MEETING NOTICE
Wed. Night
January 12, 2005

LOCATION
Marriott N.
Fort Lauderdale
6650 N. Andrews Avenue,
Fort Lauderdale
(954) 771-0440
For directions
click here

TIME
Social Hour:
6 - 7 pm

Dinner:
7 - 8 pm

Presentation:
8 - 9 pm

RSVP
Rachel Notario
Tel: 954 463-8050
Fax: 954 463-1555
Email:
Rachel Notario

PRICE
$30.00

ASHRAE
Society

ASHRAE
Region XII

UPCOMING
EVENTS:
South Florida
Trane Air
Conditioning
Seminar
January 25, February 1,8,15,22, March 1,8 and 15

Every Tuesday 5:45pm - 8:30pm
Hampton Inn & Suites - 41st (Doral Blvd) & Turnpike - Miami
or
January 26, February 2,9,16,23, March 2,9 and 16
Every Wednesday 5:45pm - 8:30pm
Trane West Palm Beach Office

The solution is to specify state-of-the-art controls that automatically reduce the fan speeds during idle, non-cooking conditions. These controls also improve comfort during the summer, since less hot and humid air is dumped into the kitchen during the middle of the afternoon.

The presentation will cover the technology, market forces promoting this technology, codes, new construction vs. retrofits, and cost/payback analyses.

(The ASHRAE Journal published an article on this topic in its December 2003 issue. Access the article on Melink's website at http://www.melinkcorp.com/news.htm)

Melink Corporate Bio:
Melink Corporation, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, was started in 1987. It is now the largest manufacturer of demand ventilation controls for commercial kitchen hoods in the world and is also the largest testing and balancing firm serving national accounts in the United States. (Read more at www.melinkcorp.com)

Speaker:
Ted Owen, Vice President & General Manager Melink Corporation. As Vice President and General Manager, Ted manages the Intelli-Hood side of the business including sales, engineering, manufacturing and customer service. Since his arrival in 1999, Ted has been instrumental in tripling the sales of the Intelli-Hood product and making it the standard that it is today.

Prior to joining Melink, Ted was a Regional Sales Representative for Summit Automation, where he sold electrical controls and components to the residential building industry. While there, Ted doubled the sales volume in his territory in a one-year period. Ted has a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University.

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A Message From Our President

I would like to thank everyone for the great turnout at our December Social. I think that Shirttail Charlie’s was a great location for the Social and the food was pretty good. I hope all of you enjoyed the get together as much as I did and your holidays were happy and safe.

Now that the festivities are over we begin a brand new year and this means for many of you new resolutions which I know will include attending all of our upcoming meetings. See you all there!!

Also, a reminder that the 2005 Chapter Regional Conference (CRC) will be held in Ft. Lauderdale. For more details contact Dan Rogers/CRC Chapter Chair at dan.rogers@york.com.

Your Chapter President,
Jason Ayala,

Jason Ayala
Tel: 954-785-0083

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From the Vice President

Any Manufacturer Reps that would like to have their companies listed in the upcoming Gold Coast Product Directory need to e-mail me their line card information. Send it to: amesser@centexconstruction.com. We anticipate allowing advertisments in the Directory, for a fee. Be thinking about what you would like to include in our new Product Directory. As a minimum, we need to have the manufacturer's that you represent, what products each of these manufacturers makes, and your company name and contact information. We anticipate using the advertising fees to pay for the publication of the Directory and then provide it free to all of the ASHRAE members and Member organizations for their use as a local reference guide. Happy New Year to all! Let's have a Prosperous 2005!

Allen Messer
Tel: 954-585-4304
Fax: 954-585-4517

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From the Program Chair,
Donald H. Austin, Jr. P.E.:

It’s the beginning of a new year, my one year anniversary in Southern Florida and one year as a member of the Gold-Coast Chapter.

I certainly like it here and have enjoyed developing all the new relationships over the past year. I am excited to be able to bring to you the presentation titled: "Demand Ventilation for Commercial Kitchen Hoods" which will include the latest technology, market forces promoting this technology, codes, new construction vs. retrofits, and cost/payback analyses for Kitchen Hood Ventilation systems.

Next month, we will be moving the meeting date back one week due to the conflict with ASHRAE Winter Meeting. The Chapter Meeting will be on the third Wednesday, 2/16/04 in lieu of the 9th. Orlando, Florida will be the scene of the 2005 ASHRAE Winter Meeting, February 5-9. The meeting will be held in the Lake Buena Vista area with the headquarters hotel located at the Wyndham Palace Resort. The Winter meeting will offer various ASHRAE’s technical programs, meetings of committees dedicated to producing technical information, educational programs and technical tours. In addition, the AHR EXPO will be held on February 7-9 at the Orange County convention Center with over 1,400 Exhibitors displaying thousands of new and improved HVAC&R products.

At our January Meeting, we will want to discuss and coordinate plans to attend the ASHRAE Winter Meeting and the AHR EXPO. Go to the following link for more information please click here.

Thank you for the past year and have a great year in 2005!

Sincerely,

Don H. Austin, Jr., P.E.
Tel: 954-463-8050

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Photo Gallery

Check back soon for pictures from our recent event

2005 Events

February 16, 2005
ASHRAE Gold Coast Meeting

February 5 - 9
2005 ASHRAE Winter Meeting
Wyndham Palace Resort, Orlando

February 7 - 9
AHR EXPO
Orange County Convention Center

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A word from the Resource Promotion's Chair:

The 13th Annual ASHRAE Gold Coast Chapter Golf Tournament to support ASHRAE Research was held on October 15th. The weather was cool and the morning’s rain cleared in time to provide sunny skies over the beautiful Jacaranda Country Club. If you were there you probably enjoyed yourself as much as most attendees and myself. I would first like to thank all those businesses and individuals who supported the event by either being a hole sponsor or playing golf. The Golf tournament was successful again this year as it raised $12,787.80 for ASHRAE Research. Special thanks goes out to Rick Ellison of Diversified Fluid Controls who organized the entire event, purchased hole sponsorships, entered foursomes in the tournament, and provided the services of two of his employees during the event. I would like to congratulate the winners of the tournament as well.

1st Place-Team Cors-Air
Barry Tharp
Ed Elisa
David Berndt
Craig Stevens

2nd Place-Team Middleton Associates
Russell Sodaro
John Digregio
Mr. Moser
Mr. Gomberg

3rd Place-Team Merrill Lynch
Guy Abbanat
Ken Johnson
Dr. Wayne Alexis
Wayne Alexis

Consolation (fishing pole) Winners- Team FHP Manufacuring/
Enviro-Mechanical
Ken Dean
Steve Bassett
Mike McNicholas

Closet to Pin Hole # 1 Russel Nash
Closest to Pin Hole # 3 Jim Wassenaar
Closest to Pin Hole # 17 Chris Stobs
Longest Drive Hole # 10 George Schmidt
Straightest Drive Hole # 12 Troy Norris

Hole Sponsors
A&B Pipe and Supply
ACME Engineering Represented by HVAC Associates
Air Management Systems
API Expansion joints Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
Cors-Air
Greenheck represented by Cors-Air
Ruskin Represented by Cors-Air
Titus Represented by Cors-Air
Cornell Balancing Company
Cyrus Technologies Inc.
Diversified Fluid Controls, Inc.
DCI Systems Group, Inc. Your McQuay-Johnson Controls Solution
Earl Haygood, Inc
Enviro-Mechanical Representing Spirax-Sarco Steam Products
FHP Manufacturing
Filtration Solutions, Inc.
Graham Heat Exchangers represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
Griswold Controls Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
H. Lamm Industries
Hill York Corporation
Hill York Service
HVAC Associates, Inc.
Hydro-Air Systems
Hyvac Air conditioning
John J. Kirlin of Florida
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Kamm Consulting
Mason Industries Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
McAllister & Associates
McQuay International
Merril-Lynch
Middleton & Associates
Nailor Industries of Florida
Norca Air conditioning
Alfa Laval Represented by P.E.C.O, Enterprises
P.E.C.O. representing Evapco, P.E.P., Danfoss, Mammoth
Pomper Sheet Metal
Protec Cooling Towers
Poole and Kent Company
Quality Air conditioning
Raypak Boilers Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
Richard Flanders Enterprise
S&W Sheet Metal
Siemens Building Technologies
Skidmore Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
Smith Seckman and Reid
Southeastern Hose represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
Steven Feller, PE
Taco, Inc. Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
TES of South Florida
Thermacor Process Represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
The Trane Company
TLC Engineers
Total Dynamic Balance
Tropic Supply
Vulcain Alarm represented by Technical Systems & Equipment, Inc.
William R. Nash
Weksler Glass Thermometer represented by Diversified Fluid Controls
York International Sales
Climate Temp, Inc.

I would also like to thank Eric Jenison, President of Total Dynamic Balance, Inc, and ASHRAE Gold Coast President 1995-1997, who has organized a golf tournament for NEBB for the fifth straight year and has donated the proceeds ($10,000) to ASHRAE. Eric received the William J. Collins, Jr. Resource Promotion Award for his work in the past, and the Gold Coast Chapter owes him a debt of gratitude for his continued generosity and hard work.

Sincerely,

Joe Fellmeth
Tel: 754-321-0444

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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.

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope you all had a pleasant holiday season and I look forward to seeing you at our upcoming ASHRAE event.

If you would like further information regarding becoming a member please check our website at the following link: membership.

Sincerely,

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

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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
2003-2004 Joe Fellmeth

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Chapter Directory

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

PRESIDENT-ELECT- Donald Austin
Tel: 954-463-8050
Fax: 954-463-1555
donald.austin@tlc-eng.comus

VICE PRESIDENT - Allen Messer
Tel: 954-585-4304
Fax: 954-585-4517
amesser@centexconstruction.com

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

SECRETARY - Pending

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

PROGRAMS - Donald Austin
Tel: 954-463-8050
Fax: 954-463-1555
donald.austin@tlc-eng.com

HISTORIAN - Christopher Lopiano
TEL: 954-525-2971
FAX: 954-525-2973
clopiano@hillyork.com

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

STUDENT ACTIVITIES - Pending

CTTC - John Rodriguez
Tel: 305-653-0212
jrodriguez@fesinc.biz

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

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

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

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

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

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

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South Florida Trane Presents:

The Trane Air Conditioning Clinic
The AC Clinic will provide an individual with the fundamentals of HVAC. It will address theory as well as practical applications. Perfect for those new to the industry.

The content includes 8 nights that correspond with the 8 sessions:

Session 1 Refrigeration Cycle, Cooling & Heating Load Estimation, Refrigeration System Components & Refrigerant Piping

Session 2 Psychrometry

Session 3 Refrigeration Compressors, Centrifugal Water Chillers and Helical-Rotary Water Chillers

Session 4 HVAC Systems and Acoustics

Session 5 VAV Systems and Air Conditioning Fans

Session 6 Water-Source Heat Pump Systems, 100% Outside Air Units and Dehumidification

Session 7 Chilled-Water Systems

Session 8 HVAC System Control

Date/Time/Location:
January 25, February 1,8,15,22, March 1,8 and 15

Every Tuesday 5:45pm - 8:30pm

Hampton Inn & Suites - 41st (Doral Blvd) & Turnpike - Miami

January 26, February 2,9,16,23, March 2,9 and 16

Every Wednesday 5:45pm - 8:30pm

Trane West Palm Beach Office

Costs:
$575 (includes dinner) for the entire AC Clinic (discount of $75 for each additional attendee from same company)
$80 per session

Contact Jennifer Couch at South Florida Trane for further information or to register
Phone: 954-499-6900, ext 1191 or
email jcouch@trane.com

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