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OCTOBER GAZETTE | Our 92nd year!
October, 2013 - Vol 61, Issue 1
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| Board of Governors |
President
Delta Controls
President-Elect
Glenn Kilmer
Kilmer Environmental
VIce President
Al Porter, P.Eng.
Trane ULC / MASHRAE
Treasurer
Honeywell Building Solutions
Secretary
EH Price Sales
Past President
Michael Khaw P. Eng.
ASHRAE TC 7.3 Voting Member Region 2 RVC MP
Johnson Paterson
Chapter Past President
Chapter Past President
Carrier Enterprise Canada
Peter Turk P.Eng.
Victaulic
Imtee Baksh P. Eng.
EFI Concepts
Dynergy Energy Management
EFI Concepts
Nailor Industries
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| President's Message |
Hello everyone,
Welcome to the 2013 - 2014 Toronto ASHRAE Chapter year.
Hope everyone enjoyed their summer (or kind of a lack of one) as best they could!
We have a great set of meetings and events lined up for all of you to enjoy this year. The list of meetings as it stands, at present, is included in the gazette. We will be adding to this as we secure event venues and speakers for the dinner meetings, so don't forget to check the website for updates.
We will all be getting together very soon on Monday October 7th at the Ryerson Mattamy Athletic Centre Alumni Lounge (the old Maple Leaf Shrine for the TML fans) and it will be our Student Night Theme to start off the year with a bang. So all the students that can make it out, please do RSVP and we would love to have you all join us.
We have been getting a lot more representation and awareness from our student branches with in their respective schools and this is great to see! The numbers and the passion for ASHRAE is growing!
Would like to put a shout out to Humber, Seneca, Sheridan and Ryerson which are the Toronto ASHRAE Chapter affiliated Student Branches to get as many students as we can out to our first chapter meeting of the year.
At our first meeting of the year we will have some awards to hand out from our Canadian Regional Conference (CRC) that we hosted in our great city. I will have more information on the CRC 2013 in Toronto in the Viewpoint section of the October gazette below.
Please don't forget to RSVP and sign up via the ASHRAE Toronto Chapter website for the meetings and the tours that are offered through-out the year. Facilitating this really helps out with numbers for event.
Look forward to seeing you soon. I am very excited to be the Chapter President for you, our members.
If there is anything that I can assist with 416-571-0046 or dbenedetti@deltacontrols.com
Regards,
Chapter President - Toronto ASHRAE Chapter
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CTTC Schedule
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ASHRAE Toronto Meetings 2013-2014:
CTTC Schedule for Toronto ChapterPlease click here to see ASHRAE Toronto's 2013/14 Program Schedule. Please note that the schedule can change. Members will be prompted via email to register for upcoming events at TorontoASHRAE.com.
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GGAC
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Grassroots Government Affairs Committee
This year, ASHRAE has announced new Grassroots Government Affairs Committees (GGAC) to establish ASHRAE as a leading source for expertise in the built environment and a resource for policy-makers in the development of legislation and regulations affecting the public, the HVAC&R community, and the engineering profession. GGAC is to be responsible for grassroots activities and issues that relate to local, provincial and federal government bodies in areas of interest to ASHRAE members, in order to better coordinate efforts and understanding between ASHRAE grassroots members and local government. Further information can be found in ASHRAE Government Affairs website.If you are interested in getting involved in chapter level, please let me know. Christine ChoiASHRAE Toronto Chapter Grassroots Government Affairs Committee Chair
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Gazette Sponsors
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ASHRAE Toronto Chapter thanks the following
companies for their support of the Gazette
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| Notice of Meeting |
October 2013 Dinner Meeting and Student Night
All attendees must pre-register on-line to attend.
No walk-in registrations will be permitted
| Date: | Monday, October 7th
| Reception & Dinner Meeting:
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5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Ryerson Mattamy Athletic Centre, Alumni Lounge
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Controlling Indoor Relative Humidity for Occupant Health
Gary Berlin
A review of current data and research concerning the interplay of indoor
relative humidity and its' effect on occupants, their health, and well-being.
Gary Berlin , a.k.a. 'Mr. Humidity' has been involved with the HVAC industry for 50 years, contributing to ASHRAE research since 1968. Recently semi-retired from Nortec Humidity,
Gary continues to consult, sharing his knowledge and experience, including
sitting on three active ASHRAE Committees.
Need Assistance?
Feel free to contact the following members for further details:
ASHRAE Toronto Chapter Technology Transfer Committee
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Meeting Summary | May Dinner Meeting
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Feature Presentation: Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence (ACCE)
 The May 2013 dinner meeting featured a presentation on Algonquin Centre for Construction Excellence and Hybrid Heat Pump System. The presenters were Mr. Jason Manikel, P.Eng., Managing Principal at Halsall Associates and Mr. Raoul Gautreau P.Eng., Director of Business Development at CGC Group. Algonquin College, Centre for Construction Excellence in Ottawa provides a living laboratory and new innovated education environment for skilled trades. The ACCE building was designed to reduce over 60% energy use relative to reference building under MNECB and earned LEED NC Platinum status. Integrated Sustainable Building Design approach, where all the designers gathered in one room to brainstorm the energy features, was applied to meet these aggressive energy performance targets. This is quite a high-performance building envelope: * R-50 roof * R-30 walls * R-4 triple-glazed argon-filled low-e windows A few important aspects of the building form: * Central atrium - brings daylight into the interior * Large "living wall" in the atrium * Large green roof area * Low window-to-wall ratio * Horizontal solar shades to the south * Vertical fin shades on the west The Hybrid Heat Pump was utilized as part of ACCE's mechanical system. This Hybrid Heat Pump is an innovative Canadian improvement to the traditional Water Source Heat Pump (WSHP) system. One of the main feature is the ability to move heat from cooling zones to heating zones (can either heat or cool at any time of the year depending on the need). Hybrid heat pumps are able to take the advantages of a distributed heat pump system in cooling mode, as well as the advantages of fan coil in heating mode, yielding higher seasonal efficiency, as compared to either system on its own. The result is a significant reduction in electricity usage as well as total building energy. Using Natural Gas for heating in lieu of electricity to run compressors results in significant financial benefits since it's less expensive to heat with Natural Gas than it is with electricity. In closing of 2012-13 CTTC program, I would like to thank all the CTTC committee for their hard work and our successful programs last year. Our 2012-13 CTTC committees focused on diversifying the program topics (leadership, commissioning, ASHRAE standards, etc.) and there were a lot more broadened interest from the consultants, YEA, students and HVAC focused attendees. Christine Choi2012-13 Chapter Technology Transfer Committee Chair 
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Meeting Photos
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Golf Pictures
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Viewpoint
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My viewpoint for the October Gazette will be about the Canadian Regional Conference (CRC) that we, the ASHRAE Toronto Chapter, hosted for Region 2 of ASHRAE International Society in August.
The CRC is an event that is held annually in August for all of the 9 chapters that belong and make up Region 2. These chapters include; Windsor, London, Hamilton, Quebec City, Montreal, NB/PEI, Ottawa, Nova Scotia and us in Toronto.
The event was better than we expected it to be for our guests and for all of us that were involved in putting it all together. To host one of these events is a daunting task and requires a lot of people to pull it off and make it a great event. Everyone wants these events to come off without a hitch and one that leaves an awesome impression for the attendees.
Well from the responses we received from all of the attendees it was the best CRC that they have ever been a part of. The ASHRAE Society President, Mr. Bill Bahnfleth and ASHRAE Society Vice President, Mr. Dan Pettway who attended our CRC in Toronto thought our CRC was awesome. Hosting both of the Society Executives at one CRC is a very rare occurrence and we were honored to have them both.
Some other Society representatives that attended were Cindy Simmons, of ASHRAE Society out of Atlanta, GA Headquarters along with our very own, Mr. David Underwood who will be in the role of Society Treasurer and is a part of Society Executive for ASHRAE at present.
All other attendees of the conference, which was well over 100 people, enjoyed the events that we held at the Fairmont Royal York hotel which included the Friday Night Cocktail Reception Dinner and the Awards Luncheon on Saturday.
Then for the Saturday Night Main Event, we held our Presidential Dinner at the Top of the CN Tower. The weather was incredible and co-operated fully for us. The dinner and view was fantastic and everyone was thrilled at the venue that we chose to show off our beautiful city to all of the people that had not been before or have come but saw and did different things in Toronto this time.
My view of our Chapter is that we have an amazing one! We have great people willing to help and volunteer their time in order to showcase our great city to a group of ASHRAE Society and Region representatives for the good of ASHRAE.
Volunteers for ASHRAE CRC a very big thank you from everyone for all your hard work! If you haven't volunteered for ASHRAE, maybe it's time you gave it a try, we can find a position for you!
Thanks David Benedetti President Toronto ASHRAE Chapter CRC Photos  |
Membership Promotion
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Another year has passed and we are all a little older, wiser and hopefully as busy. I am sure by this point in the Gazette you have read how successful our CRC went this summer in Toronto. I was one of the many volunteers that helped out with the event and it really was first class from top to bottom. Thanks to all of the volunteers and sponsors we had to make it all a success.
At the Toronto CRC, I attended the membership committee workshop that was led by Mike Khaw. The work shop was well attended from the chapters that make up Region II. One hot item that came up was membership grade progression in ASHRAE, mainly moving from Associate to full Member status.
There are many grades of membership with ASHRAE. If you are a member of ASHRAE, you would fall into one of these grades. Below is a quick breakdown of some of the most common member grades.
Members shall have the equivalent of 12 Society-approved years of experience composed of an approved combination of: (1) completed education beyond high school; (2) work experience*; and (3) professional engineering or related registration or license issued by a legally authorized body.
*Qualifying work experience must be in the performance of duties in work related to ASHRAE fields and shall have included research, teaching, design, contracting, engineering sales, or engineering management.
An Associate Member shall have had experience in technical matters or in design, operation, or maintenance in HVAC&R fields; shall have an interest in the advancement of the Society's aims, and shall possess sufficient qualifications to cooperate with HVAC&R engineers in the advancement of the knowledge relating to HVAC&R engineering and its application.
An Affiliate Member shall have HVAC&R experience, interest in Society's goals, must be a new member (cannot have ever held Student Member status). This is an introductory membership into ASHRAE that automatically graduates to Associate Member after 3 years. This grade is available to people 30 years of age and younger.
Student Members are in an approved course of study in Society-related field. Student Transfer or SmartStart memberships are available for students who have finished school and would like to continue being a member of ASHRAE -SmartStart offers this at a discounted rate for three years.
This year we will be looking for people that qualify to move from Associate to full Member. Essentially ASHRAE wants to see work experience, and / or professional progression to move status from Associate to Member. The ASHRAE benefits are the same as are dues, term etc. at both grade levels. One catch is if you want to get involved with ASHRAE Society, full membership is required. If you are contacted regarding a membership upgrade- that means you are most likely eligible. I will then be able to help facilitate this for you with your approval.
There are also Life, Retired, Presidential, Honorary and Fellow Members as well. If you are curious about these membership grades, please contact me and I will send you a link that will show you all grades and benefits in relation each one.
Thanks - and I look forward to the coming AHSRAE Year!
Marc Bertolin.
Membership Committee Chair
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Research Promotion
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On behalf of Toronto Chapter's Research Promotion (RP) committee, I would like to thank all of its investors for last year's donations.
Toronto Chapter's Research Promotion goal for 2013-2014 is $33,700.00 I encourage you to support the RP program early (before the end of December) this year.
We make it very easy to invest in ASHRAE Research Canada. To make a donation, go to torontoashrae.com Click on Donate/Pay Invoice Tab on the upper toolbar. Click on Donation: ASHRAE Research Canada. You can make your payment by credit card or Paypal just as you do for meeting and event registration. Be sure to add your or your company's name to the list of donors for 2013-2014.Honor Roll status starts at $100.00 per individual and $150.00 for companies but any level of support is truly appreciated.
The monthly 50/50 draw for RP will resume at the October dinner meeting. Please participate and buy draw tickets as 50 % of the proceeds go to ASHRAE Research Canada and 50% go to the draw winner.
100% of your donated dollar goes into ASHRAE Research in Canada. That is, your donation is completely utilized for research in Canada, free of any overhead costs. ASHRAE's handbook series, technical programs, standards and special publications all utilize the results of Research. Return on investment in ASHRAE Research can be measured in an improved quality of life through its support for continuous advancement in the sciences of heating, refrigeration and air conditioning.
Thank you again for your support.
Alan J. Porter, P. Eng.
Chair, Research Promotion
ASHRAE Toronto Chapter 2013-2014
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PAOE or Presidents Award Of Excellence, provides the chapters in Region II with a means of measuring success across a wide range of chapter operations. It is meant as a tool to guide the Board of Directors and Committee Chairs towards their goals.
2013-2014 as a successful year for the Toronto Chapter. Below are the final results of all of the Chapters in Region II.
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  The Toronto Chapter continues to lead the way in our region with the largest number Young Engineers in ASHARAE. Last year we hosted numerous events and had the largest representation of YEA members at the annual leadership weekend. I also believe that the majority of new faces volunteering to help our chapter have been YEA members. Thank you to all who made things better for the young engineers in our chapter! Our first event will be our pub night, likely in early November as it was last year. An email will be sent out with the date & location. Last year we had over 40 people attend! Let's try to get at least half of our members out this year. Non ASHRAE members will also be welcomed and perhaps persuaded to join our chapter! The next big deal is sending people to the annual ASHRAE leadership weekend. It takes place in the spring of 2014, in Portland Oregon. If you are interested in going, please send me an email. We will be finalizing the details for this trip in January. Other events this year may include a technical tour or a YEA after dinner meeting party- Looking forward to meeting you at our first pub night in the fall. Michael Genin2012-2013 YEA Committee Chair
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| Student Activities |
A new year, a new semester! Can you smell the new books? I hope everyone had a great summer. Time to jump back into gear! Our first monthly dinner meeting will be held at Ryerson University. It is a student night, so please join us at our first meeting for the Toronto Chapter 2013-2014 year! I am challenging all student branches this year, to put together a team for the ASHRAE Design Competition! Any YEA members who want to support and mentor a team to victory - send me an email or come see me during a dinner meeting. The Annual Winter Conference will be held In New York City this year, more to come on this soon. Going to be a good year! If you would like to join my committee, please contact me. We are always looking for new committee members and volunteers. Look forward to another successful year. Michael McEvenue2012-2013 Toronto ASHRAE Student Activities Chair |
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