2010 Chapters Regional Conference

The Chapters Regional Conference (CRC) provides a forum for the open exchange of information pertaining to chapter and regional operations. The conference includes workshops, technical sessions, business meetings and the presentation of regional awards. Join us as the leadership of the chapters of Region X discuss the challenges and successes of running their local chapter.

For more information, please refer to the 2010 CRC Newsletter.

Registration Forms: 2010 CRC Registration Form.

May Meeting

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Topic: Job Walk @ Belimo

1049 Fortunato Loop Sparks, NV

The meeting will be held at the Belimo Americas located at 1049 Fortunato Loop Sparks, NV at 5:30, and walk from 6 ’til 7ish, closing around 7:15′ish.  The new facility is located just before the Spanish Springs Library on Pyramid Highway when your are driving north.

We are thankful to our partners at Belimo Americas for inviting us to tour their new distribution center in Sparks.  The building was completed this winter and is in the LEED accreditation submittal process in hopes of achieving LEED Gold status.  The tour will be followed by a tri-tip dinner provided to us by The Lake Bar and Grill.

We hope to see you all there!

April Meeting

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The meeting will be held at the Austin’s Restaurant. Cocktails at 6:00, Dinner at 6:30, Speaker from7’til 8′ish, Closing around 8:15′ish.

Topic: Beyond Balancing

Speaker: Ken Luther

Speaker Biography:

Mr. Luther is a member of ASHRAE where he is active in T.C. 1.9 – Electrical Systems (past chair and currently Standards sub-committee chair), T.C.  6.1 – Hydronic & Steam Heating Equipment & Systems, and T.C. 6.11 – Pumps & Hydronic Piping (formerly chair and Standards sub-committee chair), voting member and former Chair of the Mechanical Sub-committee of SSPC 90.1 – Standards Committee on Energy Efficient Design of New Buildings, ASPE, and ASHE and has spoken at many of their society.   He has presented technical papers throughout the world at ASHRAE, NEBB, ISA, and EPRI Annual Meetings and published papers on variable speed pumping in ASHRAE Journal, Maintenance Technology, Heating Piping and Air Conditioning, Pumps and Systems and the Florida Specifier.

The ASHRAE Board of Directors voted Mr. Luther a Distinguished Lecturer for the years 2000 – 2005.  This selective group delivers programs to ASHRAE Chapters, universities, and colleges on leading edge technology in our industry.

Mr. Luther is currently the Sales Director West Region for Griswold Controls, Inc., Irvine, CA.  In this position he is responsible for Sales and Technical direction of the sales representatives in the western United States.  His expertise is in hydronic system design and applications.

Previous to Griswold Controls, Mr. Luther, a civil engineer, held management positions with ITT Residential and Commercial Water Group (Bell & Gossett) for 24 years, two international variable speed drive manufacturers, and was a consulting engineer for seven years.