FEBRUARY 2002 Thank you, LESCO ASSOCIATES, for sponsoring the February meeting.Chapter newsletter does not reflect the opinions or views of the Society and may not act for the Society. 2001-2002 CENTRAL INDIANA CHAPTER OFFICERSPresident.......................................... ……………Doug Fick, BSA Design 819-2117President-Elect.................................... Clay Runshe, Peeler Engineering 262-8300Vice-President                                        Chris Smith, Fuller Engineering 228-5800Secretary......................................... Steve Ehrman, York International 595-3050Treasurer........................................... Steve Rosenberg, LESCO Assoc. 257-4906 BOARD OF GOVERNORSFrank St. John        Mac Stewart         Bill Mosbaugh         Bob Gehrlich        Mike Keller

 

Joint Meeting with SMACNA at The Marten House Tuesday, February 12^th 

Place:    Marten House – next to St. Vincent’s Hospital on 86th StreetTime:    5:30 p.m.  Tech Session            6:30 p.m.  Dinner            7:00 p.m.  Meeting ProgramTheme: CommissioningCost:     $20 per person, Students $5. Includes dinner and program.  Cash Bar is available.Our speaker this month is Mr. Jeff Kaden who is the Director of Engineering Services at Indiana University.  Jeff joined IU in 1988 as Manager of Utilities, becoming Assistant Director for Engineering in 1994 and Director of Engineering Services in 1996.Prior to that, Jeff held various positions with the City of Bloomington Utilities from 1981 through 1988. This included Chief Operator of the Dillman Road Wastewater Treatment Facility, Utilities Engineer, and Assistant Director. Before coming to Bloomington, Jeff was a Field Engineer with the Illinois EPA Peoria Regional Office and responsible for inspection of municipal wastewater treatment facilities.

Jeff is a 1979 graduate of Iowa State University and has a BS in Civil Engineering.

His talk will be about how IU is using commissioning as part of new construction and building renovation.  He'll touch on his definition of commissioning and why he thinks it is needed. Jeff’s talk will also include some past history of the projects where this process has been applied along with some of the nuts and bolts of the process. Of course, no talk would be complete without the “lessons learned”. 

 

Tech Session

Our speaker for the February Tech Session will be Steve Rosenberg, with LESCO Associates who are Noise and Vibration Control Consultants based here in Indianapolis. The subject of Steve’s presentation will be "HVAC Noise Control, The Simple Solution".  This will be a short "primer" on the basics of HVAC noise control terminology and how to predict when noise problems are being built into the HVAC system design. Steve is a registered Professional Engineer and has worked for nearly 30 years with building owners and managers, architects, contractors, mechanical consultants and equipment vendors to address their vibration and noise control concerns.   Reservations:  For reservations, please call Jan Dubbs whose phone number is 819-2083 by Friday, February 8th.  If you receive Jan’s voice mail, please leave a message stating your name, company, the number of reservations required, and your phone number.

 PRESIDENTS MESSAGE The January meeting on economics provided an interesting perspective on that which affects our very existence. However, perspective is not just limited to economics but it relates to the chapters very purpose. In the days following the meeting a person, who was not in attendance, inquired how the chapter was doing in the 21st century. His question was simply “Since everything can be obtained on the internet why would people attend the meetings?”.

Value is something that we struggle with daily in our modern society. Though I would like to believe that everyone attends chapter meetings because of my good looks and charm, it is because they perceive value for the time invested.  Since there are many sources of information in our modern society, determining useful information from junk has become one of the most important skills.  The speakers provide an interactive source of information and a way to immediately verify the information’s value.  And the meetings allow you to use the perspective of your peers experience, knowledge, and vision to refine that information.  Rodney Cross, Lucretia Myers, Gregory Stephens joined ASHRAE in December because of this value. 

From my perspective I definitely believe there is value to attending meetings since like you, time is my most precious commodity, and February provides an excellent learning opportunity.  Mr. Jeff Kaden, Director of Engineering Services at Indiana University will discuss commissioning.  Mr. Steve Rosenberg will discuss the basics of acoustics during the Technical Session. And the members of SMACNA have been invited adding their expertise and knowledge.     M. K. Stewartc/o Energy Systems Group5420 W. Southern Avenue, Suite 407Indianapolis, Indiana 46241 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED    

National Engineers Week…

  National Engineers Week is February 17-23, 2002.  For anyone interested in advertising or putting an event together check out the official website at http://www.eweek.org for ideas.  Additional questions can be referred to Stephanie Langston who is our Student Activities Committee Chairperson and can be reached at: slangston@bsadesign.com   To receive your newsletter by e-mail, please send an e-mail request to:  mstewart@energysg.com (all lower case).  If you run into difficulty with this or have questions, call Mac Stewart at (317) 227-6510, Ext. 104.  The format is Microsoft Word.  Visit our web page:  http://www.indyashrae.org