February- 2019 Meeting
Come Join ASHRAE’s Northeast Chapter Tuesday, February 19th at the Italian American Community Center. Our lunch meeting’s registration will begin at 11:30 am, with a buffet style lunch opening @ 11:45 am, immediately followed by our presentation.
Topic: This month’s presentation topic will be “Desiccant Dehumidification,” and will cover an overview of dehumidification types, and provide a focus on healthcare and microbial contamination: detailing the benefits of liquid desiccant dehumidification for healthcare applications.
- Written by Kevin Houghtaling
History Chair Message - February 2019
The April 2019 meeting is the Chapter Life Member Event. All Life Members are invited to attend and share their experiences.
- Written by Stanley Westhoff
Research Promotion Message - February 2019
Hello All,
We have kicked off our year to a great start - thank you for all those that contribute and continue to do so!
- Written by Marianne Schumacher
History Chair Message - January 2019
December 11, 2018, was Past Presidents & Chapter History Night at the Italian American Community Center. Nine former presidents were in attendance. A Chapter History Display complete with photo album was presented.
Pictured from Left to Right are Christine Harvey (2009-10), Khaled Yousef (2007-08), Mark Cambria (2010-11), Ray Albrecht (1986-87), Doug Belokopitsky (2014-15), Evan Walden (1993-94), Stan Westhoff (1985-86), Terry Seery (1998-99) and Rich Vehlow (2005-06).
- Written by Stanley Westhoff
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
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