2010.
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Earth Rangers Facility Tour (Thursday April, 15, 2010)
The Earth Rangers Facility is an impressive building that houses many unique HVAC applications and systems. The goal of the Earth Ranger program is to educate children and provide them with the necessary tools to have a measurable impact on the natural world and to be able to influence their own future. The YEA members will be able to visit a LEED facility where sustainability can be seen in both the building's design and daily operations. Greg Rushby will be planning this tour and details will follow in 2010.
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TableTops:
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News and Updates:
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Building Science Fundamentals
Toronto - October 14-15, 2009
Dear ASHRAE Toronto,
As you may know, Dr. Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE has been authoring the Building Sciences column in the ASHRAE Journal for a while now. We would like to invite ASHRAE members to meet him in person! He and Dr. John Straube will be in Toronto, Ontario on October 14 and 15 for Building Science Fundamentals 2009.
High-performance green building has entered the mainstream. Designers, builders, and owners now need to know more about the fundamental science that underpins building performance.
LOCATION
Delta Toronto Airport West
5444 Dixie RoadMississauga, Ontario L4W 2L2
PRICE
$795
or call Jeff Melvin
(978) 589-5100
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New Introductory Guide to BIM Released by ASHRAE:
ATLANTA- A newly released guide from ASHRAE on building information models and building information modeling (BIM) serves as a resource for professionals considering BIM tools and applications for their businesses.
According to An Introduction to Building Information Modeling, BIM is "a digital representation of the physical and the functional characteristics of a facility." Unlike 2-D or 3-D CAD, BIM software utilizes intelligent objects to create models.
The benefits of using BIM applications are numerous, including enhanced interoperability which will improve Integrated Building Design and Integrated Project Delivery, according to Dave Conover, a member of the BIM Steering Committee who wrote the guide. Most important, however, is BIM's ability "to create an accurate model that is useful throughout the entire life of the building, from initial design through occupancy and operation."
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Welcome to ASHRAE's Government Affairs Update
The link below provides updates feature information on government affairs related activities of interest to ASHRAE members and others interested in the built environment. Archives of previous updates are available from the government affairs webpage www.ashrae.org/advocacy. ______________________ |
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