Upcoming events
Iron Pigs Game
Iron Pigs Game
April’s chapter meeting will be a joint meeting with the Philly chapter at an Iron Pigs Game.
Cost is $36 (32 if cash) for one ticket and $18 (16 if cash) for your second ticket. Students can attend for $25 .This includes access to the game as well as a 2.5 hour buffet & soft drinks.
Agenda:
5:15 pm meet at the Club Gate (West entrance)
5:30-6:15 pm YEA and Friends of YEA Happy hour at the beer garden
6:15 pm buffet & soft drinks while socializing
6:45 pm game starts
March Meeting
Recruiting and Retention of the next Generation - Gen Z
Presented by DL Julia Keen, PhD, PE, HBDP, FASHRAE Professor of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science at Kansas State University
All employers are in the position that they need to replace long-term employees who change jobs or retire. One of the obvious choices to fill these voids in personnel is to promote existing employees and hire individuals that just completed their degrees to the newly vacated positions. The success of these hires does not typically depend on their technical capacity or capability but instead is related to issues of expectation, communication, motivation, and fit. Success of recruiting and retaining generation Z hires is important for the success of companies. This presentation identifies the unique attributes of this newer generations entering the workforce and provides recommendations to increase the odds of retaining these employees.
January Meeting
HVAC Design of Laboratories and Clean Rooms
Presented by Jon Becker Vice President and Matt Russell Senior Mechanical Engineer at RPA
RPA Engineering will discuss the HVAC design of Laboratories and Clean Rooms. They will look at several past projects and highlight the different design considerations, standards and best practices when designing a lab or clean room. RPA Engineering will also discuss ways they have incorporated reliability engineering into these designs to minimize downtime.
December Holiday Meeting
December Holiday Meeting
Tour of the Brewery
Join us this month on a brewery tour as a fun way to celebrate the holidays and end the year. We’re excited to try Seven Sirens Brewery and get a behind-the-scenes tour of their process.
This meeting will be an MP night meeting where you can bring a guest with you for 50% off their meeting fee so bring your friends and let’s have a fun time at the brewery!
November Meeting
Tackling the Climate Crisis: One ASHRAE Engineer’s Lessons from the Amazon Rainforest
Presented by Tracey Jumper CCP Director of Commissioning - Special Projects at Microsoft
Can HVAC&R Engineers Save the Planet? Initially inspired by a death road race over the Andes and through the Amazon jungle, this presentation includes some inspiring and surprisingly entrepreneurial ways that industry folks can and are taking action to protect our most precious environmental systems. In compliance with ASHRAE Task Force on Decarbonization as well as GAC recommendations. Includes interactive guided discussion to share current local practices.
October Meeting
2023 Refrigerant Changeover
Combo meeting in Horsham with Philly Chapter
Meeting information to follow
September Meeting
High Efficiency Infrared Heating
Presented by Timothy Seel Director Technical Support at Superior Radiant Products
The presentation will cover the following topics:
Why/How Infrared Saves Energy
Radiant Energy Effects – Comfort
Newer Technologies and Performance Implications
Example Savings of Infrared Heating Installations
Successful Radiant Applications
Philly Union Soccer Game in DC
Region III Young Engineers of ASHRAE Soccer Game
Tour of the Audi Field
Tailgate with food and games from 6 to 7:30 in the Audi Field
Game starts at 7:30
Click HERE to register for the game. Tickets are limited so please register as soon as possible to secure your spots
Philly Union Soccer Game
LV & Philly Young Engineers of ASHRAE Soccer Game
Tailgate with food and games from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Subaru Park Parking Lot
Please sign up for the event on Philly Chapter’s website at the following link
https://ashraephilly.org/meetinginfo.php?id=159&ts=1676382202
May Meeting (Lunch)
2030 and Beyond – Opportunities for a Clean Energy Economy
Presented by Dunstan Macauley, PE
Vice President, ASHRAE Board of Directors
Global climate change is arguably the most important issue today; especially in the design and engineering of the built environment. With buildings responsible for about 40% of carbon dioxide emissions, many policies are being developed that focus on the decarbonization of buildings. Many jurisdictions are now requiring new buildings to be low carbon or net-zero in the near-term and other policies are requiring retrofits of existing building stock in the medium to long term to decarbonize. As we transition to a clean energy economy, the built environment will undergo significant transformation to provide the resources needed to design and build zero carbon and resilient buildings.
Iron Pigs Game
Iron Pigs Game
April’s chapter meeting will be a joint meeting with the Philly chapter at an Iron Pigs Game.
Cost is $30 for one ticket and $15 for each subsequent. Please feel free to bring as many people as you'd like! This includes access to the game as well as a 2.5 hour buffet & soft drinks.
Agenda:
4:45 pm meet at the Club Gate (West entrance) for the tour
5:00 pm tour of the HVAC systems at the stadium
5:30-6:00 pm YEA and Friends of YEA Happy hour at the beer garden
6:00 pm buffet & soft drinks while socializing
6:45 pm game starts
We have a few extra tickets available. Please email us at C098YEA@ASHRAE.net to let us know if you’d like to attend!
March Meeting
Please join the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley Chapters of ASHRAE for a sit-down dinner and presentation at the Jarrettown Hotel Restaurant.
Topic: Engineering Law and Ethics by Franklin Miller and Anthony Potter of Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law
February Meeting
Special Hazards
Presented by Cicero Humberto Aidar, Global Learning & Development Manager at Chubb Risk Engineering Center
This month’s chapter meeting will be a Joint meeting with Lehigh Valley IFMA
Special hazards present unique and greater fire peril to facilities. Rapidly developing fires and explosions can occur with flammable liquid use, dusty operations, flammable gas use, exotic metals, and so on. While fire sprinklers designed for occupancy hazards generally control building fires, special hazards exposures generally require additional levels of protection for control and/or suppression.
January Meeting
Fundamentals of Air Filtration: Filter Selection & Specification
Presented by Hunter Most, CAFS Application Engineering Manager with AAF Flanders
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is undeniably more important than ever. Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a fundamental part of IEQ. Air filtration is the first and possibly most crucial step to IAQ because it not only has a large impact on comfort, but also on safety. This presentation will follow the evolution of filtration technology from the most simplistic to the most complex forms including an overview of popular filtration types and technologies currently available in the market. This will be followed by an interactive discussion about various selection criteria, how they apply to different applications, as well as how to use the criteria to compare filters.
December Meeting
Desiccant Dehumidification Technology and Applications
Presented by Doug Burner, General Manager for DST America
November Meeting
Designing DOAS Equipment for Electric Buildings in Cold Climates
Presented by Dean Scheurich, Sales Engineer for Coward Environmental Systems.
Discussion topics for the presentation will include outside air impact on building electrical load; psychometrics of energy recovery defrost; energy recovery technologies cold climate performance review; comparing energy recovery options.
October Meeting
A Case for Automatic Flow Control Valves
Presentation Agenda:
Why Balance a Hydronic System
Balancing Methods
Automatic vs. Manual
Other Equipment Efficiency
How AFCV’s Work
Pump Energy Efficiency
Cost of Ownership