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January 2020 The Squirrel Cage

Alamo ASHRAE

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

President’s Message

Officer’s Directory

Calendar

Pictures

Meeting Attendance

BOG Meeting Minutes

HVAC Design Training

Alamo ASHRAE,

Welcome to 2020! I hope everyone had a great holiday and is ready to tackle this year head on. We have some great meetings

coming up that I am very excited about. We also have the annual expo coming up in Orlando, FL. I hope to see some of you

there. To start things off this year, our first meeting topic is Commissioning. This subject has a special place for me since I spend

a great deal of my career with this subject. More than just a paper pushing exercise, Commissioning can be a very valuable tool

for successfully completing a project and holding everyone accountable through the process. I have been on many projects

where Commissioning is done correctly and everything seems to “work”, however I have been on many more projects where

either Commissioning is not done or was performed with a lesser quality…you can tell. Its usually a mess.

Brian Keller, with Cleary-Zimmerman is our speaker this month. Brian Keller has 30

years of experience in building systems commissioning, MEP QA/QC, DDC controls

testing, and test and balance. He has commissioned numerous projects, many of

which are LEED® or CHPS certified, for various market sectors including government,

healthcare, educational, and commercial. Brian has been involved in MEP assess-

ments, programming, plan development, equipment replacements, expansions, and

commissioning in both new construction and renovations. He holds membership

and certifications in the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) and cur-

rently vice-chairs the NEBB Exam Development Committee at the National level.

I am very excited to have Mr. Keller present this topic. I have worked personally

with Brian and I have the upmost respect for him and his knowledge in this field. I

hope to see everyone at the January meeting on the 21st.

Again, Happy New Year!

Thanks,

Frank L Painter, P.E.

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Officers President Frank Painter flpainter@frostandkeeling.com President-Elect John Ferencak jferencak@halff.com Secretary Mason Hall 210-459-9279 mhall@unifyes.com Treasurer Madison Bryer 210-598-7801 madison.bryer@texasairsystems.com Board of Governors Michael Layman mike.layman@utexas.edu Richard McHugh 210-789-9614 rickmchugh@eeace.com Committee Chairs Student Activities Casey Bordelon 210-517-5514 Casey.Bordelon@jci.com Research Promotion Richard McHugh 210-789-9614 rickmchugh@eeace.com Webmaster Robyn Boling robyn.boling@irco.com

Membership Promotion Steven Lipe SLipe@onco-tx.com Historian Michael Layman mike.layman@utexas.edu Newsletter Editor Emily Smith 210-598-7823 emily.smith@texasairsystems.com Government and Grassroots Advocacy Cameron Crandall ccrandall@fbdfrozen.com Attendance Chair Casey Bordelon 210-517-5514 Casey.Bordelon@jci.com Chapter Technology Transfer Chelsea Moussouni 210-704-1382 cmoussouni@halff.com Refrigeration Chair Travis McLeod 210-826-6392 tmcleod@silbereng.com Sustainability Thursten Simonsen 210-708-6094 thursten@simonsens.net STEM Clint Ullman 210-651-9000 clint.ullman@spawglass.com YEA—Young Engineers Reid Ruggles reid.ruggles@texasairsystems.com

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@ Alamo Drafthouse—North Park

Topic: Commissioning presented

by Brian Keller

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Aaron Engler Andrew Freund Andrew Ivone Bill Wurzbach Brandon Moreno Bruce Smith Chelsea Moussouni Cliff Tilbury Clint Ullman Cowboy McCool Edward Garcia Eric Hernandez Francisco Gomez Frank Painter Golda Obinzu J.D. Hunter James Drewry James Gilligan Jeff Neumann Jim Rodriguez John Delgado John Grothues John Weems John Wurzbach Jon Hermann Jon Ross Ruggles

November 19, 2019

Kenner Coon Matt Bynum Megan Kelso Michael Kyler Michelle Longsworth Mikaela Myrin Mike Layman Patty Wylie Ryan Pena Sam Bishop Shibly Abughazaleh Steve Huck Steven Richey Steven Stringfield Taylor Rose Tom Phillips Travis Reynolds Vishwaraj Hariharaputran Walter Gleye Wes Weissgarber Will Zermeno

Topic: Acoustics Basics for HVAC & R Designers

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BOG Meeting Minutes November 6, 2019

12 PM

Location: Halff Associates, 100 NE Loop 410, Suite 200, San Antonio, TX 78216

Attendees: Frank Painter, Travis McLeod, Rick McHugh, Chelsea Moussouni, Madison Bryer, Chelsea

Moussouni, Clint Ullman, Mason Hall

Frank Painter (President / Chapter Delegate)

• Bringing bottle of Wild Turkey to raffle off at the next monthly meeting (11/19)

Madison Bryer (Treasurer)

Skeet Shoot:

• Call contacts to set up team. Feel free to call everyone

• Friday close of business teams need to be submitted

• You can pay at the event

• 4 mugs for first place, trophy for best individual shooter, trophy for worst shooter

• 2 Kegs and canned beer will be provided

• Raffling off gun or guns

• Everyone please bring a cooler full of ice or we will run out

Chelsea Moussouni (Technology Transfer Chair)

• All contracts and CC authorization forms for the remaining 2019-2020 meetings are sent to the

venue

• November Meeting

Speaker:

Mark W. Fly, PE, Fellow ASHRAE

Executive Director NAIC

mfly@aaon.com Office (918) 382-6234 Cell (918) 633-7900 AAON, Inc 2425 S. Yukon Tulsa, OK 74012

• Wes Weissgarber is the speaker escort

• Not a DL (will be next year), so no DL Evaluation forms

• Welcomes feedback from the group.

• We will have speaker evaluation forms at the meeting

• Confirming with spring speakers

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o Need Frank to send contact information for Brian Keller

Needing confirmation: Military procurement and contracting (February), Frank to contact City Green Initiative – Mission Verde (May), John to contact Director of Mission Verde Schedule below:

• Do we want to have the past president’s party in December?

Last year we had the hatchet throwing, weak turnout

Decision: No past president’s party this year

• Just an aside: on the Skeet Shoot Flyer next year we need to use the “new” ASHRAE logo

• Chelsea is contacting Bud Griffin Associates and Daikin to see if they will get a team together for

the skeet shoot

Mason Hall (Secretary)

• I volunteer to cook food at skeet shot

• I will help Madison and other grocery shop day of skeet shoot

Casey Bordelon (Student Activities Chair / Attendance Chair)

• Student chaper will be at skeet shoot to volunteer in 1-hour blocks

John Ferencak (Vice President / President Elect) -

• Budget – to be completed next week

• Need to have the list of total members

• Steven Lipe sent these yesterday (11/5)

• John is contacting Aerohead to see if they’ll get a team together

Rick McHugh (Research Promotions Chair / Board of Governors)

Skeet Shoot:

• Calling to book entertainment

Full Circle donation for all Executive Council members to become recognized chapter

Meeting Adjourned – 1:00 PM

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