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A Message From Our President

If you missed November’s meeting, you missed a lot. First November was membership night. I would like to welcome the ten newest members of the Gold Coast Chapter. They are Christopher Lupiano, Ben Ellis, Kirk Trenchfield, Marybeth Kinsley, Jason Popovic, Steven Peal, Robert Zumstein, Robert Lopiano, Wayne Schnoor and Arturo Diaz. I am sure the addition of these new members will make the Chapter stronger as well as benefit them in their professions.

In addition to membership night we as a chapter thanked all those individuals and companies who have helped the Chapter and Society by donating to Resource Promotion. I would again like to thank those companies whose generosity is greatly appreciated.

As is the tradition in December, the GoldCoast Chapter will be having our Presidents’ Ball. I would like to encourage all past Presidents to attend so you can share your experiences with our newer members. This would be a great opportunity for us to share some of our Chapter’s rich history with all.

This year the Presidents’ Ball will be held at Bimini Boat Yard on the 17th Street Causeway. As always, I am sure a good time will be had by all who attend. I hope to see you and your significant others there. I would also like to wish all our members and their families a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, or a joyous Eide-Fetr, and a Happy New Year.

Sincerely,

Joe Fellmeth
Tel: 754-321-0444

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Gold Coast Chapter Members
and Guests who Attended
November's Meeting

Tony Anderson—BCH Mechanical
Jason Ayala—S&W Sheetmetal
Marie-Pierre Boutin—Delta G
Lawrence Cooper—Southeast Mechanical Service
Mike Crevar—Inter Trol
Arturo Diaz—Johnson Controls
Mike Eddinger—Cyrus Technologies Inc.
Ben Ellis—DeRose & Slopey Engineers
Dan Ellison—Fluid Control, Inc.
Rick Ellison—Fluid Control, Inc.
Joe Fellmeth—SBBC
Charlie Helton—Suncoast Engineering
Carlos Hermida—P.E.C.O. Enterprises Inc.
Mary Beth Kinsley—HVAC Associates
Bill Kirsh—Siemens
Richard Lees—School Board of Broward County
Nelson Long—Meinhardt USA
Bill Lopiano—Centex Rooney
Chris Lopiano—Hill York
Allen Messer—Centex Rooney
Daniel Meyer—School Board of Broward County
Keith Miller—Cors Air
Chris Muller—Purafil
Bill Ogden—S&W Sheetmetal
Patrick Odonnell—Enviro Team
Steve Peal—HVAC Associates
Jason Popovic—Enviro Team
Richard Power—ESI Electrical Supplies Inc.
John Rodriquez—Florida Engineering Service
Juan Rodriquez—General Electric
Dan Rogers—York International
Brian Rickard—Rickard Air Diffusion
Ignacio Sanchez—HVAC Associates
Wayne Schnoor—JJ Kerlin
Larry Stoff—Siemens
Barry Tharp—Cors-Air
Chris Tharp—Cors-Air
Dan Tharp—Cors-Aire
Kirk Trenchfield—Enviro Team
Mark Vigarino—HVAC Associates
Erik Walter—TLC
Andrew Weiller—Purafil
Bob Zumsteim— HVAC Associates
Two Attendees—School Board of Broward County

Our apologies to those members and guests of whom we failed to obtain company information or any other omissions.

Click here to view pictures from our
recent events albums

ASHRAE November Event 2003 Picture Album

2003-2004 Programs

December
President’s Ball / Holiday Special

January
CONTROL SYSTEM MANUFACTURER ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Real Advances in Technology or Just Hype?
(New Wireless Systems, Division 17, Web Based Interfaces,Etc)
Presented by: CSI, Johnson Controls, Siemens, Trane

February
JOINT MEETING WITH THE MIAMI CHAPTER

March
ACCOMPLISHING MAJOR MECHANICAL RETROFITS THROUGH PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING
(Presented by: TECO Solutions)

April
THE NEW FLORIDA ENERGY EFFICIENCY CODE

May
To Be Announced

June
SUMMER SOCIAL OR TECHNICAL PRESENTATION

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Gold Coast Chapter Resource Promotion Update

We just held the Gold Coast chapter’s 12th Annual Golf event on October 17, 2003 at the Jacaranda Golf Country Club. The event as was well attended and everybody was having fun. I would like to thank all of the people who supported this year’s event.

This event generates the largest portion of our chapter’s annual contribution to societies Resource Promotion campaign. This year’s event was again very successful, with (75) Flag Sponsor and (132) registered golfers, both all time highs. Thanks to all of you we help keep the research rolling!! Look to see all of you at next years event.

We going to recognize last years Research Promotion contributors at the November Chapter meeting. Last years donors are listed below. Please send a company representative to accept your award and our chapter’s gratitude.

A&B Pipe & Supply
Air Management Systems, Inc.
API Expansion Joints
J.K. Kessler & Associates Inc.
Bovis Lend Lease
Brimar Pipe Markers
Calmac Thermal Energy Storage
Carrier South Florida
Coatings Etc., Inc.
Cornell Balancing Company
Corsair
Florida Heat Pumps
Cyrus Technologies Incorporated
Data Aire
Diversified Fluid Control
Earl Hagood
E.H. Whitson Air Conditioning
E.R. Air Conditioning
Enviro-Mechanical
Enviro Team
Gregor Hartenhoff Inc.
Graham Heat Exchangers
Griswald Controls
H.O. Terrice
H. Lamm Industries
Hill York Corporation
HVAC Assoc.
Hydro-Aire System Sales, Inc.
HYVAC, Inc.
John J. Kirlin, Inc. FLORIDA Division
J ohnson Controls, Inc.
Kamm Consulting
Lennox Industries
Maddux Supply
Mason Inc.
McAllister & Associates
McQuayService
Merril-Lynch
Middleton & Associates
Mueller Steam Specialty
MultiStack
Nailor Industries of Florida
Norca Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Corp.
Optimum Power and Environment of Florida
P.E.C.O. Enterprises Inc.
Penn Refrigeration
Pomper Sheet Metal
Protec Cooling Towers
Quality A/C
Raypak Boilers
Richard Flanders Enterprises
S & W Sheet Metal
Smith Seckman & Reid, Inc.
Southeastern Hose
Spillis Candela-DMJM
Southeast Mechanical Service
Standrod Engineering, PA
Steven Feller PE Engineering
TACO, Inc.
TES of South Florida
The DCI Systems Group, Inc.
The Poole & Kent Company
The Trane Company
Thermacor Process
Thermal Concepts
TLC Engineers
Total Dynamic Balance
Tropic Supply, Inc.
Warren Technology
Weinman Pumps
William R. Nash, Inc.
York International
Dan Rogers
ASHRAE Gold Coast Chapter

Thanks for all the your support of the 12th annual golf tournament. We have a few remaining events where I hope to see you; our upcoming training seminar and 2nd Annual “The War” Fishing Epic.

Daniel Rogers, PE
ASHRAE Gold Coast Chapter
Resource Promotion Chairman 2003-2004

Dan Rogers, P.E.
954-389-9675

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Membership
If you are not a member of ASHRAE, and would like to join please contact me at my email or phone (954) 527-1112.

Join the 50,000 ASHRAE members advancing their careers through and ASHRAE membership. ASHRAE, an individual membership society, is an international organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of HVAC&R, the allied arts and sciences and the related human factors for the benefit of the public.

Reasons to join ASHRAE
Technical education and information is the greatest benefit of ASHRAE membership. Other benefits include:

• Knowledge
• Bookstore discount
• Monthly ASHRAE Journal
• Free Annual Handbook
• Marketing with other Members

For all associate members, you can qualify to be a member. Here is how you can do it.

Membership Grades
Member
A Member shall have the equivalent of twelve Society-approved years of experience composed of an approved combination of (a) completed education beyond high school, (b) work experience, and (c) professional engineering or related professional registration or license issued by a legally authorized body.

All technical and scientific education shall be based on curricula approved by the Board of Directors.

Approved engineering curricula shall be equivalent to that accredited by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology in the United States of America or the Canadian Engineering Accredidation Board. Scientific education in fields other than engineering shall be from a college or university course of study which has been accredited by an organization charged with monitoring standards of performance.

One and one-half years of credit for each year of completed education for graduates of approved technical curricula.

One year of credit for each year of education for non-graduates who have completed at least two years of approved technical curricula.

One year of credit for each year of completed education for graduates of colleges or universities which do not have accredidation. Those holding associates degrees from technical institutions shall also be credited for one year for each year of education.

One year for each year of the qualifying work experience in the performance of duties in work related to ASHRAE fields of interest, as verified by the applicant's reference, and shall have included research, teaching, design, contracting, engineering sales or engineering management.

Three years of credit for professional registration or license issued bya a legally authorized body in engineering or related fields, the requirements of which as to education, examination, and active practice are satisfactory to the Board of Directors.

Qualifying Work Experience
The following defines qualifying work experience in ASHRAE-related fields:

1. Research—Must have demonstrated competence in independent and original research of an engineering or scientific nature which has been published.
2. Teaching—Assistant Professor or higher in an engineering or scientific discipline.
3. Design—Responsible for engineering or scientific design including calculations, system and equipment selection and layout, and performance.
4. Contracting—Responsible for the installation, start-up and operation of significant systems. Must demonstrate capability of initiating or evaluating the effect of engineering or scientific design changes of any type on the performance of the system.
5. Engineering Sales—Must be responsible for assistance to system designers in the engineering, equipment selection and application of components of heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning, ventilation and allied systems.
6. Engineering Management—Must be directly responsible for and involved in the management of technical, scientific and engineering phases of the company.
   

ASSOCIATE MEMBER
An Associate Member shall have had experience in technical matters or in design, operation, or maintenance in heating, refrigeration, air-conditioning, or ventilating fields; shall have an interest in the advancement of the Society's aims; and shall possess sufficient qualifications to coorporatd with heating, refrigerating, air-conditioning, or ventilating engineers in the advancement of relating to heating, refrigerationg, air-conditioning, or ventilating engineering and its application.

For all the associate members you could qualify to be a member.
All members shall have the equivalent of twelve society-approved
years of experience composed of an approved combination of :

1. Completed education beyond high school
2. Work experience
3. Professional engineering or related professional
   registration of license issued by a legally authorized
   body.

Please let me know if you qualify I will take care of upgrading
your membership.

Marie-Pierre Boutin
Tel: (954) 527-1112
Fax (954) 524-7505

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Technical, Energy and
Government Activities
To: All Consulting Engineers and HVAC Contractors

From: Technical, Energy and Government Activities
John G. Rodriguez – Chairperson.
(305) 653-0212 - work
(954)254-4771 - cell
John G. Rodriguez

Re: Smoke Control.

Over the past two years there has been a lot of talk and inquiries about the smoke control system implemented by the Florida Building Code. It is the opinion of this designer that the current Florida Building Code does not address properly the issue of Smoke control, it is vague and leaves it open for interpretation by local Authorities. Broward County issued a Smoke Control Amendment to the FBC that was supposedly more stringent; this amendment was still incomplete and fails to address some of the important issues in smoke control. This designer, who has followed and researched Smoke Control issues for the past ten years, believes that their shall be an amendment to the Florida building code that addresses the smoke control issue in a more descriptive and extensive matter.

Some localities, as Broward County did, have incorporated in their Building Codes some requirements for Smoke Control. The various Codes address Smoke Control and Smoke Management in different ways. All codes have the same objective, which is to save lives, reduce property loss and control the spread of the fire and/or smoke to other parts of the building. Governing codes shall not generalize smoke control as one system alone. Smoke control shall be approach differently according to occupancy and type of building. Smoke Control for Malls and large areas, Residential high risers and Office high riser building shall all have different requirements.

As per NFPA 92A “Design criteria contained in the governing codes or the standards referenced by them should be used. However, they shall be scrutinized to determine whether or not they will result in an effective system. If necessary, the designer should seek equivalencies or modifications to the local codes. This would include an understanding with the authority having jurisdiction of the expected performance of the system and the acceptance test procedures.”

Smoke is recognized as a major killer in fire situations and it often migrates to building locations remote from the fire space, threatening life and damaging property. Stairwells and Elevator shafts, when unprotected, frequently become smoke logged, thereby blocking evacuation and inhibiting rescue and fire fighting. Smoke control shall be design as an effective system that will function and respond effectively during a real fire. It shall not be design for simple purpose of functioning during a test by the local authorities and fire department. An effective system shall be design based on engineering calculations with different approaches from building to building. Smoke control systems shall be design to provide a safe escape route and a safe refuge area. A smoke control system can meet its objectives even if a small amount of smoke infiltrates protected areas.

During the design of a new building, the leakage path throughout is only estimated. Therefore the smoke control calculations can be an approximate representation of the pressures and airflows that will occur during a smoke control test or during a real condition. Designers shall take in consideration the pressure fluctuations that often occur during a fire when doors are open and close and when windows are open, close or broken. To compensate for such fluctuations resiliency shall be incorporated into the design. After the building is completed it will be imperative that a professional Test and Balance company balances the entire smoke control system as it was intended by the professional designer.

The objective of a Smoke Control system is not limited to saving lives but also to reduce property loss. In large areas like Malls a smoke management system shall be implemented. Such system shall not be passive and shall be mechanically ventilated and exhausted. This designer recommends that smoke control system be design using NFPA 92A and 92B as a design guide in addition ASHRAE publication “Design of Smoke Management System” is also recommended as a guide for smoke control. All designers shall continue to use their ingenuity to develop flexible and reliable smoke control systems based on engineering practices.

Sincerely,

John G. Rodriguez
TEGA Chairperson

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PAST PRESIDENT’S
1968-1969 Donald Dorini
1969-1970 Hugh Kirkpatrick
1970-1971 John Welbourne, P.E.
1971-1972 Lawrence Lazar, P.E.
1972-1973 Richard MacDonald
1973-1974 Gerald Fishe, P.E.
1974-1975 Charles King
1975-1976 C.A. Bud Stolley, P.E.
1976-1977 Charles Deckert
1977-1978 David Hurm
1978-1979 Fulton M. Cooke
1979-1980 C.A. Bud Stolley, P.E.
1980-1981 L.L. Layman, Jr.
1981-1982 Eugene D. Petrey
1982-1983 Todd W. Carey, P.E.
1983-1984 Donald C. Herrmann
1984-1985 Ronald P. Petrey
1985-1986 Herbert L. Dell
1986-1987 George Gilbert
1987-1988 Steve W. Klengson
1988-1989 Robert J. Davis, Jr.
1989-1990 Raymond A. Liotta
1990-1991 Robert C. Duval
1991-1992 R. W. Chip Lafferty, P.E.
1992-1993 Steven M. Feller, P.E.
1993-1994 William D. Ogden
1994-1995 Mike Balko
1995 William Hoeveler
1995-1996 Eric T. Jenison
1996-1997 Eric T. Jenison
1997-1998 Richard J. Ellison
1998-1999 Rex E. Noble, Jr., P.E.
1999-2000 Betsy A. Goll, P.E.
2000-2001 Brian A. Lomel, P.E.
2001-2002 Dan Rogers, P.E.
2002-2003 Richard D. Seferian

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Chapter Directory

PRESIDENT - Joe Fellmeth
Tel: 754-321-0444
Fax: 754-321-0906
joe.fellmeth@browardschools.com

PRESIDENT ELECT - Jason Ayala
Tel: 954-785-0083
Fax: 954-786-8581
jayala@highstream.netus

VICE PRESIDENT - Allen Messer
Tel: 954-585-4305
Fax: 954-585-4517
amesser@ccgmail.com

TREASURER - Erik Walter
Tel: 954-463-8050
Fax: 954-786-8581
erik.walter@tlc-eng.com

SECRETARY - Brett Jenner
Tel: 954-233-3023
Fax: 954-3850407
brett.a.jenner@jci.com

MEMBERSHIP - Marie-Pierre Boutin
Tel: (954) 527-1112
Fax (954) 524-7505
mpboutin@deltag.net

PROGRAMS - Jason Ayala
Tel: 954-785-0083
Fax: 954-786-8581
jayala@highstream.net

HISTORIAN - Daniel Tharp
Tel: 561-844-9767
Fax: 561-844-9792
daniel@cors-air.com

RESEARCH - Dan Rogers, P.E.
Tel: 954-389-9675
Fax: 954-389-9687
dan.rogers@york.com

STUDENT ACTIVITIES - Brett Jenner
Tel: 954-233-3023
Fax: 954-385-0407
brett.a.jenner@jci.com

TEGA/REFRIGERATION - John Rodriguez
Tel: 305-653-0212
jrodriguez@fesinc.biz

NEWSLETTER - Susan Julien
Tel: 561-863-2258
Fax: 561-863-5597
sjulien@adp-studios.com

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Richard D. Seferian
Tel: 954-233-3024
Fax: 954-385-0407
richard.d.seferian@jci.com

Richard J. Ellison
Tel: 954-492-1166
Fax: 954-491-2451
rick@diversifiedfluidcontrols.com

Brian A. Lomel, P.E.
Tel: 954-463-8050
Fax: 954-463-1555
brian.lomel@tlc-eng.com

Dan Rogers, P.E.
Tel: 954-389-9675
Fax: 954-389-9687
dan.rogers@york.com

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Tel: (954) 527-1112
mpboutin@deltag.net