President Elect Message - January 2019
Happy New Year ASHRAE Northeast Chapter!
You spoke, and we listened! This fall, a survey of potential presentation topics was passed around. The topic that had the Highest level of reported interest was Variable Refrigerant Flow, which will be the topic for this month’s lunch meeting.
Come start off the new year and join ASHRAE for our January lunch meeting and presentation at the Italian American Community Center @11:45am on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019. This month’s presentation topic will be VRF Principles of Design and Selection, as presented by Jim Melfi.
Mr. Melfi has numerous years of experience as an Engineer and Sales Manager for Daikin. He has spent the past seventeen years in product development, support and sales with Daikin. Jim specializes in HVAC systems, in particular: variable refrigerant flow and applied terminal systems. He has nearly 30 total years of experience with various companies within the HVAC industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science, 1989 from the Clarkson University, and is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
To help kick off 2019 planning, please find the additional save-the-dates for meetings coming up in the following months: (at this time, all of these meetings are planned to be lunch meetings, held at the Italian American Community Center)
Tuesday 2/19/2019
Tuesday 3/19/2019
Tuesday 4/16/2019
Tuesday 5/21/2019
Thank you,
Kevin Houghtaling, BEAP
ASHRAE NE President-Elect 2018-19
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- Written by Kevin Houghtaling
Research Promotion Message - January 2019
Hello All! A start to a new year brings more exciting Research Promotion events! We are about half way to our overall goal of $11,500 with raising around $5,700 so far. Thank you all!
ASHRAE Northeast is proud to announce the kickoff of the annual 50/50 Super Bowl Pool!!
Here are the details:
- Written by Marianne Schumacher
President Elect Message - December 2018
Hello ASHRAE Northeast Members,
This December’s Meeting, 12/11/2018 will be a Dinner Meeting, preceded by a Happy Hour. We have openings for 5 sponsors at a donation of $200 each. Sponsorship will have signs with the logos of the sponsoring companies on the bar and at the dinner tables, recognizing your company’s contributions. All funds additional to the happy hour expenditures will become donations to our chapter’s Research Promotion fundraising goals.
- Written by Kevin Houghtaling
History Chair Message - December 2018
The December 2018 meeting is the Chapter History Night with all Past Presidents invited as guests of the Northeast Chapter. There will be a chapter history display with pictures, articles, and memorabilia.
A BLAST FROM THE PAST: The year was 1976 and the Northeastern New York Chapter of ASHRAE held the December meeting at the Sleasman's Hofbrau in Latham, NY.
- Written by Stanley Westhoff
President Elect Message - November 2018
Come Join ASHRAE for our November lunch meeting and presentation at the Italian American Community Center @11:45am on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018. This month’s presentation topic will be on the energy savings technologies: Adiabatic Cooling, Waterside Economizer/Free Cooling, Refrigerant Circuit Optimization, and Heat Recovery Opportunities. This meeting is approved for 1 PDH and will be presented by Michael Collins.
- Written by Kevin Houghtaling
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