NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT – ELECT/ CTTC

Happy Holidays Dallas ASHRAE Members and Guests! I hope you and your families are staying healthy and happy as we quickly approach the end of the 2021 calendar year. Thank you to everyone who was able to attend last month’s in-person meeting as well as our first online Tech Hour. December marks the first joint meeting with our friends from Fort Worth! The second will follow in February of 2022. This month we will have an in-person option/ as well as a virtual option for our members and guests in respect of holiday travel. PDHs will be available at the event calendar on chapter website after the event date. I look forward to seeing everyone that can make it in Arlington at the Joint meeting venue!

JOINT LUNCH MEETING WITH FORT WORTH: SELECTING VAV DIFFUSERS AND TERMINALS

With the large number of VAV terminals available, including ECM motors for series and parallel boxes, we are getting a number of questions regarding the proper selection Diffusers and VAV terminals. We will discuss:

Key Topics:

• Recent understandings on the application of multiple diffusers in a
• The latest Industry understandings of the proper application of overhead heat to meet the Standard 62.1, Standard 55 and LEED V4
• The results from the A&M Study on Series/Parallel and ECM/PSC motors.
• The advantages of the application of DOAS through fan boxes and using a sensible cooling coil on a Series fan powered terminal

Presenter:

 Mr. Dan Int-Hout, Special Projects Coordinator for Nailor, is responsible for managing a number of special projects including Air Distribution, Air Terminals and Fan Coils, as well as developing dynamic data presentations for these products. Mr. Int-Hout  joined Nailor in 2020, but has had several other jobs in the industry, in engineering, marketing and product research roles, with Owens Corning Fiberglas, Carrier, Titus, Krueger and Environmental Technologies.

Mr. Int-Hout has been in the air distribution research and design business since 1973, has a Masters degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Physics from Denison University. Mr. Int-Hout has written over fifty technical papers and articles on VAV system performance, acoustics, air diffusion, controls and occupant comfort. He was recently Chairman of both ASHRAE Technical and Standards Committees on Thermal Comfort, is a past Chairman of several other related ASHRAE Technical and Standards Project Committees, as well as a member of ASHRAE Standards, Research Activities and Environmental Health Committees.

He received the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award and Served on the ASHRAE Board as a Director At Large. He is currently the Chairman of the AHRI Committee on Applied Acoustics (885) and past Chair of ISO 205 U.S. Panel on Thermal Comfort.

When: 12/15/2021           11:30AM-1:00PM

Where: Sheraton in Arlington, 1500 Convention Center Dr, Arlington, TX 76011

WEBINAR LINK: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/129051205