Major Thanks go out to Dan Holt-

meyer for his presentations on

ASHRAE 90.1 Water Side Econo-

mizer Applications at the March

Omaha and Lincoln meetings. We

should appreciate the technical

depth of the Nebraska Chapter

Membership. At almost any time,

we have many members that are

willing to step forward with timely

and interesting presentations.

Thanks again Dan!

It seems like each month I get to

congratulate someone associated

with our chapter. This month con-

gratulations go out to our scholar-

ship recipients Ruth Edgar, UNL-

Construction Management, Nathan

Snyder, UNL-Mechanical Engineer-

ing, Jonathan Ingram, UNL-

Architectural Engineering (Omaha

Campus), and Sean McMahon,

UNL-Architectural Engineering

(Omaha Campus).

Each received a $1,250.00 scholar-

ship From the Nebraska Chapter in

the memory of Ray Alvine, Ray

Dunbar, X Hoffman, B.G. Petersen,

and Larry Jenkins. These scholar-

ships are supported through fund-

raisers such as the annual trap

shoot and generous contributions

from groups such as the ASHRAE

Bowling League. Scholarship funds

are administered through the Uni-

versity of Nebraska Foundation.

Just a couple of reminders. The

ASHRAE Webcast on Making Ener-

gy Efficiency a Reality is scheduled

for Thursday April 19. Please check

the ASHRAE Website at

www.ASHRAE.org for registration. I

also encourage you to save

the date for our Region IX

CRC in Sioux Falls, SD Au-

gust 2-4. This is a great oppor-

tunity to take a short vacation with

the family to South Dakota, have

a blast and get our Region IX

work done. We will share the reg-

istration link when it becomes

available. Please see other an-

nouncements in this newsletter.

Finally, if you are interested in get-

ting involved with our chapter, there

are opportunities available as com-

mittee chairs, co-chairs, or commit-

tee support. It is a great opportunity

to work with high-level people and

develop outstanding leadership

skills. It is also highly fulfilling to

serve your fellow chapter members

and our industry. Please contact me

if you are interested and if you have

any questions or comments, tglew-

is@oppd.com.

Thank you for supporting ASHRAE!

Sincerely,

Tom Lewis, Nebraska Chapter

President, 2017-18

April 2018 Focus on ASHRAE Technology & Membership Education Volume 59, Issue 8

President’s Message

In This Issue

• AEI Forum - April 4th-6th

• Omaha Mee�ng - Tuesday, April 10th

• Lincoln Mee�ng - Wednesday, April 11th

• ASHRAE LowDown Showdown Registra�on Deadline - Monday,

April 16th

• ASHRAE Webcast “Making Energy Efficiency a Reality” - Thursday,

April 19th

• YEA Tech Seminar and Social Hour - Thursday, April 19th

• ASHRAE Annual Golf Ou�ng - Monday, June 4th

• Meeting Information 2

• ASHRAE Webcast info 2

• April Calendar 3

• ASHRAE RP Update 4

• ASHRAE RP Husker Ticket

Raffle 5

• ASHRAE LowDown Showdown 6

• NE Boiler Inspectors’ Confer-

ence 6

• Grassroots Update 7

• AEI Forum Flyer 8

• YEA Tech Seminar & Social

Hour Flyer 9

• Upcoming Meetings 10

REMINDERS

OMAHA — Advanced Technologies for Adiabatic Cooling and Humidifi-

cation with Pat Demitrio

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018

Anthony’s Steakhouse, Buffet ($18)

Pat Demitrio is the National Manager for Healthcare and Lives Sciences for Nortec Humidity. In this

presentation, he will discuss the differences between isothermal and adiabatic classifications, as well as

a discussion of the cooling and energy comparison, water quality and hygiene, and Advanced Adiabatic

technologies in duct and in space technologies.

LINCOLN — Advanced Technologies for Adiabatic Cooling and Humid-

ification with Pat Demitrio

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

Valentino’s, Buffet ($15)

See above.

For more information or to register for either meeting visit our website www.neashrae.org

March Meetings

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 12:00pm

Omaha

Meeting

11 11:30am

Lincoln

Meeting

12

13

14

15 16 ASHRAE Low-

Down Show-

down Regis-

tration Dead-

line

17 18 19 5:30pm

YEA Tech

Seminar and

Social Hour

20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30

April 2018

ASHRAE Resource Promotion

A big thanks to all donors who contributed to the

2016-2017 ASHRAE RP Campaign! It was a record

fundraising effort with over $2.5 million raised on a

national level for Research, YEA, Education, Schol-

arships, and the General Fund. The Nebraska Chapter contributed over

$23,000 last year, and this year’s Chapter goal has been set at $21,700.

The state of Nebraska receives a significant return on in-

vestment for your contributions made to ASHRAE RP, as

over $400,000 has been distributed for active or recently

completed research projects.

We hope RP can count on your support again this year. Please consider

sending in your personal or corporate contributions early to help our

Chapter hit progress goals. Perhaps consider contributing to RP in con-

junction with your company fiscal year. If you have any questions regard-

ing RP or would like to contribute to the 2017-2018 Campaign, please

don’t hesitate to contact myself, or Nick Mandel

Thank you for your support of ASHRAE RP!

Dave Kros Nick Mandel

dkros@mechsales.com nmandel@specializedeng.com

402-659-3728 402-991-5520

Golf Outing 2018

Monday, June 4th

Nebraska ASHRAE Chapter

April Raffle supporting ASHRAE RP

is for 2 tickets to:

VS.

September 1, 2018

Home Opener vs. Akron

Donated by Dr. Lily Wang *Tickets will be delivered to the winner in August

WHEN: 1:00PM, July 11 - 5:00PM, July 12

WHERE: The Graduate Hotel, Lincoln, NE

COST: Free to attend

WHAT: This year’s conference will focus on the entire boiler lifecycle including design, manufac-

turing, installation, maintenance, inspection, and repair. Speakers of various backgrounds

(manufacturing, engineering, controls design, National Board of Boiler and Pressure Ves-

sel Inspectors, etc) will discuss boiler safety at this biennial event!

For more information, to suggest topics or speakers, or to RSVP contact:

Christopher Cantrell at Christopher.Cantrell@nebraska.gov

Each year, ASHRAE hosts its annual LowDown Showdown modeling competition, which showcases designs of

teams striving to go beyond an energy efficient building design and modeling to create a near net-zero energy

building.

The competition is open to professionals, students and combined teams.

This year’s model building is a 60,000 sf museum (new construction) located in Denver, Colorado that includes

retail space and a full service restaurant. Participants can join a team or sign up with colleagues to create their

own team.

The deadline to signup is April 16, 2018. To sign up or to find out more visit www.ashrae.org/4thlowdown.

2018 ASHRAE LowDown Showdown Modeling

Competition

Department of Energy:

The omnibus will increase the De-

partment of Energy’s (DOE) budg-

et to $34.5 billion (almost $4 billion

more than FY 17). This includes

additional funds to the following

programs:

The Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy Of-

fice (EERE) will see a $300

million increase to $2.3 billion.

Below are the funding levels

for programs of interest:

The Building Technology

Office will see funding lev-

els at $221 million ($21

million more than FY 17).

The Weatherization and

Intergovernmental Activi-

ties will see funding levels

at $306 million ($28 million

more than FY 17).

The Energy Information

Administration will see

funding levels at $125 mil-

lion ($3 million more than

FY 17).

The Federal Energy Man-

agement Program will see

funding levels at $27 million

(same as FY 17).

DOE’s national laboratories

will likely see an increase as

the Office of Science would

see its budget grow by $869

million for a total of $6.26 bil-

lion

Advanced Research Pro-

jects Agency-Energy (ARPA-

E) will be funded at $353 mil-

lion even the Trump Admin-

istration has pushed to cut the

program completely.

The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency:

The EPA will be funded at $8.1

billion, which is equal to current

funding levels, despite a request in

the President’s budget proposal to

cut EPA funding by almost one-

third.

The Office of Indoor Air and

Radiation is level funded at

about $33.5 million, despite

the President’s budget re-

quest to eliminate most of

the funding for this office.

Energy STAR: The spend-

ing plan maintains fund-

ing for the Energy STAR

program at the FY2017 en-

acted level. It also directs

the EPA to work with the

DOE to review the 2009

Memorandum of Under-

standing (which shifted

some functions related to

home appliance products

from the DOE to the EPA).

The EPA is required to re-

port to Congress within 90

days whether this shift in re-

sponsibilities resulted in the

expected efficiencies that

hoped to be achieved.

U.S. General Services Ad-

ministration:

Congress added specific report

language to the omnibus on ener-

gy efficiency in the GSA funding

section: “Energy Efficiency – It is

important to provide energy effi-

cient, sustainable, and cost-

effective measures that address

more effectively the infrastructure

needs of Federal agencies, includ-

ing energy savings performance

contracts, which allow Federal

agencies to partner with the pri-

vate sector to modernize Federal

infrastructure.”

Other Provisions

The Omnibus appropriated $1.57

billion for a southern border wall, a

$78 billion increase in military

funding (more than $700 billion

total), $4.6 to fight the nation's opi-

oid addiction epidemic and makes

changes to the background check

system for purchasing firearms.

The full text of the 2,232 page bill

can be found here.

GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY

Lawmakers Pass Spending Bill

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Congressional lawmakers passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill (Omnibus) that was signed into law by President

Donald Trump on Friday, March 23. The spending plan will fund the government until September 30. Below are

highlights from some key programs of interest.

Hosted by the Durham School or Architectural Engineering and Construction

Scott Conference Center

April 4-6, 2018

Registration: $250 onsite; Students: $95

Wednesday, April 4th

Student Leader Workshop

Student Design Competition Practice

Thursday, April 5th

Student Design Competition

Technical Tours (Children’s “Big Room”,

HDR’s new HQ, Scott Data Center, or

Peter Kiewit Institute)

Welcome Reception, Career and Network-

ing Fair (For more information about the

Career and Networking Fair contact Bon-

nie Martin at bonniemartin@unl.edu or

402-554-3949)

Friday, April 6th

Technical Sessions

AEI 20th Anniversary Reception

Awards Banquet

The Business Case Integrated Lean

Project Delivery (ILPD) and the

Moderation of the Children’s Hospi-

tal Omaha IPD Project Team Panel

Discussion with Dr. Victor Sanvido

Overview of Risk Management for In-

fection Control during Healthcare

Construction & De-mystifying

Healthcare with Marlene Linders -

ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Clearing Health and Wellness Hurdles

with Integrated, Circadian-impactful

Lighting Design with Edward Clark

VR/AR: Next Generation Design - Em-

pathetic Design: It’s not just what

you see with Jonathan B. Bartling

Solve Complex Problems with Data-

driven Design with Scott Foral

The Unique Challenges of Healthcare

Facilities with Dr. Ilene Busch Vish-

niac

Health in the Built Environment – The

WELL Building Standard with Dr.

Marcel Harmon and Stuart Shell

Think Whole Person Healthcare Build-

ing with Pat Kelly

Energy Reduction in Healthcare Facili-

ties and Striving to Achieve the

2030 Goal with Darren Dageforde,

PE

Up-close and Personal with Today’s

Healthcare Environments with Dr.

Aja Kneip Pelster

Topics for the Technical Sessions include:

For more information visit their website http://www.aei-forum.org/

YEA

TECH SEMINAR & SOCIAL HOUR WHEN

April 19th, 2018 4pm - 6pm

WHERE

Specialized Engineering Solu-tions 10360 Ellison Circle, Omaha, NE 68134

OPEN TO ALL

RSVP Josh Marple, YEA Chair

jmarple@aeskc.com

Sponsored by AES

Schedule

4pm-5pm Technical Seminar

5pm-6pm Social Hour

FEATURING Andy Reigler of Fulton Boil-

ers • Boiler Piping Consider-

ations - Variable Primary vs

Primary Secondary

Social Hour • Bag Toss • Gi-

ant Jenga

Membership Promotion

Philip Prest

Sara Robbins

Research Promotion

David Kros

Nick Mandel

Student Activities

Jim Butler

Brianna Brass

Milena Palahanska-

Mavrov

Webmaster

Eric Granzow

Omaha Technology Transfer

Meagan Gibbs

Aaron Rasell

Lincoln Technology Transfer

Will Morris

Abby Visty

Grassroots

Tyler Glesne

Historian

Jim Ellis

Newsletter

Sara Robbins

Reception (OMA)

John Nebbia

Callen Schwank

Faculty Advisors

David Yuill

Josephine Lau

Tim Wentz

Special Events

Kyle Heberly

Aaron Rasell

Chapter Officers President

Tom Lewis

President Elect

Shaun Nienhueser

Secretary

Chris Hawk

Treasurer

Chris Beaty

1st Board Member

Jake Kopocis

2nd Board Member

Aaron Rasell

Board Ex-Officio

Jessica Errett

Visit us on the web at www.neashrae.org

Chapter Chairpersons

Future meetings (Topics subject to change)

Omaha Lincoln

May 8th Leadership Anthony’s May 9th TOUR - UNL City Campus

June 4th Golf Outing June 4th Golf Outing