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Region V Chapter Regional Conference
July 25- 27
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President's Corner
Efforts of the Society, its members, and its bodies shall be directed at all times to enhancing the public health, safety and welfare.” – ASHRAE Code of Ethics 1.140.001.1.A https://www.ashrae.org/about/governance/code-of-ethics
Dear Members and Friends,
Hope everyone is having a wonderful March, whether it be St. Patrick’s Day, Spring Break, NCAA Tournament Pi Day- hope you were able to celebrate with your favorite equation, dessert, beverage, or pizza! The ASHRAE Cincinnati Activity is in full swing, as we had a great meeting on Professional Ethics on Tuesday (approx. 60 attendees, including ASPE) and one more chapter meeting before our May golf outing to wrap up our 2023-2024 chapter year. Our February meeting was the best attendance I can remember in 5+ years. We had 62 attendees to hear about the Ohio Mechanical Code Updates. Thank you to our Treasurer, Patrick Fernbach- who presented the content and kept it lively and engaging- tough to do with the subject matter. I sent out the content in two attachments. The file size was a bit large, so if you didn’t receive, send me an email and I can resend it to you in a smaller file size. Reminder: April Chapter Meeting is on Tuesday, 4/9- 11:30am-1pm. This will be a joint meeting with the local AEE Chapter.
• Location: University of Cincinnati- Digital Futures Building: 3080 Exploration Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45206 ROOM 140
• Topic: Inflation Reduction Act and 40% Tax Credits for Thermal Storage
• Speaker:
Bruce B. Lindsay, PE, CEM is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer (DL) and Program
Chair for ASHRAE TC6.9 Thermal Storage. He is currently the Business Development
Leader for Trane’s Thermal Storage Systems and focuses on the investment tax credits in the
US Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Mr. Lindsay has been involved in thermal storage for over
30 years and was the Executive Director of the Electric Power Research Institute’s Thermal
Storage Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was recently the Energy
Manager for Brevard County Public Schools (Florida), where he had 84 schools of which 20
had ice storage systems.
Young Engineers of ASHRAE (YEA) upcoming Children’s Hospital Plant Tour. Tentative
plan is for Wednesday, April 3. YEA Chair Maggie Norbut and Board Member Tom Maxey are
finalizing the details/times, yet are hoping to have a happy hour afterwards to discuss the visit
and network. Address is 226 Erkenbrecher Cincinnati OH 45229 - There will be a parking lot
entrance at that address and Tom can have the gates open to park.
IMPORTANT REMINDER:
ASHRAE Regional Technology Awards - 2024 Submission Deadline May 31. Here are
some details on the program Technology Awards Program (ashrae.org)
Please let me know if your firm plans to enter and submission go directly to
Matthew Klok, CEM, CBCP, CEA
RVC CTTC
ASHRAE Region V
Cell: 260.740.6383
Chapter Regional Conference (CRC): Time to get Registered! July 25-July 27 this
summer, we host the 2024 Summer ASHRAE Region V CRC. The website, links for the Westin
hotel and Eventbrite are on our CRC page and it’s all live
https://www.cincinnatiashrae.org/region-v-chapter-regional-conference.
We are requesting donations to help our chapter fund and are also creating sponsorship
opportunities for this large event for the chapters in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. For a
donation of $100, members and friends will receive a gifted Single Barrel selection in an
ASHRAE Cincinnati engraved New Riff Single Barrel bottle. See Nick Brown or a board
member to arrange your delivery! We can also accept Venmo, PayPal via Seth’s account,
contact me at 513-222-9472 or ashraecincinnati@gmail.com
2024 ASHRAE Cincinnati Golf Outing:
We are excited to have the ASHRAE Golf Outing is right around the corner. Thanks to all that
have signed up teams and entered sponsorships! We are hosting it at the Hamilton Elks Golf
Club again this year on May 16th. We had a great turn out for golf and dinner last year. Make
sure you sign up early to guarantee a spot. Goal is to have it filled by mid-April.
Kyle Browning (kbrowning@b-g.com) has been a great help with organizing and launching the
website for sponsorships and registration. Please contact Kyle with any questions
kbrowning@b-g.com
https://events.golfstatus.com/event/2024-cincinnati-ashrae-golf-outing/register
ASHRAE Society Job Board: Reminder that members and member companies have this
ASHRAE site as a resource to post open roles, etc.: jobs.ASHRAE.org
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Open Chapter Roles: We are working on our 3-5 year succession planning and are
looking to add to our board for future chapter leaders. We have an opening for one
additional “At Large” BOG member, a Government Affairs, and Research Promotion
Committee Chairperson.
Please let us know if you’d like to discuss joining our board. We are always looking for
volunteers to serve on various committees.
Thank you to everyone for making this a terrific ASHRAE Cincinnati Chapter year!