We are excited to begin another ASHRAE meeting year! We hope to provide meeting topics that are both relevant and interesting. We will also feature a number of technical tours this year! This year each newsletter will include a column called the "CTTC Corner". We will include upcoming meeting information, interesting articles, and other pertinent details. If you are interested in working with the Chapter Technology Transfer Committee we welcome the help. The heart of a successful chapter is input from its members, and serving on the CTTC committee provides an excellent opportunity to get involved. If you have questions please contact our committee chair, Jon Colledge, at jon.colledge@aecom.com.
September Meeting
Tour of Center in the Square
5:30-7:30 pm
October Meeting
Tour at Virginia Tech
Details to follow
Upgrading Chilled-Water Systems
By Mick Schwedler, P.E., Member ASHRAE, and
Beth Bakkum
According to the authors, within an existing chilled-water system, there are several areas of opportunity to improve energy efficiency. This article concentrates on options such as chiller retrofits, changes to pumps and flow rate, using different chilled- and condenser-water temperatures, and enhancing system controls.
This article originally was published in November 2009.
Click here to download the article. It will be available here through Sept. 20.
After Sept. 20, access to the article from this newsletter will no longer be available. It will remain available for free download by members
here and for purchase by nonmembers in the
ashrae.org online store.
ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference to Provide Hands-On Guidance
ASHRAE’s upcoming Energy Modeling Conference is intended to advance practitioners' ability to more accurately model and simulate a building's energy use. It will be held Oct. 1–3 in Atlanta. The conference will feature some 40 presentations, keynote speeches, networking and a modeling tools software developer session. The presentations will cover a variety of programs and applications, such as daylighting, variable refrigerant flow, thermal bridging, labyrinth ventilation systems, ground source heat pumps, dedicated outdoor air systems and hybrid systems. “Attendees will benefit by networking with other modelers and software developers and by the numerous hands-on modeling presentations, including case studies, updates on ASHRAE standards and codes, and current tools available in the marketplace, their applications and workarounds,” said conference chair Dennis Knight.
