November Meeting
November 3, 2008
Note: Change in the date!
Maintain to Sustain
Location:
Steeplegate Inn
100 W 76th Street
Davenport, IA
Agenda:
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Dinner
6:00 - 7:30 pm: Presentation
Menu:
Asian grilled Atlantic salmon, Oriental grilled vegetables, buttered red potatoes, salad, roll, fruit pie
Cost:
Chapter Members are free. All guests are $15 payable at the door.
Three issues concern many nations today:
- Energy: price and availability
- Food: price and availability
- Protecting our environment
Food prices are directly affected by the price of energy and by spoilage between harvest and consumption. Buildings
account for 40% of primary energy use in countries with developed economies. Improved operational strategies can reduce
energy use in most buildings by 10% to 40%. Reducing the amount of energy used in buildings addresses all three issues.
Building owners, facility managers, and operators must be informed, inspired, and educated if these savings are to be
realized. ASHRAE chapters are well suited to deliver this message and to conduct the local training programs needed to
accomplish this task. ASHRAE committees are being asked to develop materials to support the local training programs for
use by the chapters and the chapters are being asked to schedule programs and seminars to bring the message to the key
players in their local building industry.
William Harrison is president, Trane Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.
As ASHRAE's president, Harrison directs the Society's Board of Directors and oversees the Executive Committee. His
presidential theme, Maintain to Sustain – Delivering ASHRAE's Sustainability Promise, focuses on operating buildings to
deliver the energy efficiency inherent in their design, including effective commissioning, improved documentation, and
programs to educate and certify building operators.
"If the studies are accurate, we have a no-regrets method to reduce energy use in buildings by 10 to 40 percent, solely by
improving building operations," Harrison said. "All we have to do is communicate and educate more effectively. It is our
duty. We are pledged to deliver ASHRAE's promise of sustainability, and to do that we must maintain to sustain, we must
train to sustain, and we must influence the operation of our buildings to conserve energy."
He also is chair of the Headquarters Building Renovation Committee. He has served as president-elect, treasurer, vice
president, Region VIII director and regional chair, chair of Member Council, Technology Council and the Finance Committee,
a member of the Nominating Committee, and vice chair of the Refrigeration Committee and the Society Rules Committee.
Harrison was president of the Shreveport Chapter.
He has received the Distinguished Service Award.
Harrison received a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas.
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