MARCH MEETING
STUDENT NIGHT - FANS, A CONSULTANT'S PERSPECTIVE
WESLEY SOUTHALL
TUESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2014
NOTE: THE MEETING THIS MONTH HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MARCH
5:30PM
Location: VWCC Campus at the Fralin Center for Science and Health Professions,
3315 Colonial Ave
Roanoke, VA
Come for a great presentation and dinner.
Dinner will be provided.
$20/Member; $10/Student
RSVP by COB Friday, March 14th, to Anna Stanley
Click HERE to RSVP by email
Phone: 540-857-3572
President's Corner
I would like to thank those who came out to our February meeting. It is always a pleasure to hear an ASHRAE distinguished lecturer! I personally found Mr. Simmonds knowledgeable in efficient use of radiant heating and cooling. I hope you were able to gain some insight from the many case studies. I also found the discussion of occupant comfort to be a relevant topic in light of LEED and building energy consumption.
I would like to invite you to join us for our annual student meeting. The topic of the meeting is: “Fans, A Consultant’s Perspective.” I believe that engineers, sales personal, building owners, contractors, and technicians will all find this presentation information and helpful. We will also be giving out six scholarships to some worthy Virginia Western and VMI students. Please come out and support our students!
I hope you can make it to the meeting!
Sincerely,
Wesley
CTTC Corner
World Warmed While U.S. Chilled in January
WASHINGTON—While the United States suffered through a bitterly cold January, much of the rest of the world was warmer than average. Globally, January 2014 was the fourth-warmest January since record keeping began in 1880, according to a climate report released recently by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The month was warmer in 2002, 2003 and 2007. January's global average temperature was 54.8°F (12.7°C), which was 1.17°F (0.65°C) warmer than the 20th-century average of 53.6°F (12°C). All of the 10 warmest Januarys have occurred since 1998. Land areas in the Southern Hemisphere had their warmest January on record, while both France and China had their second warmest January, according to the NOAA report. Despite the extreme cold in the eastern U.S., warmth in the West counterbalanced it such that January ended up only 0.1°F (0.06°C) colder than normal across the Lower 48. In striking contrast, Alaska was nearly 15°F (8.3°C) warmer than normal, its third warmest January in the 96 years it has recorded such data.
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China Takes Steps to Combat Extreme Smog in Beijing
BEIJING—China has banned outdoor school sports and cookouts as it is grappling with a fifth straight day of thick, choking smog. The pollution problem is so acute that a recent report says it makes Beijing "barely suitable" for living. Beijing has maintained an "orange" pollution alert, the second-highest level of an official warning system introduced nationwide last October. The city has been spraying streets with water to reduce dust in a severe smog attack that has made the Chinese capital's pollution 10 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. Many residents are trying to tackle the matter themselves. Air filters are ubiquitous in people's homes, and face masks are nearly mandatory for Beijingers to wear outdoors on heavily polluted days. The International School of Beijing has taken an extreme step to shield its pre-k to 12th-grade students from the city's air. At a cost of $5 million, the school has constructed two domes that enclose the entirety of its outdoor areas.
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Grassroots Government Activities
Virginia Builder Delivering Passivhaus Projects at Cost Parity with Conventional Construction
Adam Cohen and the team at Structures Design/Build in Roanoke are garnering national attention - and accolades - for proving that buildings featuring the world's most advanced energy-saving design and construction techniques need cost no more than typical new buildings.
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