ASHRAE Journal - August 2008 - (Page 20)

Presidential Address By Bill Harrison, 2008 – 09 ASHRAE President understand how to realize the full potential of the energy conserving systems they manage. ASHRAE Presidential Member Terry Townsend promised the world that our Society would lead the advancement of sustainability and my theme, Maintain to Sustain—Delivering ASHRAE’s Sustainability Promise, will challenge ASHRAE to produce the tools required to deliver on that promise after construction is complete and the contractor has left the site. We have all seen examples of horrible waste in equipment rooms around the world. I was in an equipment room where a steam boiler was being fed with 100% makeup water because the condensate return unit had failed. After protesting this situation and being told that it had been that way for a while I n 2006, the ASHRAE Board of Directors approved a strategic plan with four principal directions, and that plan has served us very well. The ﬁrst direction was to lead the advancement of sustainable building design and operation. Last year, ASHRAE Presidential Member Kent Peterson, P.E., asked our members to focus on innovative designs to provide elegant solutions for high-performance buildings. This year, I am asking our members to focus on the operation of highperformance buildings. The unfortunate truth is that many buildings with great designs fade from green to grey when building operators don’t ABOUT THE PRESIDENT Bill Harrison, Member ASHRAE, 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 - ent in their design, including effective commissioning, improved documentation, and programs to educate and certify building operators. 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. 20 ASHRAE Journal ashrae.org August 2008 http://ashrae.org

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ASHRAE Journal - August 2008 Contents Commentary Industry News Letters Meetings and Shows Maintain to Sustain—Delivering ASHRAE’s Sustainability Promise Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation: Current Best Practices Improving Humidity Control With Energy Recovery Ventilation Single- or Two-Stage Compression Data Center Cooling: Using Wet-Bulb Economizers Building Sciences InfoCenter Practical Pointers Products Emerging Technologies Washington Report People Special Products Classified Advertising Advertising Index

ASHRAE Journal - August 2008

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