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Please note that we have changed the way that we date the newsletter. We had been dating the newsletter with the month it was issued. Since the newsletter had information for the following month's meeting, it confused some people. Therefore, we do not have an October Dewpoint and instead have a November Dewpoint which discusses the November Meeting. Damon Lynn Webmaster ProgramsNovember Meeting
Topic: How to get the most out of your HVAC Testing and Balancing contractor Presenter: John Hamilton, CIAQP Member CSI Date: Thursday November 3rd, 2005 Time: 4:00 Board Meeting 6:00 to 6:45 Social Period 6:45 Dinner Begins 7:00 Presentation Location: DubsdreadThe technical presentation will cover the topic of the proper way to balance fluids in an HVAC system. Proportionate balancing will be covered in detail. Initial readings comparing the actual flows to designed flows and how to systematically adjust dampers/valves to bring the system into a state of peak efficiency compared to design.
The presentation will also discuss how to use the TAB contractor as their eyes and ears and how not make the critical mistake of using the term “re-balance”. How the engineer can benefit from using competent technicians balancing their systems. Real life situations will be examined and how they should be addressed to provide a quality product to the end user. John Hamilton CIAQP Member CSI
Currently working for the National Energy Management Institute as Chief Operating Officer of the Testing Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB). Serves on the SMACNA/SMWIA TAB Taskforce, HVAC Technician Certification Committee, Commissioning Taskforce, and liaison on the International Certification Board (ICB) for TABB. Has given numerous IAQ seminars. Presented many TAB seminars and workshops for AIA, ASHRAE, CSI, SMACNA and SMWIA. Previously worked at the International Training Institute (ITI) as a Regional Coordinator, served as technical expert for the many of the current ITI HVAC training modules, including: Sound and Vibration, Piping Systems, Ventilation/IAQ, Pumps, Fans, Psychometrics, TABB home study course for Test and Balance, and the new ITI Testing Adjusting and Balancing Manual
We hope to have another great turnout for our October meeting. Be sure to register online, or pre pay with Pay-Pal. Hope to see everyone at the meeting. Please register by the end of the day on Monday, October 31st, 2005. Don’t miss out on this great event!
By: Tim Citek President Elect & Programs Chair President's MessageThe second meeting of the ASHRAE Central Florida Chapter was held on Thursday, October 6th at Dubsdread. We had more than 60 attendees on hand to hear Tony Egan with Armstrong pumps discuss the pros and cons of packaged pumping. Here are the survey results from that meeting: Topic of Presentation 77% Presentation of Material 59% Provided Pertinent / Useful Information 74%. Deduction for Commercialization 22% For an overall score of 63%.Here are some of the comments that we received about the presentation:
Thanks for all of the comments. We are constantly striving to find dynamic speakers and interesting topics. As last years programs chair I know how hard it is to satisfy everyone. If you know of a speaker that would be well received by our membership please let Tim Citek know.
By: Todd Moore, P.E. President History of TLCTLC Engineering for Architecture was founded in Orlando in 1955 as a one-man structural firm in a garage apartment with no air conditioning. We are now one of the largest engineering firms in the Southeast, with nine offices, 335 employees, and more than $40 million in annual revenues. Over the years the firm has had many names, reflecting the coming and goings of corporate partners. We’ve been known as:
We’ve opened several regional offices including Ft. Myers in 1986; Tallahassee in 1987; Cocoa in 1994 after merging with Gardner Griffith & Associates; Ft. Lauderdale in 1996; Tampa in 1997; Jacksonville in 1998 following a merger with Evans and Hammond of Jacksonville; Coral Gables in 2001; and our newest office in Nashville in 2002, following a merger with Quantum Engineering. Other milestones are the years TLC’s namesakes joined the firm: Structural Engineer John Tilden, PE, joined in 1955; Electrical Engineer Edward Lobnitz, PE, in 1967; and Mechanical Engineer Travis Cooper, PE, in 1976. All three men are retired and enjoying good health. They often stop by the Orlando office to visit and are always honored guests at our special events. Now helming the firm are two AIA architects, Chief Executive Officer Debra A. Lupton, AIA, and Board Chairman and former CEO John Douglas Benz, AIA. Lupton is passionate about strengthening TLC’s position as a strategic partner to their top architect and building owner clients and making the firm a positive force in the industry. “Constantly figuring out how to do what we do smarter, better and faster, taking the long view so we can best position TLC to offer growth opportunities to our employees and making and keeping lifelong friends along the way is what it's all about,” said Lupton, who served as the first woman president of the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and is currently a state director. TLC provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, communications, technology, and security system design for the key markets of healthcare, education, aviation, residential, and governmental buildings. It has projects as far north as Alaska and as far south as the Caribbean. A leader in the growing sustainable design movement, TLC has 22 professionals accredited in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by the U.S. Green Building Council. We engineered Stetson University’s Lynn Business Center, which was the first LEED-certified building in Florida, and are currently providing LEED engineering or commissioning services on university buildings, courthouses, hospitals, office buildings, libraries, and the 400-acre Coconut Creek development in Broward County. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary this year, TLC is looking forward to continued growth and success in the next 50 years.
T. Mark Kirby P. E. ASHRAE Central Florida History Chairman 2005 - 2006 ASPE/ASHRAE
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ATLANTA - A proposed standard that will define air quality and comfort levels
on airplanes has moved one step closer to publication.
ASHRAE's proposed standard 161P, Air Quality within Commercial Aircraft, is open
for public comment until Nov. 7, 2005.
Also open for review until that date is the proposed companion guideline to the
standard, Guideline 28P, Air Quality Within Commercial Aircraft. It provides
supplemental information on air quality in air-carrier aircraft and on
measurement and testing related to aircraft air quality.
The proposed standard would apply to commercial passenger air-carrier aircraft
carrying 20 or more passengers. It is intended to apply to all phases of flight
operations and to ground operations whenever the aircraft is occupied by
passengers or crew members.
No such standard encompassing ventilation, thermal comfort and filtration
currently exists for aircraft.
"The environment aboard commercial aircraft is different than that found in
other spaces commonly occupied by people," Byron Jones, Ph.D., chair of the 161
committee, said. "While aircraft are operated with the comfort of passengers and
crew in mind, their safety and health must always be paramount."
Among the reasons aircraft cabin environments are unique are occupant activity
levels range from almost completely sedentary (passengers) to active (flight
attendants); passengers and crew make up a wide cross section of the general
population; and aircraft must be regarded as both a public place (passengers)
and a workplace (crew).
The proposed standard requires a minimum total air supply of 15 cubic feet per
minute (cfm) and recommends 20 cfm per person. The requirement may be met with a
mixture of outside air and filtered recirculated air or with 100 percent outside
air. A minimum of 7.5 cfm per person of outside air is required.
In addition to ventilation requirements, the proposed standard addresses supply
air quality and control and monitoring of contaminants to further ensure
satisfactory air quality is maintained, according to Jones. Requirements for
comfort factors, such as rate of change of cabin pressure, air temperatures and
surface temperatures, and minimum and maximum air velocities, also are included.
An informative appendix supplements the requirements of the standard with
background information on a variety of potential air contaminants, methods of
measurements, references to standards and guidelines of allowable levels, and
data for levels measured on aircraft.
Drafts of ASHRAE's proposed standards and guidelines are available only during
their related public review periods. To obtain electronic draft versions of the
Standard 161P or Guideline 28 during the comment periods, log on to ASHRAE
Online at www.ashrae.org/standards.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. Its
sole objective is to advance through research, standards writing, publishing and
continuing education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air
conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public.
Contact: Jodi Dunlop
Public Relations
678-539-1140
jdunlop@ashrae.org
1791 Tullie Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
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