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Attendees at last month’s meeting had the pleasure of hearing from Ronald Wilkinson, P.E., LEED AP, senior commissioning engineer at AKF Engineers. Mr. Wilkin-son explained the benefits of existing building commis-sioning over energy audits. While energy audits provide a quick fix, the results are short term. Commissioning existing systems, however, involves developing a pro-gram to optimize the operation of the equipment and systems to meet the current building operating plan—which yields the capability to save energy for many years. This month, we will hear from Dennis Dietz of American ALDES Ventilation Corp. Mr. Dietz will fly up from his home base in Florida to deliver a presentation on indoor air quality in midrise and tall apartment buildings. New building and mechanical codes provide opportunities to reduce heating and cooling costs dramatically in both new and existing buildings. Taking advantage of these new code requirements requires special emphasis on the central exhaust and supply duct systems, with attention to duct leakage and the impact of stack effect on the performance on these systems through the seasons. Mr. Dietz will address air-flow balancing techniques that limit the impact of stack effect and wind pressures on ventilation ducts. Makeup air strategies will be discussed, such as supply of conditioned air to the corridor or directly to the individual apartments. Window fresh air inlets are of increasing interest to architects and designers, but need careful consideration in their application. The stack effect for exhaust systems. American ALDES takes a system approach to ventilation to resolve indoor air quality issues and improve energy efficiency. Mr. Harrell will walk us through environmentally friendly ventilation products and systems aimed at builders seeking LEED project credit. Please keep in mind that our meeting on March 9 will also serve as our second Resource Promotion Night of the year. Resource Promotion last fall was very successful, and we expect to match or even exceed that success this time around. I’d like to thank Resource and Promotion Chairman Andrew Manos, LEED AP, for keeping ASHRAE’s overall mission in mind: to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. As we all know, the way we do that is through re-search, and thus resources. Please contact Andrew at 631-592-2660 or amanos@emtec-engineers.com with any questions. We have good news on two fronts regarding an upcoming event sponsored by the Long Island Chapter of ASHRAE: Those who attend the Professional Energy Code Seminar for ANSI/ASHRAE/ IESNA Standard 90.1-2004 will receive 6.5 PDH credits. Secondly, the deadline for registration has been extended. This one-day seminar will be held on Tues-day, March 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at A.D.E. Systems Inc., 19 Wilbur Street, Lynbrook, NY. As this newsletter went to press, there were 15 people registered. Capacity is 50 attendees, so don’t delay your registration. Please visit this link for registration information: ASHRAE Seminar 2010 If you take a look outside, it may seem difficult to believe that we’ll soon be able to drop our snow shovels and pick up our golf clubs, but it’s true. The 10th Annual LI ASHRAE Golf Outing is approaching quickly. The event is scheduled for Monday, May 3, at the Cherry Valley Club in Garden City. The outing kicks off with brunch at 11:00 a.m., shotgun start golf at 12:30 p.m., followed by a 5:30 p.m. post-golf cocktail hour and 6:30 p.m. dinner reception. Please note, this event fills up fast, and there is a two foursome limit per company. Checks must be in by April 17, no exceptions. Please visit this link for more information: ASHRAE Golf Outing 2010 Thank you to co-chairs Steven Friedman, HFDP (212-695-1000, sfriedman@lilker.com), and Peter Gerazounis, P.E., LEED AP (212-695-129, peter.gerazounis@mgepc.net), for organizing this event. I look forward to seeing you at our March 9 meeting and at our upcoming special events. Steven
Giammona, P.E., LEED AP
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