ASHRAE Archives
March 12, 2008The transformational lecture series is coming to Vancouver. Speaker Paul Hawken speaks to inspire those designing the built to embrace sustainability for today and to ensure we do everything possible to ensure sustainable design become integral to all development in the future. A PDF for the lecture series can be found here. This presentation is part of the Living Future conference happening in Vancouver April 16-18. Full details on that event can be found here.
Feb 6, 2008
A new dinner meeting has been announced for May 28. Please mark this in your calendars. Also, the January Totem is now available here. The notice for the February 12 meeting can also be found here.
Below is a photo of Godrey Nash presenting the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, BC Chapter award to BCIT student Richard Pendziwol. Congratulations Richard
Jan 25, 2008
Photos from the January 9 dinner meeting can be found here.
An overview of the October meeting at Viaduct Sheet Metal can be found here.
Jan 16, 2008
The ASHRAE Tradeshow is on February 7 in Victoria. The official tradeshow announcement can be found HERE. This event occurs once every 2 years, so don't miss it!
Dec 3, 2007
The October meeting report has been completed by Ed Chessor and is available here for download. This report provides a good overview of the new Viaduct Sheet Metal plant near Cloverdale.
April 23, 2007
Notice for the May meeting has been posted here. Eli Howard III, Executive Director of SMACNA will be speaking on duct inspection and the new duct construction standards.
April 19, 2007
The date of the next BoG meeting has been revised from May 11 to May 4. Please make note of this in you calendars.
April 12, 2007
The Golf Tournament is SOLD OUT! Thanks to everyone who got their entries in on time and it should be a great event!
Mar 31, 2007
A new category has been added to the menu bar on the left, 'Donors'. This section lists companys that have invested in ASHRAE Research this year. As companies donate the list will be updated.
Mar 14, 2007
The 2010 Olympics are fast approaching and tonights meeting will be held at the UBC Winter Sports Center, which is an Olympic venue. The dinner will be at 6:00PM tonight at the Graduate Student Center followed by the tour. A map to the GSC can be found here.
February 22, 2007
The 2007 Symposium on Construct Standards and Inspections has been announced by the COCTA and the brochure can be found HERE. The cost is $65 and that includes breakfast and lunch and is worth 6 AIBC credits.
February 10, 2007
The 2007 golf tournament invitation is available HERE. Last year we had over 144 golfers with over 165 people joining in for dinner. Some results from the 2006 tournament can be found below.
Low
Gross -
Norm Wallace
Low Net
-
Albert Benning
Longest
Drive -
Andrew Tedman
Men’s
KP - John Broxterman
Ladies
Low Net
- Debbie Halvorsen
Ladies
KP - Jen
Coulthard
Don Kern
Trophy
Most
Honest
Golfer - John Clancy
January 25, 2007
Membership
Promotion
Night is Wednesday, February 7,
2007
The February dinner meeting is Membership Promotion Night! In it we take the opportunity for chapter members to bring guests to check out the dinner meeting. Apart from all of the great benefits of being a member, there are also some special happenings:
- There’s
a draw for chapter members bringing guests
- Guests, bring a completed application form and dinner is on us! Not only that, the first year of the Chapter membership is free! ($88 value)
- Already a Society-only member? Sign up for the Chapter Membership and get the first year free!
The November Totem can found HERE.
January 5, 2007
Our next chapter meeting (February 7) is also a member promotion night. If you bring out a guest you will receive a free gift and if the member completes an application form at the event, they will eat for free!
December 3, 2006
The next chapter meeting with ASHRAE President Terry Townsend on December 6th is filling up. Dont miss this chance to see our society president speak. Email your reservation to Victor Raju.
November 29, 2006
Are you looking to become a more effectice player on the GREEN TEAM? ASHRAE GreenGuide: The Design, Construction and Operation of Sustainable Buildings will help teach designers how to participate effectively on design teams charged with producing green buildings. The GreenGuide is available here. Another great resource for tips on sustainable design and ASHRAE's roadmap to sustainability is www.engineeringforsustainability.org.
November 28, 2006
Our next chapter event is the lunch meeting with ASHRAE President Terry Townsend on December 6th. Terry will be discussing 'The ASHRAE Promise: A Sustainable Future'. The meeting notice can be found here, this will be a great event and it is being held downtown.
November 6, 2006
The next chapter dinner meeting is November 15. The topic is 'HVAC Design for High Humidity Environments'. This meeting is also Membership Promotion Night and you are encouraged to bring out prospective new members.
Meeting Notice
November 1, 2006
Tom Hartman's slides from his October 18th presentation on relational controls are now available. They will also be available in the archives section.
October 25, 2006
The new website design is released for board of governer viewing. This opening page will be used to post the most recent news and upcoming releases in 'Blog' style. Please check out the pages (some are still incomplete) and let me know what your comments and complaints. I plan on releasing a revised and updated version in early November. Also note that some of the BoG members do no have their contact info filled out, that is because I did not have it. Please forward an email address that you would like used. The jumps on the right hand side under 'Current' are 50% functioning. I do not have the sheet for the November meeting.
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October 19, 2006
Tom
Hartman was the presentor at last evenings dinner meeting.
Tom discussed 'Reinventing ASHRAE for the Sustainable Design
Era' in the workshop and 'Relational Controls' during the dinner
presentation. Materials will be posted in the Archives as
soon as they are
received.