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Do and Don’t: HVAC, IAQ and UVC Source Control- Dr. Robert Scheir

Main Program: HVAC Design for The Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital in Orlando –

UHM Students: Christopher Montpas, Jason Li, Matthew Tio RSVP: Roland Suzuki, Roland@heide-cook.com

Payment: $35 member / $40 non-member / $45 at the door to ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter

P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu HI 96812 or via “PayPal” button at hawaii.ashraechapters.org.

SY 2009-2010, Issue 7 Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2010

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Albert Hahn

Aloha and Happy Easter All!

We only have two meetings left this year, Student night coming up next week, April 8th, and, “To BIM or not

to BIM, that is the question” on May 13th. I hope to see you all next Thursday to support the students and

why you are attending, why not cast a vote and have your voice heard in the 2010-11 ASHRAE Hawaii

elections. Also next week, we will be hosting Sterile Aire in our “Do’s and Don’ts.”

Also in April, we will be participating in an ASHRAE Webcast held at Insynergy Engineering on April 21st

2010 from 7 am to 11 am. The Web Cast is titled, “Right from the Start – Commissioning for High Performance

Buildings.” See details in this newsletter.

Starting ASHRAE Society year 2010-11 right, Alan Lloyd has graciously offered to host ASHRAE at the

Outrigger Canoe Club for Michael Chang’s induction ceremony on June 10th. If you missed our Christmas

Party this year, you have another chance to see how the high society lives! In fact bring your wives and don’t

tell them it’s an ASHRAE function! Tell them you’re taking them on a very romantic date at an ocean front

restaurant. I know my idea of a romantic evening is to be with 80 of my closest engineering buddies!

I look forward to seeing you all in our upcoming functions and as always, the first two rounds are on us!

Aloha!

Al

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MAIN PROGRAM

HVAC Design for The Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital in Orlando by Christopher Montpas, Jsason Li & Matthew Tio (University of Hawaii, ME Course 417)

This month’s main program will feature the technical presentation of our own University of

Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) students, Christopher Montpas, Jason Li & Matthew Tio.

To fine-tune their presentation, Professor Ting, who teaches UHM ME Course 417 (Applied

Thermal Engineering) has requested the service of InSynergy Engineering

Inc. Mechanical Engineer Min Zhong, P.E. to volunteer as their mentor in

completing this particular task. This presentation, which is basically the 2010

ASHRAE Student Design Competition, was the final design project submittal

that was part of their curriculum requirements to

complete the ME Course 417 as senior students, in

order to obtain their Bachelor Science degree in

Mechanical Engineering.

In designing and selecting a system for any project, there are many aspects

to think about and many decisions to be made, including but not limited to

the indoor air quality, energy conservation, system mechanical selection,

and even layout and practicality of the system. Outdoor climate, building

envelope, room type, location of rooms, and the activity that will be

performed in them play a big part in the decision making.

A cost analysis was performed between different systems, their operating costs, and their

maintenance prior to the final system selection. The goal of the cost

analysis was to find a system that was as cost effective and efficient as

possible that would still meet the needs of the hospital. Because this is a

hospital, emphasis was placed on the comfort and health of its patients. To

be sure the patients would be in comfort and to help them recover quickly,

many standards and guidelines were followed. Most of them were

employed in their design, such as: ASHRAE Standard 90.1, ASHRAE

Standard 62.1, ASHRAE Standard 55, ASHRAE 15 as well as the AIA Guidelines for General

Hospitals (Table 2.1-2) and LEED Guidelines (version 2.2).

The process of analyzing the requirements, designing a system, and selecting equipment

for the system has helped broaden the students’ views on the HVAC&R industry. The project

helped develop a better understanding on how important HVAC&R systems are, how they are

selected, and how they are integrated.

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DOs and DON’Ts

HVAC, IAQ and UVC Source Control by Dr. Robert Scheir

Indoor air Bioaerosol contaminants are found in most buildings as a result of biofilm,

mold and bacteria growth on A/C coils and in the drain pans. Ultraviolet light in the

“C” band (UVC) eliminates this source, greatly improving building IAQ, improving

equipment efficiency and reducing infectious organisms generated in the occupied

space and on the A/C coils and drain pan. Equipment performance improves such that

the energy saved may exceed 10% of the total building energy cost.

This DOs & DON’T technical session will be

presented by Dr. Robert Scheir, President of

Steril-Aire. He received his doctorate degree in

Medical Microbiology from UCLA; and a

Bachelor of Science degree from the University

of Maryland with majors in Bacteriology and

Chemistry. He also had graduate studies in

Immunochemistry at the Johns Hopkins

University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

He has extensive experience in microbial air

pollution, detection and remediation with more

than 25 years experience in the field of

infectious disease detection and control in

hospitals and medical laboratories. He was a

Senior Scientist at McDonald-Douglas Corp specializing in biological warfare detection

instrumentation and has served as a Quality Assurance Manager for Abbott

Laboratories and a Manufacturing Control Officer for Health Valley Foods. He was

President of Cal Labs and CalScott both Companies manufacturing medical products.

Dr. Scheir has lectured, authored many papers, received numerous patents and is a

member of ASHRAE, ASHE and ASME.

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE By Joseph Ting

Election Night – April 15, 2010

In accordance with our Bylaws Article 7, the Nominating Committee have selected from the members eligible

to hold office one candidate for each office, and for each member to be elected to the Board of Governors. The

Nominating Committee have also obtained from each candidate his/her consent to stand for election. Not less

than thirty (30) days prior to the April meeting, the Nominating Committee have already presented the slate of

Officers & members of BOGs for SY 2010-11 to the Secretary and the Chapter Membership the names of the

candidates selected by publishing them in our March 2010 newsletter.

Note that additional nominations of members in good standing who consent orally or in writing to be

candidates may be made from the floor at such meeting as per Bylaws 7.4. If at this meeting more than one

such nomination from the floor is made for any one office or membership on the Board of Governors, a vote

shall be taken to select the name of the opposition candidate to be placed on the ballot.

That being stated, a list of the candidates is therefore prepared for all members with voting rights prior to such

meeting. Included in this newsletter as shown below is the ballot. You may exercise your voting rights by mail

or in person at the meeting. Please vote the entire slate of officers as recommended by the Nominating

Committee, scan this sheet after signing and dating it, then forward it to Barry Jim On at

bjimon@insynergyeng.com. Otherwise, fill-in the name of additional nominations as per Bylaws 7.4 and

present them when the nomination is opened from the floor at the April 15 monthly meeting.

OFFICERS: Nomination from the floor

1. President: Michael Chang _______________

2. President-elect: Paul Scott _______________

3. Vice-President: Kevin Saito, P.E. _______________

4. Secretary: Barry Jim On, P.E. _______________

5. Treasurer: Paul Fukunaga, P.E. _______________

BOARD OF GOVERNORS:

1. Albert Hahn, P.E., Immediate Past President

2. Blake Araki, P.E. _______________

3. Donna Kishi _______________

4. Melek Yalcintas, PhD, P.E. _______________

5. Scott LaBeau _______________

6. William Lee, P.E. _______________

I, the undersigned, as a good standing member, do hereby vote for the slate of officers and members of the

Board of Governors as presented by the Nominating Committee. Should additional candidates are nominated

from the floor, I do hereby appoint my proxy, Albert Hahn, current President or a good standing member,

______________________________who will be attending the said April 15 meeting to vote on my behalf.

________________________________________________; _______________

MEMBER NAME / NUMBER /SIGNATURE DATE

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HISTORICAL COMMITTEE By Joseph Ting

HISTORY OF ASHRAE FELLOWS IN THE HAWAII CHAPTER

Jolly Old Fellows ….. nope, it’s “ASHRAE Fellows” in Hawaii Chapter! Since the founding of Hawaii Chapter

more than 40 years ago, there have been four (4) of our Chapter members, who were honored and elevated to

the ASHRAE highest membership grade of “Fellow”: Robert E. Hamilton, P.E., Frederick H. Kohloss, P.E.,

Franklin Y.S. Lum, P.E. and Alan S. Lloyd, P.E.

ASHRAE Fellow is a membership grade that recognizes distinction in the arts & sciences of environmental

technology in HVAC&R industry. The honor is earned through achievement as a researcher, designer,

educator or engineering executive. It is conferred upon approval of the Society’s Board of Directors thru the

recommendation of its Honors and Awards Committee.

The first ASHRAE Fellow of Hawaii Chapter was the late Robert Hamilton, who was also the founding

president of Hawaii Chapter serving SY 1969-70. The most prominent member, Frederick Kohloss, became our

Chapter’s 2nd Fellow. Not only did Fred serve as our Chapter’s 21st President in SY 1989-90, but he also served

as ASHRAE President in SY 1985-86. He left Hawaii and moved back to U.S, mainland. Our 3rd Fellow was

Franklin Lum. Frank was a very active member of our chapter and served as the 15th President in SY 1983-84.

He left Hawaii for Alaska and has recently settled down in Texas working for U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers.

The 4th Fellow is Alan Lloyd. He joined ASHRAE in 1982 and has served as a member

of the Chapter Board of Governors for 5 years. He served as Chairman of Program

Committee and was a member of the Legislative (Governmental Affairs) Committee

about a couple of decades ago. He is currently a member of the Historical Committee.

Let us focus on our most recent Fellow and the only Fellow, who is still active in

Hawaii Chapter. Alan was responsible for introducing heat pump water heating in

Hawaii. Due to his dedicated work in promoting this technology, over 600 large

commercial size heat pumps have been installed in Hawaii including some of the largest heat pump water

heating systems in the world. As a result of the introduction of this heat pump technology in Hawaii,

Hawaiian Electric Company received the 1994 Edison Award, an award that is presented to one U.S. electric

utility company each year.

That being said, Alan Lloyd’s fine work in this unique application of HVAC&R technology has alerted our late

Past President Lester Nakata, who was instrumental in nominating Alan as a candidate to become an ASHRAE

Fellow. Like all nominations within the Society, Alan’s nomination went thru Region X to the Society’s Honors

& Awards Committee for considerations.

Upon recommendation from H&A Committee, Alan Lloyd was voted and approved by the Society’s Board of

Directors at the 1994 Annual Meeting (Region I DRC Joseph Ting was one of the 28 Directors). Alan was

recognized as ASHRAE Fellow at the Society’s Centennial Year during the 1995 Winter Meeting in Chicago.

Thereafter, Alan was named as “1995-96 Member of the Year” in Hawaii Chapter.

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