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Director and Regional Chair Information from Jeff Gatlin
New Tri-Cities Section

Tri-Cities Section Officers
Charter Members of Tri-Cities
DRC and Section President
ASHRAE Launches New Terminology Site - ASHRAEwiki
ATLANTA - Common definitions for terms found in ASHRAE
standards and other publications can now be found at a
new website from the Society.
The free ASHRAEwiki is located at www.ashraewiki.org and
contains over 6,000 terms related to buildings with a
particular focus on mechanical, envelope, electrical,
lighting, load calculations, design, water
design/conservation and energy use and measurement
metrics.
"Common terminology in communications and particularly
in standards helps users in their understanding, thus
encouraging adoption and use," Art Hallstrom, a member
of ASHRAE Technical Committee 1.6, Terminology,
said. "The ASHRAEwiki goal is to improve communication
by encouraging the use of consistent terminology
definitions within ASHRAE and the industry, worldwide."
The new ASHRAEwiki can create custom reports of terms
and primary definitions that will aid in the development
of standards, guidelines, Handbooks and other ASHRAE
publications. With time, it may have broader
use across the industry, according to Hallstrom.
Each term in the wiki has one or more primary
(recommended) definitions, in which ASHRAE standard(s)
the term is used, the definition source and known legal
information such as trademark registration. The wiki
also
lists any secondary definitions used in an ASHRAE
standard or guideline, which will help with the
development of consistent standards.
"There is no requirement to use an ASHRAEwiki primary
definition, but standards developers should be able to
see the value in consistency across all standards,"
Hallstrom said.
ASHRAEwiki terms are grouped by words, symbols,
abbreviations and acronyms. Definitions that include
units may use Inch-Pound (I-P) or International System
(SI) as primary units. ASHRAEwiki is in English but
might be expanded to other languages in the future.
"ASHRAEwiki content is controlled by the ASHRAEwiki
editors and TC 1.6 but suggestions from individuals or
organizations are welcome," Bruce Billedeaux, TC 1.6
vice chair, said. "Suggestions can be entered in the
wiki discussion section or sent to the ASHRAEwiki
editor."
ASHRAEwiki replaces a proposed ASHRAE Standard, Standard
166P, Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning and
Refrigerating Terminology, which had been proposed to
offer uniform terminology for use in the HVAC&R
industry.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a building technology
society with more than 50,000 members worldwide. The
Society and its members focus on building systems,
energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and
sustainability within the industry. Through research,
standards writing, publishing and continuing education,
ASHRAE shapes tomorrow's built environment today.
Contact: Jodi Scott
Public Relations
678-539-1140
jscott@ashrae.org
Assistant Regional Chair Information
from Pat Kempf
We are
now conducting regional visits to our chapters. The list
below shows the regional visitors and the visit date. Once
the visit is completed, a report should be sent to me and
will be posted here.
ASHRAE Region 7 Chapter Visits 2012-2013
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Visitor |
Planned Date of Visit |
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Report To DRC |
| Baton Rouge |
Historian |
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| Birmingham |
DRC - Jeff Gatlin |
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| Bluegrass |
DRC - Jeff Gatlin |
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| Mountaineer |
Student Activities-Grant Page |
1/11/2013 |
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| East Tennessee |
Nominating- Larry Fisher |
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| Louisville |
DRC - Jeff Gatlin |
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| Memphis |
Student Activities -Grant Page |
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| Mississippi |
Membership Promotion - Ken Rhoden |
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| Mobile |
DRC and Refrigeration |
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| Nashville |
CTTC - Chad Moore |
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| New Orleans |
ECC - Bob Coleman |
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| North Alabama |
Student Activities - Grant Page |
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| NW Florida |
Membership
Promotion - Ken Rhoden |
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| Tennessee Valley |
YEA - Chris Gray |
10/2012 |
10/2012 |
12/2012 |
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If you need the id/password and you
are a regional or chapter officer contact Jeff Gatlin.
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