Monday, August 31, 2009

Energy Efficiency Webinar

NEEC is co-sponsoring with other regional energy efficiency industry associations, a free webinar on the current status of the energy and climate legislation, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES). The California Energy Efficiency Industry Council is the prime sponsor. The webinar is Thursday, September 3rd from 11am to 12 noon PDT.

This webinar will provide background on the federal American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) of 2009, the Waxman-Markey comprehensive energy bill, known as "ACES". ACES includes a cap-and-trade global warming reduction plan designed to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent by 2020. Other provisions include energy efficiency incentives, new renewable energy requirements for utilities, and grants for green jobs.

The webinar is targeted to the energy efficiency business community. You can register and participate for free by following this link;

www.efficiencycouncil.org/webinar.html

I hope you have the opportunity to participate.

Stan Price
Northwest Energy Efficiency Council

Friday, June 26, 2009

ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Public Review Draft Addenda Available

To members of SSPC 90.1 and interested parties:

These drafts are scheduled for a 30-day public review from June 19, 2009 to July 19, 2009:

Addendum av to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007
Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This is the third public review of this addendum. This independent substantive change to the second public review draft proposes clarifications when controls are required to comply with lighting systems are retrofit.

Addendum az to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This is the second public review of this addendum. This independent substantive change to the first public review draft proposes clarifications for functional testing requirements for lighting.

Addendum be to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language provides for more vestibules in climate zone 3 for buildings less than 10,000 sq feet. This language has been revised to reflect addendum q to ASHRAE 90.1-2007.

Addendum bg to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language provides requirements for water-to-water heat pumps.

Addendum bh to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language provides requirements for multiple zone HVAC systems (that include simultaneous heating and cooling) to include controls that automatically raise the supply-air temperature when the spaces served are not at peak load conditions.

Addendum bj to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language adds an exception within Appendix G that allows users to claim energy cost savings credit for the increased ventilation effectiveness of certain HVAC system designs.

Addendum bm to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The intent of this addendum is to coordinate terminology for visible transmittance with NFRC 200.

Addendum bn to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This proposed addendum limits poorly oriented fenestration. Compliance can be shown by having more south facing fenestration than west facing fenestration. For those buildings affected by this requirement, this reduces envelope loads, energy usage and thereby costs.

Addendum bp to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This proposed change allows the use of control that provides automatic 50% auto on with the capability to manually activate the remaining 50% and has full auto-off.

Addendum bq to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This proposed language changes the requirements for retail space lighting which will make use of more recent lamp technology that is readily available.


These drafts are scheduled for a 45-day public review from July 19, 2009 to August 3, 2009:

Addendum f to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This is the third full public review of this addendum. It proposes requirements for high albedo roofs in climate zones 1 through 3.

Addendum am to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This is the second public review of this addendum. This independent substantive change to the first public review draft allows additional options for air leakage testing for fenestration and door and proposes values for air leakage of different types of windows and doors.

Addendum bf to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language provides performance requirements for air leakage of the opaque envelope.

Addendum bi to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language provides updated requirements for pipe insulation.

Addendum bk to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language distinguishes Subtype I and Subtype II motors. Addendum “aj” to ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 first incorporated these changes into Standard 90.1. This proposed language has different minimum efficiency requirements as called out in EISA 2007, Section 313 and clarified in the Federal Register.

Addendum bl to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The proposed language adds requirements for chillers with secondary coolants (glycol or brine). In additions, there are changes to footnote a to Table 6.8.1C in recognition of lower practical scope limits for positive displacement (both air- and water-cooled) and corrects for the lower limit introduced in Addendum M for centrifugal chillers.

Addendum bo to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- The following addendum is part of an ongoing effort to keep the requirements of Section 11 and Appendix G consistent with other addenda to the Standard. This addendum makes changes to Section 11 and G related to Addenda e, s, and u.

Addendum br to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
- This proposed change adds an exterior zone 0 to cover very low light requirement areas.



For additional information or to download a copy of the public review drafts, please visit the ASHRAE website at www.ashrae.org/publicreviews
June 12, 2009





Washington State Adopts AIA’s 2030 Goals
How do you . . . bring a coalition together to enact AIA-generated law?
Summary: On Friday, May 8, Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signed the Efficiency First Bill, S.B. 5854, which sets the goal of carbon neutrality for all new public and private new buildings and major restorations by 2031. The new state law is due in large part to the efforts of AIA members in Washington State. The bill was drafted by the AIA Washington Council, along with a coalition from the environmental community.
“Architect support of the bill was critical to its passage,” says AIA Washington Council Executive Director Stan Bowman. “Architects ensured that the bill was reasonable in its provisions and acceptable to the larger business community. The AIA Washington Council is pleased to be the first state to legislatively adopt the AIA’s 2030 goals for carbon neutrality in statute for all public and private buildings in Washington State.”
“The national AIA component extends its congratulations to the AIA Washington Council for bringing the 2030 goal for carbon reductions to the forefront of their governor’s sustainability agenda,” says AIA Executive Vice President/CEO Chris McEntee. “This effort on the part of AIA Washington is an impressive example of what AIA members can accomplish when they act in concert and in coalition with other organizations.”
Emphasizing her long-term commitment to environmental protection, on May 21, the governor additionally issued an executive order directing state actions to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, increase transportation and fuel-conservation options for Washingtonians, and protect the state’s water supplies and vulnerable coastal areas.
Provisions of the lawThe law will gradually raise standards for new building construction, while improving energy efficiency in existing public buildings through insulation, better windows and improved heating and cooling systems.
Although specific emissions reduction percentages aren’t set, the bill requires the state energy code to be designed to accelerate construction of increasingly energy-efficient buildings that help achieve the broader goal of building zero fossil-fuel greenhouse gas emission homes and buildings by the year 2031. It also requires the state building code council to adopt state energy codes from 2013 through 2031 that incrementally move toward achieving a 70 percent reduction in annual net-energy consumption. As such, this legislation will make Washington a leader in environmental building methods. Washington is the first state to legislatively adopt the AIA 2030 goals into its building code.
To that end, the State Building Code Commission recently voted to adopt the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code by 2011, replacing the existing state energy code.
The measures also will require utilities to track and disclose energy use data in large commercial and public buildings they serve through the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. The requirements will be phased in to include buildings larger than 50,000 square feet starting January 1, 2011 and buildings larger than 10,000 square feet starting January 1, 2012.
The promise of jobs and economic growthAnother benefit of the bill, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal, is that the impact of this legislation could create many jobs for architects. The Journal quoted the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy that a 20 percent increase in buildings energy efficiency nationwide by 2020 could create 800,000 jobs.
“There’s a real opportunity here to do two critical things—save money and grow our economy,” said Sen. Derek Kilmer (D-Gig Harbor). “Energy efficiency is one of the few bright spots in these tough economic times. This bill will help lower utility bills for consumers across the state while putting people to work using skills they already have.”

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Caption:Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signs the Efficiency First Bill into law surrounded by AIA members—including AIAWA Executive Director Stan Bowman and AIAWA Board members Timothy Buckley, AIA, and Marc Jenefsky, AIA—and members of coalition environmental groups.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

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Monday, June 1, 2009


Reminder of Dick Stern's memorial Service, Sunday June 7, 2009:

Richard M. STERN Dick Stern passed away peacefully at age 96 on May 2 at Home Sweet Home, the residence where he had lived the past year and a half. Expert engineer, avid salmon fisherman and gardener, Dick was born in Valley City, ND on March 21, 1913. He graduated from the Engineering School of the University of ND in 1935, followed by jobs in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Spokane. He came to Seattle in 1941 to work on wartime projects for the Austin Co. at the Sandpoint Naval Station. An innovative mechanical engineer, he designed residential and commercial heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, including many projects in Alaska, and worked enthusiastically into his early 90s. He served as Seattle chapter president of ASHRAE, the mechanical engineering society, and on national committees. Dick cherished a wide circle of friends, and traveled with his many fishing buddies to the fjords of B.C. and islands of Alaska in pursuit of the "big one". Dick's wife Belle May and son Edward predeceased him. He leaves daughter Cheryl (Robert), daughter-in-law Jennifer; grandchildren Deborah (David), Nomi, Daniel (partner Bill), Anna (Jeffrey); and great-granddaughters Eliana and Rebecca. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, June 7th, 3:00 pm. at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E. Pike St. Remembrances may be made to the Jewish Family Service, Seattle, and the Southern Poverty Law Center, (splcenter.org).
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Inland Empire Chapter presents Technical Session at the Region XI 2009 CRC:

As part of the Region XI 2009 CRC, the Inland Empire Chapter is presenting a Technical Session on the topic of Healthcare Facilities Design. It is the goal of our Technical Session to be instructive and educational as well as informative and entertaining. Our program includes one hour of soft skills training presented by Dale Carnegie Training, two one-hour technical presentations on health and ventilation by our guest lecturers, a lighter talk on the history of health and ventilation during our luncheon, and a panel discussion about ASHRAE’s Healthcare Facilities Design Professional Certification Program. Certificates of completion for professional development hours will be provided. There will be product displays by our vendor sponsors during the event. Included in our Technical Session will be a continental breakfast, snacks and beverages during our breaks, and a luncheon featuring the Davenport’s Northwest Buffet with baked salmon and grilled tri-tip steak. Registration is available on-line on our web-site.

ASHRAE REGION XI SPRING 2009 CRC
Chapter Regional Conference
Davenport Hotel
May 7-9, 2009
Spokane, Washington
Hosted by Inland Empire Chapter
http://www.ie-ashrae.org/2009CRC

HEALTHCARE FACILITES DESIGN TECHNICAL SESSION SCHEDULE
Thursday, May 7th, 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
Registration Fee: $150.00

7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Vendor Displays
Aircuity – Indoor Environmental Quality
American Air Filter – Better Air is Our Business
Johnson Controls Inc. – JCI Hospital Controls
PacifiCAD – Autodesk Building Information Modeling
Vemco – Phoenix Lab Fume Hood Airflow Controls
Washington Air Reps – Huntair Fan Wall

7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM
JILL PITTMANN – Dale Carnegie Training
Dale Carnegie Training works with organizations and their people to develop skills that increase individual potential and improve bottom-line results. During this program you will discover:
The Cycle of Performance Improvement
Tools to communicate more effectively
Techniques to improve your memory
How to Win Friends and Influence People

9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Break with beverages and snacks

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
JAN SUNDELL, M.Sc.Eng, Dr.Med.Sc.
Technical University of Denmark
Jan Sundell is an environmental scientist, from Sweden, with a unique background in both engineering (M.Sc.Eng) and medicine (Dr.Med.Sc.). Before going into science he was responsible for building codes, and occupational health legislation in Sweden and the Nordic countries. Within ASHRAE he is a member of SSPC 62.1, the Environmental Health Committee, and is the chair of EHC Subcommittee for Research. He is an excellent provocative lecturer, with outstanding knowledge on the need of ventilation, and the importance of indoor air factors for health.

Dr. Sundell’s technical session presentation will provide an overview of the state of the art regarding the importance of ventilation and indoor air quality for health.

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Break with beverages and snacks

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
PAUL NINOMURA, PE, HFDP
Paul Ninomura is a Mechanical Engineer with the U.S. Indian Health Service in Seattle, WA. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Washington. He is an ASHRAE Health Facility Design Professional (HFDP) and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He is currently serving as the Chairman for SSPC 170: ASHRAE Standard for Ventilation of Health Care Facilities.

Mr. Nimomura’s technical session presentation will provide a history of ASHRAE Standard 170, Ventilation for Healthcare Facilities, with a general overview of the Standard, highlights of a few aspects of the Standard, the current committee structure and the continuing maintenance of the Standard. The presentation will include a brief discussion of the development of the 2010 edition of the FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities and the potential integration of Standard 170 with the FGI Guidelines.

12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Included with Technical Session
EMPLOYER RECOGNITION LUNCHEON
During the luncheon, Dr. Sundell will present a historical discussion on ventilation and health.

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
HFDP PANEL DISCUSSION
A discussion of the ASHRAE’s Healthcare Facilities Design Professional Certification Program including a review of the course content outline, sample questions, eligibility requirements, application and testing procedures.

On-Line registration for the Region XI 2009 CRC is now available. Please visit our web-site at http://www.ie-ashrae.org/2009CRC for registration forms and more information about the 2009 CRC.

Monday, April 20, 2009

The Young Engineering Professionals of Puget Sound are
providing a Networking Social next month.

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