A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Congratulations to those being recognized for their research promotion contributions this month. Wouldn't it be great if we could say that all chapter members contributed next year( no amount is too small) instead of the 13% who contributed this year?

What a great program by Kelly Kissock on net zero energy buildings this past month. And how about the tech session on Psychrometrics? It was so well-received, that we have asked for a "Part 2" at the December meeting.

As you all know, we tried something new this year as a way of getting some younger members of our technical community more involved with ASHRAE. The Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) lunch was attended by approximately 35 people-Joe Ferdelman spoke on the benefits of joining and becoming involved in ASHRAE activities, followed by an excellent talk on "The Future of Energy" by John Fanselow from Third Sun Solar & Wind Power, Ltd. We have already gained one new member from this meeting and will be following up with the other attendees.

This month we have another exciting and important program. We are fortunate to have Professor Stanley Mumma, an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer from Penn State, who will talk about Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems. We also have an important Tech Session before the meeting on the most recent changes to ASHRAE Standard 62.

I've been doing some business traveling and have a few conclusions to share:

1. Large hotels/conference centers (based on the two I visited in the past two weeks) have many opportunities in both HVAC and lighting for improvements (when the conference room is so cold that everyone runs outside where it is 90 degrees on breaks to warm up, you know there are energy conservation opportunities).
2. Despite the down economy, high energy prices may make this a good time to "up-sell" energy efficiency and "green" if the customer is replacing existing equipment. Distributors report that customers have been very receptive to this over the past several months. (I was at the HARDI conference where I picked up on this.)
3. Same conference, the wholesalers and distributors were talking about jumping on green, LEED and Energy Star Buildings as providing opportunities, but most of them have little idea what it all means-there will be opportunities to train as well as partner with these firms as more customers become interested in these issues.

We are busy planning the holiday party. Make sure your input is heard-join as at the next BOG meeting on November 20th so you don't find us planning something of no interest to you.

Thanks again to all of the officers and committee chairs for their past and continuing service to the Dayton Chapter.

Sincerely,
Larraine A. Kapka, P.E.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

There have been many questions from ASHRAE members regarding Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements for renewing Ohio PE license for Engineers. Beginning in 2007, Ohio PE Registration renewal requires 15 CPDs. The PE Registration Board does not pre-approve courses nor does the board pre-approve providers. Each Registrant is responsible for their hours and to make sure that the courses they take meet the requirements and must include technical, ethical or managerial content. Typically 50 Minutes of content would account for one CPD. There are many ways to obtain CPD's just to mention few as outlined by the Ohio PE Board are as follows:

1. Completion of courses offered by a professional of trade organization, university or college, or offered in-house by a corporation, or technical presentations conducted at meetings, conventions conferences sponsored by a corporation, other business entity, professional or technical societies, association agency or other group.
2. Teaching relevant courses (does not apply to full-time faculty, only applies to courses being taught for the first time).
3. Authoring papers.
4. Completion or auditing of college courses.
5. Being an office or committee member (2 CPDs) of an engineering society i.e, ASHRAE. They do not accept self-directed study courses. You must keep your own records (see attached suggested log sheet). I feel that our typical technical ASHRAE meetings would count for credit. However, I suggest you check the BOD's web at http://ohiopeps.org (click on "Renewals > CPD" located just under the heading) for more complete and accurate information.

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