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Fred Turner
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Sarah Foster
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ASHRAE OFFICERS
President
Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E.
President-Elect
T. David Underwood, P.Eng.
Treasurer
Timothy G. Wentz, P.E.
Vice Presidents
Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng.
Charles E. Gulledge III
Bjarne W. Olesen, Ph.D.
James K. Vallort
Secretary & Executive Vice President
Jeff H. Littleton
POLICY GROUP
2014 - 15 Chair
Publications Committee
Michael R. Brambley, Ph.D.
Washington Office
washdc@ashrae.org

Taking It Home
Many ASHRAE members have probably thought about designing and building that cutting-edge, ultraefficient home. ASHRAE member
Darren Dageforde and his wife Karen
took the plunge, and their home recently
became the first residential project
to earn first place in the 30-year-old
ASHRAE Technology Awards program.
Among achievements, the Blair, Neb.,
house uses 95% less energy than a comparable house, and was built for 16% less.
The actual cost of cooling the house for
the summer of 2012, Nebraska's hottest
on record, was $3.72. More remarkable,
this was done without a traditional airbased furnace or cooling system.
"I think all engineers want to do
things bigger and better," said Darren
Dageforde. "We talked about this for
eight or 10 years, doing something that's
greener but not crazy expensive, before
we built up the courage to actually do it."

Fred Turner

fresh air geothermal tempering, geothermal domestic hot water heating, geothermally conditioned fresh air makeup, and
a low-leakage thermal envelope.
"One thing doesn't work that well
by itself," said Dageforde. "It's a holistic design. It's when you bring it all
together that you get synergies."
The case study also is a good example
of why ASHRAE is working to contribute in more ways to the residential sector, which consumes 22% of the energy
in the U.S.
"There's a huge opportunity (for
efficiency) in the residential sector
and we haven't really tapped it," said
Dageforde. "We've kind of gotten into
a rut of building houses the same way
year after year. Breaking tradition is
difficult but the benefits are huge."

2014 - 15 ASHRAE President Tom
Phoenix says you measure success by
being better tomorrow than you are
A CASE STUDY in this edition
today. And ASHRAE, he says, will be betdescribes how the couple, an engiter tomorrow by focusing its efforts in
neer and accountant, used mostly
three key areas: people, passion and pernonresidential technologies to turn a
formance. Phoenix's presidential address
traditional raised ranch design into
from Seattle is featured in this edition.
an energy showcase. They acted as the
We also have a strong lineup of
owner, designer, general contractor,
articles and columns. Of special note
mechanical subcontractor and accoun- is the article on specifying equiptant to ensure every major detail was
ment that is "equal" to other equipinstalled and constructed as designed. ment, as is usually allowed in contract
At center stage is a radiant heating
documents.
and cooling system that uses the large
The edition also includes a special
mass of the insulated concrete floor
magazine, inmotion, which is produced
decking to store and continuously dis- by the Air Movement and Control
tribute heating and cooling.
Association (AMCA).
Other technologies include water-toWe hope you enjoy the edition. It's
water heat pumps, three closed loop geo- the work of a lot of people, almost all
thermal wells, grid-connected solar PV, ASHRAE volunteers.
ASHRAE Journal reviews current HVAC&R technology of broad interest through publication of applications-oriented articles. Content ranges from back-to-basics features to reviews of emerging technologies.

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