Public Announcements
April 2026 Blueprint
April 8th, 2026
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2025 December Blueprint
Dec 11, 2025
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2025 September Blueprint
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ASHRAE Society Scholarship Winner
Subject: Congratulations to William Karels – ASHRAE Society Scholarship Winner!
Dear South Dakota ASHRAE Members,
We are thrilled to share some exciting news from our student chapter at South Dakota State University. William Karels, an active student member, has been awarded the Duane Hanson Scholarship at the ASHRAE Society level—a prestigious honor and a testament to his hard work and dedication. This achievement is particularly noteworthy as William may be the first student from South Dakota to apply for and receive a Society-level scholarship!
William will be working in the Sioux Falls area this summer with ISG, so if you see him around, please join us in congratulating him on this outstanding accomplishment.
Additionally, if your company is hosting interns this summer who will be working in HVAC, plumbing, or related industries, please reach out and let us know. Gathering this information helps our chapter better support students, stay competitive nationally, and grow our local network of future industry leaders.
Thank you for your continued support and engagement with the South Dakota ASHRAE Chapter.
Best regards,
Austin Eigenberg
Member at Large / Student Activities Chair
South Dakota ASHRAE Chapter
2025 April Blueprint
See attached for the April 2025 Blueprint....
Survey
Dear ASHRAE Chapter member:
Please take a few minutes to complete the 2024 Annual Membership Survey. Your participation provides ASHRAE feedback on benefits and services.
You can click here to take the survey.
President Message
Chapter Meeting: Local Chapter Dues
Chapter member,
At the end of this ASHRAE year the Board of Governors reviewed many different items. Chief among them is the chapter’s current finances and operating costs.
Due to the increased cost to operate the chapter the Board of Governors has elected to increase local chapter dues to $130 per member per year. Our chapter dues have not been increased since the 2011-2012 chapter year.
Thank you for the opportunity to be our local ASHRAE President.
2023-24 SD Chapter RP Campaign
Greetings from the Board of Governors to our South Dakota ASHRAE Chapter membership. This is Sidney Van Schepen, your 2023-24 Chapter Research and Promotions Chair.
I want to start by thanking everyone who donated to RP last year. Your generous gifts supports more than 80 investigative projects and 100 member-led technical committees that make advances in improving the built environments everyone lives and works in. The mission of ASHRAE Research is “To improve the quality of life and answer tomorrow’s questions through research today”. In addition to research these funds help in the promotion of our professions and industry by supporting Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA), ASHRAE student scholarships, and on-going continuing education.
I am reaching out to you because the South Dakota ASHREA Chapter is winding down our 2023-24 RP Campaign and we need your help to achieve our RP goal of $13,500 by the end of June. Donating is easy and can be done on-line with a credit card and if you want to contribute differently please respond to this email. If you can’t donate financially, please consider a donation of your time.
The process to donate a financial gift individually or for your Company is as follows:
Go to www.ASHRAE.com and login.
Once you have logged in, in the upper right corner of the page click on “Make A Gift”.
Scroll down to “ASHRAE RP Campaign” and click “Donate Now” and the following screen will come up & select the appropriate button:
Thank you in advance for your donation to this very important cause. If you have any questions, or would prefer not to donate with a credit card please feel free reach out to me by responding to this email.
Thank you for helping us reach our RP Goal.
ASHRAE April Blueprint
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2024 February Blueprint
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Lucy's Engineering Adventure
ASHRAE SD members,
I wanted to share with you all the link to a google sheet where you can sign up for the volunteer events, I talked about a couple weeks ago. If you missed that email blast, there is a recap below. As it stands right now, we could use some help to fill the February 13th event. There is also one day where we have two events going, so we could really use some help on February 27th as well.
Live Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QTM1Lco0c8aXAWW-Bb0c63AWZ5Ldsrq3uzyCXCi-Kwc/edit?usp=sharing
Recap:
Thanks to the generous donation by Mechanical Sales South Dakota, the chapter was able to purchase 60 children’s books. The intent is to read them at local schools and leave the book behind for their classrooms/libraries. Lucy’s Engineering Adventure was developed by ASHRAE’s Student Activities Committee as part of their goal to promote and encourage engineering and HVAC&R careers.
I have partnered with other local engineering societies to get into as many schools in the Sioux Metro area as possible. This joint effort has developed a couple opportunities for outreach that I would like to share with you all.
We are asking for volunteers to help us reach the 11 schools that are interested in having us. We will visit one school per week, starting February 8th. The event will be hosted through an afterschool program at the school and will start around 4:00 p.m. each week. The volunteers will break up into smaller groups and read to 25-30 students and then do a short activity with them. The event should only take around an hour, not including travel, set-up, and clean up. There is a lot of good information provided on the signup link as well. Along with these school visits we will be hosting events at the local Siouxland Library locations. That information is also on the sign-up link.
I am very excited about this opportunity, and I hope to see a great presence from our chapter. This is an awesome effort, and the schools are thrilled to have us come and share engineering with the kids. Thank you in advance for your support and time!
PS – You don’t have to be an engineer to participate, we are sharing with kids the excitement of our AEC industry! All our encouraged to help!
Respectfully,
Austin Eigenberg, SD Student Activities Chair
Email: [email protected]
ASHRAE HVAC Design Training Coming to Austin
ASHRAE is organizing the HVAC Design Level I and Level II training in Austin, TX on November 13-17, 2023. ASHRAE is seeking a last-minute push from to help promote the training to our Chapter members. Registration Link
2023 April Blueprint
See attached for this month's Blueprint.
New ASHREAE South Dakota Web Page
Check out ASHRAE South Dakota's new Webpage!
Save the Date for 2023 ASHRAE Golf Outing
Come join us for the Annual SD ASHRAE Golf Outing on May 19th! Spouses and friends are invited. If you don’t golf, come out and root for your favorite golfers and have dinner. This event is open to non-ASHRAE members as well.
2022 November Blueprint
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2022 October Blueprint
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2022 September Blueprint
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2022 April Blueprint
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2022 April Utah Chapter DL Presenter
VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY
https://meet.goto.com/890200893
SCHEDULE:
11:00AM (CST) - 1:30: Lunch Presentation (1.5 PDH)
Presenter: Brian Monk, P.E.
Brian Monk is a General Manager, responsible for Carrier Custom Air Handling Solutions, specializing in design of air treatment systems, including airborne containment control and dedicated outdoor air systems with energy recovery.
Mr. Monk is also an instructor for Carrier University’s Sustainability Symposium under the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) program which provides CEU Credit for Professional Engineering Licensure.
His academic background comprises of a college degree in Applied Science (Building Systems Engineering Technology) from Vanier College of Montreal and a Bachelor of Building Engineering from Concordia University of Montreal. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Province of Quebec, Canada.
Mr. Monk is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, and Part-Time Professor in the Faculty of Building Engineering at Vanier College. He is also a member of the IAQA (Indoor Air Quality Association) and a member of Carrier’s Healthy Building Center of Excellence.
2022 January Blueprint
See attached for this Month's Blueprint and reference earlier emails for registering for our Lunch & Tech Session this Wednesday the 5th.
Rocky Mountain Chapter Tech Conference
Rocky Mountain Tech Conference: The 29th Annual Technical Conference is being held the week of June 7th through June 11th! We will have six PDH sessions to choose from and four sessions eligible for GBCI credit. Our Friday Keynote will be presented by ASHRAE President Charles Gulledge III. For the full agenda, please see brochure attached. Please consider distributing this conference to your membership to provide additional opportunities for development and show ASHRAE's value
2021 February Blueprint
Please see attached for this Month's Blueprint.
2021 January Forum from the Nebraska Chapter
SD Chapter Members:
Please see the Nebraska Chapter January meeting invite below. Click on the Omaha & Lincoln Section Meeting to register for the meeting if you like. It is a $5 dollar fee for the meeting.
Omaha & Lincoln Section Meeting
Forum on the Future Impact of Technology on our Industry with Chuck Gulledge, Mick Schwedler, Farooq Mehboob, and moderated by Tim Wentz
Zoom Meeting, Link provided upon registration and payment
Wednesday, January 13th; presentation starts at 12:00 p.m.
Technology continues to expand at an ever-higher rate in our industry. The panel will explore where this technology revolution is likely to take our industry, how ASHRAE can help you prepare and how you can help ASHRAE prepare.
Charles E. Gulledge III, P.E., HBDP, LEED AP, Fellow ASHRAE, is ASHRAE’s President for the 2020-21 term. Gulledge previously served on the ASHRAE Board of Directors as president-elect, treasurer, vice president and director-at-large. For his time and dedication to ASHRAE and the industry, he is the recipient of numerous awards including the Exceptional Service Award, Distinguished Service Award, Chapter Service Award, Regional Award of Merit, two ASHRAE Technology Awards and the Dan Mills Technology Award.
In addition to his contributions to ASHRAE, Gulledge’s career in HVAC spans over 36 years. He entered the industry as an engineer-in-training with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, working on transit system infrastructure, vehicular tunnels and moveable swing-span bridges. Over his career, he has served the built world in the roles of a consulting engineer, municipal owner and design-build contractor. Gulledge is currently a Senior Mechanical Engineer with Environmental Air Systems, LLC. He is registered as a professional engineer in the states of North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Alabama and Virginia.
Mick Schwedler has been involved in the development and support of HVAC systems for Trane since 1982. As an applications engineer his areas of expertise include system optimization (in which he holds patents) and chilled water and water source heat pump system design.
Mick serves as the President-Elect on the ASHRAE Board of Directors. He is an ASHRAE Fellow, recipient of ASHRAE’s Exceptional Service, Distinguished Service, and Standards Achievement Awards, and was Chair of SSPC 90.1-2010 (if you have any comments about that!). Mick also served as Chair of the Advanced Energy Design Guide Steering Committee and on project committees for the 50% Hospital and Office Buildings AEDGs. He is Past President of the La Crosse Area ASHRAE Chapter and misses serving on Technical Committees.
Moving beyond energy to an environmental perspective, Mick Chaired the LEED Technical Committee and served on the LEED Steering Committee. He is also a past member of several USGBC technical and educations groups, authored portions of the original ASHRAE GreenGuide and served on technical groups for the New Buildings Institute.
Farooq Mehboob, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, is ASHRAE’s Treasurer for the 2020-21 term and is the first Pakistani to be nominated as ASHRAE’s Vice President-Elect. Farooq has served four years as the first Pakistani on ASHRAE’s Board of Directors as Region AtLarge’s Director and Regional Chair.
Farooq started his career as an Application Engineer with an equipment distributor in Pakistan In 1981, he founded S. Mehboob & Company – Consulting Engineers and continues to serve as the Principal Consultant of his practice. He has designed many landmark projects with more than 600 projects to his repute, ranging from 60 story plus buildings, airports, campuses, 5-star hotels, to industrial projects. He is largely responsible for introducing many new technologies to the Pakistan market and industry standards, with respect to design, supervision, and installation of HVAC&R systems.
Farooq was a founding member of the Pakistan HVAC&R society where he served on the Executive Council and as its president for two terms from 2005-2009. He has received several awards from the HVAC&R Society and has published numerous papers and articles to his credit, including a Lifetime Achievement Award.
2021 January Blueprint
See attached for this Month's SD ASHRAE Blueprint.
2020 December Virtual Lunch Meeting (Cancelled)
Chapter Members, our 1 hour meeting scheduled for Dec. 9th is canceled due to scheduling conflict with the DL. However, the 3 hour tech session is still on. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Look forward to seeing you at the tech session. Regards, Chapter President
ASHRAE 2019-2024 Strategic Plan
Greetings SD Chapter Members, please see the attached 2019-2024 ASHRAE Strategic Plan for Society’s guide for the next five years. The plan outlines three major goals and their objectives along with four initiatives. Below is a quick recap of Goals and Initiatives.
- Goal 1: Position ASHRAE as an Essential Knowledge Resource for a Sustainable, High-Performance Built Environment
- Goal 2: Maximize Member Value and Engagement
- Goal 3: Optimize ASHRAE’s Organizational Structure to Maximize Performance
- Initiative Area: Built Environment of the Future
- 1: Resilient Buildings and Communities
- 2: Indoor Environmental Quality
- Initiative Area: Future of ASHRAE
- 3: Organizational Streamlining
- 4: Improve Chapter Engagement, Capacity and Society
Thanks for taking the time to review the 2019- 2024 ASHRAE Strategic Plan.
2020 Nov - DL Speaker Survey Reminder
If you virtually attended the Tech Sessions or Meeting last week, would you please fill out the attached evaluation forms for Andrey’s or Julia’s presentation and send them to Mike Hubbard. He only recieved 8 from Julia’s presentation. Thank for the help.
2020 September Blueprint
See attached for the September Blueprint. The Bluprint indicates the meetings for the year (all the meetings are also located under the Meeting/Events tab on the webpage) and includes our 2019-20 CRC Chapter Report.
2020 Golf Results
ASHRAE SD 2020 Golf Outing – Results and Sponsors
Hello Everyone,
Thank you to all those who attended the event and supported ASHRAE South Dakota’s Research and Promotion fundraising goals. We had 11 teams out to Brandon Golf Course to support the event and five $100 Hole Sponsorships were donated.
Hole Sponsors for the Event:
Krier & Blain, Inc.
Mechanical Sales SD/Pear, Inc.
Climate Systems, Inc.
O’Connor Company
G&R Controls, Inc.
The 1st and 2nd place teams this year are being awarded $250.
The 1st place team this year with a gross score of 18 under par was Darrell Herman, Mark Endahl, Tom Thorton, and TBD.
Tied for 2nd place with a gross score of 15 under par were the teams AC Fischer, Alex Fischer, Paul Ronkin, Steve Ronkin and Jeremy Goodroad, Bill DeNet, Dylan Brugman, Mike Klinkhammer.
All scores and results can be viewed at this link. https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/6380390940120482866
Thank you, and we hope to see you all at the next meeting this Fall.
Idaho ASHRAE Chapter Tech Series
The Idaho Chapter wanted to extend an invitation to all of you to a webinar series they are putting on for their chapter. Instead of thier usual Tech Conference they are doing a webinar series including 8 presentations, 5 of which are ASHRAE DLs including the upcoming Society President Chuck Gulledge. Attached is the schedule and this LINK will get you to their Chaper's webpage to register for the first presentation (this Thursday). There will be a $50 fee for non-Idaho members for all of the sessions. It was the Chapter's thought this would be a good opportunity to extend the opportunity to the rest of the Region.
Free ASHRAE Webinar
The ASHRAE Learning Institute developed this FREE online course to help address the coronavirus disease in the operation and maintenance of healthcare HVAC systems.
This presentation provides an overview of ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) to reduce risk of infectious disease transmission by inactivating pathogens in the air and on surfaces. Topics include fundamentals of microbial response to UVGI, inactivation rate constants of microorganisms and their importance to system design, germicidal light sources and their operating characteristics, UVGI system types and their applications in air, in occupied spaces, and for unoccupied surface decontamination. The presentation will also touch on safety, maintenance, and material compatibility issues.
ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force Survey
DATE: April 3, 2020
TO: Chapter Members
RE: Task Force Member Survey - COVID-19 Pandemic
THIS SURVEY IS DUE BY 12:00 p.m., Thursday, April 16, 2020
I have been assigned the task of coordinating and communicating with all of our chapter members to assist in developing the Society’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This survey is a start of that effort which will continue throughout the course of the pandemic.
Attached for your response are a set of questions to assist the Task Force:
- What resources do you want right now from the Society in response to the pandemic?
- What questions are you getting from members, your local government or the public regarding the pandemic?
- What help can the chapter or chapter members offer to the Society including but not limited to:
- HVAC system SARS-CoV-2 contamination test results,
- Success stories of how the chapter or its members have helped the community cope with the pandemic?
- What chapter meetings have you held since March 1st and how have you accomplished that?
- What other organizations are you working with to help the community cope with the pandemic?
- What capabilities does the chapter or chapter members have to do testing for virus in HVAC systems?
- What information does your chapter or chapter members have with any superspreading events in the community?
Please answer as many of these questions as possible and send your responses to [email protected].
Thank you for your quick response.
Mike Hubbard, SD ASHRAE President
SD ASHRAE Basecamp Sign-up
ASHRAE has provided Cloud space for all the Chapters called Basecamp. I have set up our Chapter's site under "ASHRAE Chapter - South Dakota". It will be the location where we plan on saving all the Chapter's documentation including BluePrints, Meeting Programs, BOG meeting Notes, ect... It will also be a location for all the Chairs to keep their individual administration items so it can then be easily passed on to the next Chairperson. The only down side on using this service is everyone has administrative rights so you are able to delete items - please be wary of how you use this cloud space. I believe it will be a great way of storing information for us and it has a backup system built in. Using this is more straightforward than trying to upload data to our current webpage. The SD ASHRAE webpage does have links to our Basecamp Site to retrieve archived items and you will need to be registered to access the site. This LINK will take you to the below page to register yourself and to create a password. Please keep this in a secure location for future use.
April 2020 SD ASHRAE Meeting - Cancellation
Due to the COVAT-19 outbreak Society has cancelled all travel for society/regional leadership and distinguished lecturers. As a result we do not have a DL for our April technical session or meeting. Additionally, with the encouragement of social isolation and our April meeting being student and past presidents night, which is historically well attended, the Board of Governors has decided to cancel our April meeting. Planning for our Golf Outing in May will continue; we will keep you updated on it as this unfolds.
Mike Hubbard, Chapter President
2019 ASHRAE Shoot
A quick reminder that tomorrow - Friday the 25th - the ASHRAE shoot will be starting at 9:30am.
2018-19 Chapter Summary
Dear SD ASHRAE Members.
Attached to this email you will find our Chapter’s 2018-19 Annual Report for your review. Highlights of last year include as 34% increase in student membership over 2017-18 numbers, a strong and active YEA group that represents 22% of our membership, and exceeding our RP fund raising goal by 7.9%. Additionally, our Chapter hosted the Fall 2018 CRC, which was attended by almost 100 members from Chapters across our Region. Last but not least our Government Advocacy Committee continues to lobby local appointed and elected officials to adopt and enforce an energy code.
As you can see in the attached report our challenges as a Chapter continue to be declining membership and meeting attendance.
Our first Chapter Meeting will be September 11 at The Country Club of Sioux Falls. Social hour starts at 11:45 AM; lunch and technical presentation begin at 12:00 PM. A registration notice will be sent out as we get closer to the date.
Thank you to all who participate and make this a great Chapter to be a part of.
Best,
Mike Hubbard
2019 CRC Request
Dear South Dakota Chapter Members.
In preparation for the 2019 Fall CRC in San Diego the Board of Governors is seeking members interested in being involved with ASHRAE at a Regional level. Any member interested in being nominated for any of the following positions please call or email Mike Hubbard, Chapter President at 605-261-5616 or [email protected] :
- Director and Regional Chair
- Regional Members Council Representative
- Student Activities Regional Vice Chair
- ASHRAE Ethics Review Board
Additionally, we are seeking input on any motions for consideration at the CRC that improve operations and/or value to membership. Again, please contact Mike Hubbard, Chapter President asap at 605-261-5616 or [email protected] for Board consideration of a motion.
Thank you.
Best,
Mike Hubbard
2019 Rescheduled Golf Outing
The 2019 ASHRAE Golf Tournament has been rescheduled for Tuesday June 18th. the schedule and fees for the day of will remain the same. If you were signed up before we will have you signed up for the 18th. If you need to cancel or change any of the members of your team please email [email protected] with the update.
Schedule of Events:
9:00 AM Gathering & Rules Meeting
10:00 AM Shotgun Start – Four Person Scramble
3:00 PM Awards / Hole Prizes / Drawings / Dinner
Entry Fees:
$75.25* Per person for 18 holes, cart, and dinner
$20.00 Non-golfers are invited to attend dinner only
*Note if registering online & paying with a credit card the amount includes a 3% service fee.
Extras Available:
$5.00 Mulligans, limit two per person
$5.00 “Gimme Putt”, limit two per team
Above Prices include a small donation towards our Chapters ASHRAE Research fund.
2019 Golf Outing Cancellation
Unfortunately the SD ASHRAE outing today has been cancelled. We will announce in the coming days if it will be rescheduled for this summer or if we will refund participants registration fees. Have a nice Memorial Day!
March 2019 Blueprint
Please see attached for this months Blueprint.
Member Directory
It was mentioned to me that it would be nice to have available the contact information for all our Chapter Members. So I worked with our web developers and now have a means to accomplish that via our Chapter Webpage. Below is a direct link but I have attached a reference page on how to get to it in the future. It will be located under the "Quick Links" on the webpage. Link
John Schwartz, Webmaster
SD ASHRAE Chapter RP Campaign (2019-2020) Results
Greetings from the Board of Governors to our South Dakota ASHRAE Chapter members. This is Jeremy Goodroad, your 2019-20 Chapter Research and Promotions Chair. I wanted to reach out to everyone who helped get us over our goal of $13,000 for this last year's Reaserch Promotion goal. It was a last minute push but our Chapter came through! THANK YOU all for your generous contributions...
SD ASHRAE Chapter RP Campaign (2019-2020)
Greetings from the Board of Governors to our South Dakota ASHRAE Chapter membership. This is Jeremy Goodroad, your 2019-20 Chapter Research and Promotions Chair.
I want to start by thanking everyone who donated to RP last year. Your generous gifts helped raise $13,350 for ASHRAE research last year, which supports more than 80 investigative projects and 100 member-led technical committees that make advances in improving the built environments everyone lives and works in. The mission of ASHRAE Research is “To improve the quality of life and answer tomorrow’s questions through research today”. In addition to research these funds help in the promotion of our professions and industry by supporting Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA), ASHRAE student scholarships, and on-going continuing education.
I am reaching out to you because the South Dakota ASHREA Chapter 2020 RP Campaign is getting close to the end (June 19th - extended) and we need your help to achieve our RP goal of $13,000. As of today, we have only recieved $2,220 in donations plus a few $100 hole sponsors. Donating is easy and can be done on-line with a credit card or reach out to Jeremy Goodroad if you would perfer to send a check. WE NEED YOUR HELP DESPERATELY!
The process to donate a financial gift is as follows:
Go to https://www.ashrae.org/make-a-gift and login or there is a link under the Quick Links on our Chapter's webpage.
Scroll down to “ASHRAE RP Campaign” and click “DONATE NOW” and the following form will come up:
Thank you in advance for your donation to this very important cause. If you have any questions, or would prefer not to donate with a credit card please feel free to contact me at 605-334-2164 or at [email protected]
Let’s make this a great year for RP.
SD ASHRAE Chapter RP Campaign (2022-23)
Greetings from the Board of Governors to our South Dakota ASHRAE Chapter membership. This is Michael Mourer, your 2022-23 Chapter Research and Promotions Chair.
I want to start by thanking everyone who donated to RP last year. Your generous gifts supports more than 80 investigative projects and 100 member-led technical committees that make advances in improving the built environments everyone lives and works in. The mission of ASHRAE Research is “To improve the quality of life and answer tomorrow’s questions through research today”. In addition to research these funds help in the promotion of our professions and industry by supporting Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA), ASHRAE student scholarships, and on-going continuing education.
I am reaching out to you because the South Dakota ASHREA Chapter is winding down our 2022-23 RP Campaign and we need your help to achieve our RP goal of $13,000 by the end of June. Donating is easy and can be done on-line with a credit card and if you want to contribute differently please respond to this email. If you can’t donate financially, please consider a donation of your time.
The process to donate a financial gift individually or for your Company is as follows:
Go to www.ASHRAE.com and login.
Once you have logged in, in the upper right corner of the page click on “Make A Gift”.
Scroll down to “ASHRAE RP Campaign” and click “Donate Now” and the following screen will come up & select the appropriate button:
Thank you in advance for your donation to this very important cause. If you have any questions, or would prefer not to donate with a credit card please feel free reach out to me by responsding to this email.
Thank you for helping us reach our RP Goal.
AHR 2019 Regional Dinner
Winter Meeting Regional Dinner for ASHRAE Region IX - Atlanta, GA
Everyone, The regional dinner will be on Sunday 1/13 at Tin Lizzy's in Downtown, Atlanta from 7 pm to 9 pm. It is about a 10 minute walk from the Omni.
Address:
26 Andrew Young Int'l Boulevard NE.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-671-9450
http://www.tinlizzyscantina.com/
Cost is $25 per person (Students are $10). Everyone is invited…
RSVP to Trent Hunt [email protected] or Tyler Glesne [email protected] or sign up on the RSVP sheet that will be posted outside the ASHRAE Bookstore in Atlanta.
December 2018 Blueprint
See attached for December's Blueprint.
CRC 2018 Welcome
Hello and pre-welcome to the 2018 Region IX CRC. We are looking forward to your visit and stay in Sioux Falls. Just a few last-minute items before your arrival. The Hilton Garden Inn does have a free shuttle service if you need a ride to the hotel from the airport. Just call the hotel once you arrive (605) 444-4700. Lyft is also available in Sioux Falls. It is a short 10-minute ride to the Hotel from the Airport.
There have also been a couple minor modifications to the schedule. I have included a revised schedule but it will also be included in your registration packet.
Once you arrive, you will find the registration desk in the Lobby on Wednesday night (from 4-6pm) and then in the Convention area of the Hotel on Thursday & Friday (follow the signs).
Also, if you will be bringing along additional family members they are welcome to join the group evening events at no additional charge. Please just let the CRC registration desk know how many will be attending.
Safe travels!
CRC Reminder
CRC is almost here and there is still an opportunity to Register or even do a few Ala Carte items. If you do choose to only do Ala Carte items PLEASE add or include a ticket under "Local SD Members & Guests Only (Not registering but only Ala Carte Items)" along with your other individual items. Please consider even just coming to the Welcome party on Thursday evening & the President's lunch on Friday to listen to Sheila Hayter our new National ASHRAE President.
CRC Reminder
First, the bad news. This is likely the last time that a small ASHRAE Chapter like South Dakota, will ever get to host an ASHRAE CRC (Chapter Regional Conferences). Traditional CRCs are being replaced with a “Super CRC”, where several regions combine and have the meeting at a larger city.
The good news is that the SD Chapter gets to be a part of ASHRAE history in hosting this final CRC. The SD CRC committee has been working hard to make sure it is a memorable one! Please see the attached brochure for all the great things we have planned, but here are some of the highlights:
- Hosted at the Sheraton Garden Inn where you and your family are walking difference from Falls Park, Museums, and all the other wonderful sites along the riverfront.
- Welcome party at the Sheraton followed up by a Sioux Falls Canaries baseball game.
- Infamous Nebraska Hospitality Suite all 3 nights!
- Friday luncheon featuring ASHRAE President Sheila Hayter. She has family connections to South Dakota as both her grandfather, and father, worked at South Dakota State University.
- Technical sessions where you can earn CE hours, and learn about the latest developments in intelligent building design.
- Dinner at Falls Park Overlook Café, followed by the ultimate block party experience as DTSF puts on their signature event on the First Friday of the month.
- And most importantly, the chance to network with ASHRAE members from South Dakota, Region IX, and Society.
So please join us in making this final CRC memorable! Also, note the following deadlines:
- Reduced registration rate for ASHRAE Region IX CRC ends June 30. (SD ASHRAE Registration web site)
- Reduced ASHRAE rates at the Hilton Garden Inn ends July 2. (Hotel Reservations - Hilton Garden Inn)
Finally, let’s all take this opportunity to invite potential ASHRAE members to our CRC. While they won’t be able to register as a member (receiving discounted pricing and the welcome basket that is stuffed full of SD treasures), they can still sign up for individual events. What better way to introduce someone to the benefits of ASHRAE membership, then to take them to a CRC.
Sincerely yours,
Kasey Abbott Co-Chair
ASHRAE SD Members Only - CRC Registration
August 2-4th will be here before we know it. Please consider registering early (before June 30th) so we can get a better idea of the number of poeple that will be attending plus knowing qty for pre-ordering items.
Again, in order to make it as accesible as possible to our members, we are offering a $0 registration with just Ala Carte items available. Would be great to have as many members as possible sign up for the full registration but if you would have conflicts it would be appreciated if you would consider making as many of the events as possible. Especially the Welcome Party on Thursday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn & the Canaries game afterwards. The Technical Sessions are also being offered as a seperate item if you wish to recieve a couple of hours of engineering credit. Registration Link
Once you go to the Registration Page you should log-in as you would for a typical Chapter meeting and the Ala Carte option for Members only should be offered as one of the items, if you decide to go that route. Then you can select as many of the Ticket items as you desire.
Thank you and hope to see you in August. Also if you would like to help in any fashion please contant any of the BOGs.....
April Blueprint
Additional information is included with this version of the April 2018 Blueprint. See attached or follow the link below:
January 2018 Blueprint
See the following link for the January 2018 ASHRAE Blueprint: Link
C-PACE Legislation 2017
There's an effort underway to get commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) legislation passed here in SD during the 2018 legislative session. It's essentially a way for owners of agricultural, commercial, industrial & non-profit properties to use this finance energy and water conservation projects as well as renewable energy systems.
The BOG is sending this out to make the Chapter aware of the legistlation and to see if we should back the Legislation. To that end, I'm also attaching a copy of a draft 4-page brochure which provides a little more info about SD-PACE and how it works and also a copy of the current draft of the bill. You can also find more info at the website https://www.sd-pace.org/ or at http://pacenation.us/.
November 2017 Blueprint
November's 2017 Blueprint is at the follwoing link: November 2017 Bluprint
October 2017 Blueprint
October's 2017 Blueprint is at the follwoing link: October 2017 Bluprint
September 2017 Blueprint
See the link below for this months Blueprint.
Black Hills ASHRAE Outing
The Black Hills Chapter asked if I would send out an invite for their ASHRAE golf outing in July. Reference the attachement for details.
2017 CRC KC
The 2017 CRC will be held in Kansas City from August 2nd – August 5th. Attached is registration flyer and schedule of events. Please note the following:
- Register online at www.kcashrae.org/crc-2017. Don’t miss out on the early bird registration discount!
- Hotel Rooms must be booked separately directly with the Marriott. Click on the following hyperlink: Hotel Reservation
- The CRC Committee has planned the conference’s events to utilize the FREE Kansas City Street Car public transportation. A rental vehicle is not needed for our event and we recommend utilizing a taxi or Uber for airport transportation. If parking a vehicle, two garages associated with the hotel are available for a daily parking fee.
- The CRC Registration includes all CRC meetings, technical sessions, social hours, Presidential and Awards Luncheons and Friday evening dinner activities. Please note the Saturday night dinner and Breakout KC event are “a la carte” along with golf and companion activities.
Please distribute this information to other members of your Chapters. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. We look forward to seeing everyone in Kansas City!
Tom Benassi
ASHRAE Region IX 2017 CRC Chairman
[email protected]
C: 816-877-6384
April 20, 2017 ASHRAE Webcast
Your are invited to attend the April 20th free ASHRAE Webcast at Climate Systems. The webcast's subject is Take Control: Using Analytics to Drive Building Performanceand is from 12-3pm. Lunch will be served complements of SD ASHRAE Chapter and continuting education credits will be available. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you plan on attending so we can get a good head count. See you next Thursday.
Updated Facebook Page
Please visit and like our updated Facebook Page for our Chapter of ASHRAE. We will be posting periodically with Events/Meetings & photos! Just select the link below....
Go to South Dakota Chapter of ASHRAE Facebook Page!
Raymond Lawrence Roby Obituary
I wanted to pass on to the ASHRAE community that one of our founding members, Ray Roby, passed away the other day. This link will direct you to his Obituary with details for visitation & his funeral (Obituary). I also discovered a great article done by Bob King back in 2000 on our Webpage under the History tab summarizing the start of our Chapter and the mention of Ray Roby as a founding member (History of SD Chapter of ASHRAE).
ASHRAE RP Awards
As a way to personally thank you for last year’s Research Promotion donation, we would like to cordially invite all to the upcoming ASHRAE meeting (December 7th) where donors will receive their awards. Last year was a very good year for our chapter in donations, and your generosity as continuing donors is greatly appreciated. Please join us at the meeting to receive the recognition that you deserve.
Stuart Oster, RP Chair
Save the Date CRC 2018 (August 2-4)
August 2-4 for our upcoming Chapters Regional Conference here in Sioux Falls!
Our Co-Chairs for the Event are:
Marty Christenson
Kasey Abbott
Ryan OConnor
Event Committe Chairs are:
Kevin Eggert - Entertainment
Jeremy Eitreim - Treasurer
Stuart Oster - Publicity
John Schwartz - Registration
Nathan McKenzie - Workshops/Tech Sessions
If asked, please give some of your time to help make this a memorable event
and mark these dates on your calendars so we can have a great
turnout from our Chapter! Stay tuned for further information and
Registration details in the near future.....
