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SEPTEMBER MEETING
Topic: "Ice Storage"
Susanna Hanson
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
Blue 5 Restaurant
312 2nd Street SW
Roanoke, VA 24011
Lunch Begins at 11:30PM
Cost is $20/person
RSVP by Friday, September 13th, to Anna Stanley
Click HERE to RSVP by email
Phone: 540-857-3572
President's Corner
Greetings!
I hope you had a great summer! As football season and the school year kicks off, so does our 2013-2014 ASHRAE year. I would like to take the time to, first, thank you for your involvement with our local chapter. Without your participation and valuable input, the chapter cannot flourish. For this reason, I would like the theme of 2013-2014 year to be “Our Roanoke ASHRAE – Growing Together”. In an era of individualism, I would challenge you to see the importance in community. Without teamwork and collaboration our work is impossible. I challenge you to consider an active role.
This year we will plan to focus on two things: our members and our community. In an effort to focus on our members we will try to be even more relevant in our programs. Along this theme, we would like to have at least two tours this year. First, plan to join us at Virginia Tech in October for our annual tour. We desire that our programs are directly applicable to your interests, so we welcome your suggestions and feedback. Second, we desire to focus on our community. For years we have supported area college students at Virginia Western and VMI. Your efforts and contributions are much appreciated. In a continued effort to connect with college students we are in the initial phase of trying to start a student chapter at Virginia Tech. We would also like to have the opportunity to reach into our local schools and be an advocate for math and science. We are excited to hear about your ideas for community involvement. As always, our Board of Governors (BOG) meetings are open to all members, so feel free to come and discuss your interests!
Finally, I would like to encourage you to come to our September meeting! Tuesday September 17th at noon we will be discussing “Ice Storage” at Blue 5 restaurant. Ice Storage is an interesting process which reduces peak loads. Come out and learn more about where and how ice storage is used.
Sincerely,
Wesley
Chapter President
CTTC Corner
Susanna Hanson will be presenting to us on Ice Storage this month. Susanna is an applications engineer with over eleven years of experience with chilled-water systems and HVAC building load and energy analysis. Her main areas of expertise include chilled-water systems and ASHRAE Standard 90.1. She is also a Certified Energy Manager. Susanna earned a bachelor's degere in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Florida, whree she focused on building energy management and simulation.
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