Ginger Scoggins Presidential Visit and Cold Chain
We have two exciting topics in one meeting for our April meeting of the La Crosse Area Chapter of ASHRAE. ASHRAE Society President Ginger Scoggins will give her presidential address titled “Challenge Accepted: Tackling the Climate Crises.” This presentation explains why ASHRAE has accepted the challenge of the climate crises and what ASHRAE is doing to prepare our members to address the coming challenges for the future of the built environment. We will follow that up with our regularly scheduled chapter educational programming. This month, we will focus on refrigeration with a talk titled “The Cold Chain – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow” given by Alex Schmig
Cost:
Free for Brown Bag Lunch
$15 for Sandwich Lunch Provided
Register: No Registration Necessary (Unless You Want Lunch)
Agenda:
Noon - 12:30pm: Chapter meeting and Cold Chain presentation with Alex Schmig
12:30-1:00pm: Presidential Address by Ginger Scoggins
Location:
Trane (Building 12) - Reuben Trane Room
2313 20th St S, La Crosse, WI 54601
For anyone who doesn’t work for Trane to get into the building
Mayo Clinic Tour
Please register for Thursday’s tour so the Chapter can provide our hosts with a list of attendees. Number of attendees is limited.
More details to come.
Click HERE to register for this event!
Note the registration link will be on the left-hand sidebar.
YEA - Trivia at Alpine Inn
Come for the trivia, stay for the cheese curds, beer, and good company!
Joint Societies with AIA
What: National Weather Service Damage Survey Process Following a Tornado and its Impacts on Buildings – Presented by Kevin Skow
Where: Trane Building 11 (2213 20th St S La Crosse) in the Lab Conference Room or Online using Teams
When: February 27th, 2024, at 12PM
Trane TES
Cost: $15
Taco Bar Dinner Included: Options will include meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free
ASHRAE Chapter Meeting
5:00 Welcome/Mixer
5:15 ASHRAE La Crosse Area Chapter meeting
5:30 TOUR - SSHP, Weld lab, GTP
6:30 Break
6:45 Dinner
7:00 ASHRAE TES presentation: Doug Reindl
8:00 End
Powering with Renewable Resources: Thermal Energy Storage
The push to add increasing amounts of renewable energy sources to our utility grid has exposed a number of weaknesses and challenges that need to be solved to ensure resiliency and reliability. The intermittent and somewhat unpredictable nature of electricity production from renewable sources has heightened the importance of energy storage. Batteries have often taken center stage as the preferred means to bridge the mismatch in periods where end-use electricity demands exceeds the production from renewable sources. Although batteries seem to be the logical technology to fill this need, they are high cost, resource intensive, and prone to a process called battery aging, which limits their capacity to charge/discharge. This presentation will discuss challenges of increasing deployment of renewables on the grid and the role thermal energy storage can play to enable greater utilization of renewable energy resources.
Douglas Reindl is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, he is the founding director of the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium (IRC) at UW-Madison. Professor Reindl has taught at all levels: undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional development. Professor Reindl has developed an internationally-recognized series of professional development courses focused on industrial refrigeration systems with an emphasis on the safe use of ammonia as a refrigerant. Through the IRC, Professor Reindl works with some of the world’s leading food companies to improve the safety, efficiency, reliability and productivity of industrial refrigeration systems and technologies.
Professor Reindl is an ASHRAE Fellow, a past recipient of ASHRAE’s Distinguished Service Award, and the first recipient of ASHRAE’s George C. Briley Award for the best refrigeration article in the ASHRAE Journal. He has served as a past chair and member of ASHRAE’s Standard 15 committee – Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems. Professor Reindl is a registered professional engineer in the State of Wisconsin.
Professor Reindl has published 6 books and more than 100 technical papers on topics including: industrial refrigeration, building mechanical systems, energy systems, indoor air quality (including research on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in buildings), and solar energy.
How to ASHRAE
Topic: "How to" ASHRAE Society Panel
When: December 20th at 12PM
Location: Trane Building 13 (1700 Horton St.)
Speakers:
Tom Culp: Standards Commitees / Making a Difference
Kristin Sullivan: Career Benefits / Connecting with Students
Adam Krokstrom: Member Benefits / Local Chapter Information / Conferences
Mick Schwedler: Benefits to Employers / Leadership
Steve Kujak: Contributing to Technical Growth / Research
Alex Schmig: Putting the “H & R” back into ASHRAE
Five experienced ASHRAE members will host a “speed dating” information session. During this event you will have the opportunity to move from station to station and learn about a variety of ASHRAE topics. To celebrate the holiday season, cookies and cider will be provided. Holiday sweaters are also welcomed!
EoH Incentives
Topic: Incentives for Electrification of Heating
When: November 15th at 5PM
Where: Michael Energy, Large Conference Room
400 Main Street La Crosse, WI
We will be using the conference room at Michaels Energy. Address is 400 Main Street La Crosse, WI (Doerflinger Building Second Floor). The building is not open to the public. Michaels employees will be directing people into the building. Plan to enter through the alley. You can either find street parking, or the Market Square ramp is the closest.
What: Scott Hackel and Kevin Frost will present on:
Grid-interactive efficient building demonstrations: what is possible and happening today?
Challenges and opportunities in electrifying commercial buildings in the Midwest
Practices, benefits, issues, and performance of variable refrigerant flow in cold climates
The role of Flammable Refrigerants (A2L/A2/A3) in Heat Pumps for Residential and Commercial Buildings
When: Tuesday October 10th 5:00PM
Where: The Waterfront Banquet Room
What: The phase down of high-GWP refrigerants in the mid- and long-terms requires trade-offs between GWP and flammability. Efforts are being made to pursue natural refrigerants such as propane (R290) in residential applications (e.g., mini-split systems) especially in Europe and Asia, but in the U.S. there are still several barriers to be overcome to adopt mildly- and flammable-refrigerants. This lecture provides an overview of the state-of-the-art flammable refrigerant in heat pump applications for residential and commercial buildings, outlines current regulatory limitations and provides an outlook on research activities.
Olson Solar Energy
Olson Solar Energy
Renewable Energy Event Solar System Tour
Learn some basics about solar energy, solar battery storage, roof solar arrays. See the heat pump system involved and get a large solar system tour. Q&A afterwards.
Where 5076 Wildflower Lane, West Salem, Wi 54669
When: Wednesday Sept 27th 4:00 PM
Who: Cameron Olson, Olson Solar Electric
La Crosse Loggers Game
Join our chapter, along with family and friends, for a night at a La Crosse Loggers game. We will be in the Toppers Terrace section. The game starts at 6:35 pm. There is free food and soft drinks available to all ticket holders. Three adult beverages are included with every $15 ticket for those 21 and over.
The cost is $15/person for adults, $5/child 12 and under
Registration closes Monday, August 7th end of day
YEA at Moon Tunes
Join Young Engineers in ASHRAE at Moon Tunes
Feel free to come and go as you wish.
Where: La Crosse Riverside Park
Who: Members of YEA La Crosse chapter and anyone interested in ASHRAE!
Pizza and drinks provided
Activities: Spike Ball, Cornhole, Frisbee
Bring your own chair/picnic blanket
Any questions, please contact Gabe Korinek at gabe.korinek@tranetechnologies.com
CRC
The CRC website is live. Please visit ASHRAE Region VI-2023 CRC for all information including location and agendas
Sponsorship information can be found HERE
Event Registration can be found HERE
Electrification Panel
This event will consist of a panel style discussion about the equipment and facility design impacts of electrifying heat sources.
Bruce Barrett
Bruce Barrett is a Regional Sales Manager for Multistack. He has over 30 years of experience in HVAC, including manufacturing, engineering, marketing and strategic sales. Bruce holds a BS degree from Winona State University of Minnesota in Economics and Social Science. Multistack is an innovator in both packaged and modular chillers.
Background and Info:
30+ years in HVAC, Regional Sales Manager-Central Territory-Multistack for last 11 years
Specific to Electrification:
11 Years intensive in Geothermal, A/W HP, design, and sales
Done at least 20 large group presentations, and 30 small group (engineering specific) presentations in the last year
Dan Gentry
Dan Gentry is an Applications Engineer in La Crosse, WI. He joined Trane in 2018 after 8 years at another local WI based chiller manufacturer. Dan first interned at Trane in the Technology Lab where he worked in the acoustic lab while attending school through 2008. His areas of expertise revolve around chiller plants, heat recovery and heat pump systems and their reliable and efficient design and operation.
He graduated from Ferris State University in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in HVAC Engineering Technology and is an active member of ASHRAE.
Dan enjoys spending time with his family on the river and relaxing time at the family cabin up north.
Jay McHenry
Western Wisconsin Technical College
Government Affairs Update
Interested in ASHRAE government outreach training? Friday April 7, 2023 from 10:00 to 11:00 AM Central Time is your chance. This training will cover updated WI Energy Code development process and what an ASHRAE government outreach event is, how to organize it, and how to conduct the meeting. See you soon.
An Urgent Challenge, An Imminent Deadline, Achievable Goals: Your role in Climate Action for La Crosse
Event Cost: $10 | Registrations will close March 7th
Due to weather, our February Event as been rescheduled to March 14th.
Ted Redmond will be doing a presentation on the City of La Crosse Climate Action Plan. This event will be hosted at the Lunda Center. A BBQ buffet, coffee and a drink ticket will be provided. Any dietary restrictions can be specified in the registration form.
Climate change affects us all, every community, every project, every client. Rising temperatures, increasing extreme weather events, and the degradation of ecosystems are an increasingly clear and present danger to communities everywhere. The United States has warmed 68% faster than the planet as a whole and the resulting increase in extreme weather has increased the frequency of billion-dollar disasters from once every four months in the 80’s to once every three weeks. This “Global Weirding” is a direct result of increased human made greenhouse gas emissions.
We as design practitioners, building owners, contractors, and manufacturers have a key role to play in creating a safer and more sustainable world. How we approach our work will, quite literally, determine the success of global efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to changing conditions. With the City of La Crosse’s recently completed Climate Action Plan and historic national legislation passed within the last six months, we have unprecedented opportunity and support in effecting change.
Learn more about climate change in La Crosse, our role in helping society rise to the challenge, and resources and opportunities to contribute climate mitigation and adaptation in La Crosse including:
• The link between human activities, climate change, and the built environment
• Climate change projections in La Crosse
• What the science tells us we must do to avoid the worst of those projections
• What the City of La Crosse is doing about it
• What you can do about it
ASHRAE Standards Update
Three guests will provide updates on the recent changes to three ASHRAE standards. Chris Hsieh will provide an update on Standard 189.1. Mike Patterson will provide an update on Standard 90.1. Eric Sturm will provide an update on Standard 62.1.
Chris also assisted LEED EB (Silver) certification for the Trane St. Paul facility and LEED NC (Gold and Certified) certifications for the Trane Taicang office and facility buildings. He is a LEED-AP BD+C, certified energy manager, UL environment DfS (Design for Sustainability) gold certified, and member of ASHRAE.
Chris is enthusiastic about youth education with a focus on STEM and volunteers his time as a math club coach for a local middle school, helping to advance the team to the state-level competition three years in a row.
In his current role as an applications engineer, Eric’s areas of expertise include acoustics, airside systems, indoor agriculture, and indoor air quality. He is currently involved with ASHRAE as a member of the Standard 62.1 project committee, the indoor agriculture technical committee and sound and vibration technical committee. Eric is the recipient of the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award and Young Engineers in ASHRAE Award of Individual Excellence.
WWTC Tour
Join us for a tour of the ITC building on the WTC campus, focusing on the mechanical and HVAC equipment. A goal of this event is to promote new membership so attending ASHRAE members are encouraged to bring any interested non-members with them. WTC students are also encouraged to attend as an opportunity to get exposure to the industry. Pizza will be provided after the tour.
Please use calendar invite accept so we know how many people are attending.
Integrated Technology Center
Room 401
717 Vine St
La Crosse, WI 54601
Parking: Park in Lot B on the corner of 7th and Vine. Security will be told to not give tickets.
Building Moisture Management and Recent Advancements in Glazing Technology, Fenestration Performance, and Energy Codes
Building Moisture Management: Jeff Bolt, ASHRAE DL
This teaches psychrometrics in 10 minutes, really, and it’s funny on one slide. I tell my architect friends who’ve attended this that when the engineer says psychrometric they should reply, yah I get that, show me the chart (might be a bluff, but gets their engineer to look at it seriously!). Learn about the affects of moisture in materials. Understand moisture maps in building envelopes. Understand how breaches and bridges affect envelopes. Learn what ASHRAE 90.1, IECC, and Title 24 require for vapor barriers. This is a good one to invite AIA & ALA members to attend.
Recent Advancements in Glazing Technology, Fenestration Performance, and Energy Codes: Thomas D. Culp, Ph.D.
This course is designed to educate architects and designers about the latest advancements in glazing and fenestration technology together with the most recent changes in the ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC commercial energy codes. New technologies in glazing and framing will be discussed to improve energy efficiency in both new and existing buildings, as well as for use in on-site renewable energy production.
This course is worth 1 credit through AIA
Itinerary
5:00 Social
5:30 Welcome/Chapter Meeting
6:00 1st Speaker
6:30 Dinner: Taco bar (vegetarian and vegan options included)
7:30 2nd Speaker
8:00-9:00 Social
Price: $0
Please register here by Oct. 17th so we have an accurate headcount.
ASHRAE Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors meetings are accessible to all ASHRAE members.
The meetings will be held in-person in Istanbul and through WebEx. You are most welcome to attend the meetings as a guest and can access the meetings virtually with the following links:
October 13, 2022 | 8:00 – 11:15am ET (UTC-04:00) | View the Agenda
October 14, 2022 | 2:15 – 4:00am ET (UTC-04:00) | View the Agenda
Links to join the meetings and view the agenda are also posted online at ashrae.org/BOD.
Please contact Candace DeVaughn, Manager of Board Services if you have questions.
ASHRAE Board of Directors Meeting
Board of Directors meetings are accessible to all ASHRAE members.
The meetings will be held in-person in Istanbul and through WebEx. You are most welcome to attend the meetings as a guest and can access the meetings virtually with the following links:
October 13, 2022 | 8:00 – 11:15am ET (UTC-04:00) | View the Agenda
October 14, 2022 | 2:15 – 4:00am ET (UTC-04:00) | View the Agenda
Links to join the meetings and view the agenda are also posted online at ashrae.org/BOD.
Please contact Candace DeVaughn, Manager of Board Services if you have questions.
Kwik Trip Refrigeration Facility Tour
Meet at Receiving/Visitors (see campus map linked below)
Parking is limited so please carpool if possible
If you have trouble finding the location call 608-793-6039
GMP will need to be filled out and signed, please come with that ready to save time (link to form below)
Hearing protection will be provided
Tour size limited to 30 so please register early if interested
Registration ends May 16th
*Kwik Trip DC Campus Map
*Kwik Trip Visitor GMP Form
Passive House Tour
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