We had Joe Brennan, director of branch operation for Camfil Farr filters as our presenter for the March meeting. He gave us a new look at filters from a sustainability perspective. The cost of energy typically represents as much as 60-80% of the total cost of ownership for filter purchases. In other words, if you spend $100 on filters, you could easily be spending $600-800 on energy for the fan power necessary to push/pull air through the filters. By reducing the average pressure drop, there can be a realized savings in energy spending that equal’s or exceed the budget for filters.

We are privileged to have one of ASHRAE’s distinguished lecturer’s, Drury B. Crawley, US Department of Energy, as our presenter for the April luncheon where he will present a short introduction of his presentation at our annual technical seminar the following day. We are also privileged to have Joe Asrael from the Governor’s Energy Office as a presenter at the seminar. The seminar will ask and answer the question, “Are High Performance Buildings Really Performing?” All the detailed information and sign up procedures for the seminar are at other places on this web site. For you engineers, please note that PDF credits are available for attendance at this seminar.

Our Research Promotion chairman, Tim McLean, reports that we have reached 85% of our goal for this year.