The President's Message

The Holidays are already here! With Thanksgiving this Thursday and Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa celebrations just around the corner it seems like they sneak up on me earlier each year. I guess that means I am getting old. I hope you and all your families have a great holiday season.

Our distinguished Society president Gordon Holness presented his speech “Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings – Our Greatest Opportunity for a Sustainable Future” on this year’s theme “Sustaining our Future by Rebuilding our Past “. Since 98% of our buildings are existing he stressed the importance sustainability of those buildings through the use of retro commissioning and solid operation and maintenance plans.

This month’s speaker will be Fred Stack and his presentation on “Data Center Cooling”. As I am writing this message, my latest edition of Building Design and Construction is setting next to me and the lead article is “Greening Data Centers – Taming IT Energy Hogs”. It seems like I can’t pick up a trade magazine these days without at least one article on data centers. With equipment densities getting higher, sometimes on the order of 10 – 100 times denser than earlier centers, air conditioning design, energy usage and sustainability are “hot” topics.

Our technical seminar on CO2 refrigeration will be held directly following our regular meeting from 1:30 – 3:00. I encourage all of you to attend as it is at no charge if you pay for and attend the regular meeting. Please let Jerri Brewer know when you RSVP for the regular meeting that you are also attending the seminar. If you can only attend the seminar, the fee is very nominal. See announcement in this issue.

I attended the “LEED EB Operations & Maintenance Workshop” yesterday that was sponsored by BEP (the Built Environment Partnership) that our chapter is a member of and helped sponsor. This tied into Gordon Holness’s presentation and was a very successful event. I invite any of you to attend any future BEP events.

We have implemented a new incentive to give to Research Promotions this year which will match any donations from a company that did not donate last year but has consistently given in the past or a company that wants to jump up to the next donor recognition level. Matching funds are limited and are on a first come, first served basis. Please contact Kelly Johnson for more information.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have or any suggestions to make your association with ASHRAE and our chapter more productive. My email address is sbraden@wlc-kc.net. See you at the December meeting and have a happy holiday season!

Stuart Braden
Chapter President

Upcoming Events

3/1/2010

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Kansas City ASHRAE TOUR - St. Like's Hospital Central Plant

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