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ASHRAE SAC and Carrier have made a donation to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s school of refrigeration, AC, and sheet metal. The donation consists of a water source heat pump, air source heat pump, and gas fired rooftop unit. The units will be installed in SAIT’s labs, and be fully operational so that students can get familiar with the latest technology. A huge thanks to Jess Villeneuve (Academic Chair) from SAIT for working with us.
Edwin Liou
Student Activities Chair SAC-ASHRAE
The student activities branch for Southern Alberta has been focussing on both supporting a capstone design project at the University of Calgary for mechanical engineering students and building new connections to get involved in K-12 outreach work. The student activities co-chairs have attended regular student meetings either virtually or in person with the capstone group to help them with deliverables for the project of designing and fabricating a model greenhouse for chickpea production with a focus on the HVAC systems. They will be presenting their project at the ASHRAE dinner meeting on ASHRAE Student Night. Sarah has been in touch with the new Alberta Online School Ignite Centre for eLearning (https://ignitecentre.ca/), and presented on Passive House HVAC concepts and geo-exchange systems for district heating for the grade 8 class who are working on a month long tiny house project on sustainable communities. There will be ongoing opportunities for outreach with Ignite, starting with an invitation to judge their Junior High science fair in early February.
Jack Sreekmar, Chad Draymond, and Sarah Toogood - Student Activities Chair and Co-Chairs
Read MoreStudent Activities at the Southern Alberta Chapter for the upcoming 2022-2023 year is off to a great start with some exciting new faces who bring their wealth of knowledge and creative ideas. Sarah Toogood and Chad Dymond join Student Activites at ASHRAE for the first time. Sarah and Chad are project managers and are helping guide the students of University of Calgary, SAIT and K-12 on their journey towards a sustainable future.
University of Calgary 4th year capstone project is underway as a group of students tackle the challenge of designing a low energy green house and the associated heating, cooling and humidification system associated to grow crops year round. SAIT Capstone projects will kick off in January 2023. Keep an eye out for potential K-12 events as they are being planned for the upcoming year. If you have a student or a teacher that would be interested in an event, please do reach out as opportunities are plentiful.
Finally, we look forward to have students come out to an upcoming YEA/ Student event in the near future. Stay tuned as we return to a bustling year at Student Activities at SAC ASHRAE!
Jack Sreekmar, Chad Draymond, and Sarah Toogood - Student Activities Chair and Co-Chairs
Read MoreA tour of MacKimmie Tower was organised by the University for Calgary ASHRAE student branch on December 9th for students to learn about the mechanical system in this unique building. MacKimmie Tower is one of most energy efficient buildings on a Canadian post secondary campus. It is a net-zero carbon building, with mechanical and electrical systems that have been optimised to reduce energy use and carbon footprint. On-site photovoltaics and rainwater harvesting contribute to the building’s environmental targets.
Zak Yousef and Malcom Chorel - Student Activities Co-Chairs
Read MorePlease welcome Malcolm Chorel and Zak Yousef as this year’s co-chairs. We are thrilled to have them on the board this year.
Read More2020-21 Calendar year has been like no other. The Student Activities at SAC ASHRAE has also embraced the challenges presented and successfully mentored SAIT and U of C Students on their Capstone Projects. The SAIT and U of C students usually present their project at an ASHRAE Chapter Dinner where they get an opportunity to discuss their learnings. The SAC ASHRAE Student Activties Committee Members were instrumental in achieving success this year and would like to thank Mike Torjan, Scott Sokolosky and David Barrett for their time, volunteerism and commitment. This year the student groups have presented their project digitally and have provided a recording to the SAC ASHRAE Chapter.
Read MoreSAC ASHRAE Student Activities has successfully mentored University of Calgary and S.A.I.T students through two design projects. The U of C students completed a deep energy retrofit analysis for the admin building on campus while the SAIT students designed an energy efficient evaporative cooler. Stay tuned for information about the projects.
U of C Student Branch also held a virtual event highlighting ASHRAE and the ways to get involved for the students that was well received and presented by Erich Binder.
Student Activities has also for the first time collaborated with YEA to put together a Virtual Trivia night as a social event.
Thank you for all the people who were involved and supported Student Activities at SAC ASHRAE through 2020-2021.
Jack Sreekumar - Student Activities
Read MoreUpdate Coming Soon
Read MoreThe last few months have been challenging for Student Activities at SAC ASHRAE as a lot of the planned activities like capstone projects for students and events had react to the pandemic. Challenges included cancelled presentations, quarantined prototypes and cancel building tours. However, the students have been adaptive in completing their project deliverables. Attached are some of the images from the Capstone projects:
University of Calgary Capstone: Low Energy Cooling Tower
SAIT: Low Energy Residential Cooling Device
Thank you,
Jack Sreekumar, E.I.T.
Student Activities Chair
Read MoreThe U of C Capstone Design project is progressing and beginning construction on their cooling tower design. SAIT Capstone project has also kicked off and there are 2 groups working on designing an evaporative cooler. All student groups are planning on presenting at March ASHRAE Dinner.
University of Calgary Student Branch hosted another successful event in November where they combined efforts with the Green Building Council and toured the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at U of C. It was a great turn out with a lot of interesting questions. Thanks to Adam Stoker from the Office of Sustainability at U of C and Reagan Moffat from Smith and Andersen.
ASHRAE Scholarships also had submissions from the University of Calgary. A group of students are also working on the ASHRAE Design Challenge at the University of Calgary. Student Activities is planning a K-12 School event during the week of engineering week in February. With lots more exciting news, stay tuned or reach out if you want to get involved.
Jack Sreekumar – Student Activities Chair
Read MoreStudent Activities for 2019-2020 Year has kicked off in style.
The U of C Capstone Project is underway where the students are working to design, optimize and build a prototype Cooling Tower system to reduce the energy and optimize water usage.
The U of C ASHRAE Student Branch hosted a great event with an EEEL Building Tour. Thanks to our wonderful tour guides Alex Tansowny and Adam Stoker, the event was very positive learning for the students while highlighting EEEL's unique design features. The event had a very healthy turnout of over 25 students and a lot of engaging conversations were had.
Student Activities has a lot more planned for the upcoming year.
Jack Shreekumar - Student Activities Chair
Read MoreU of C Student Branch Activities
The Student Branch started off 2019 with an exciting new event. They ran the first ever tutorial session for Autodesk Revit. It was very well received with lots of positive feedback. The tutorial session is intended to provide a stepping stone for students interested in joining the Building Systems industry. It also allows the students to interact with industry professionals in a meaningful manner. The Student Branch hopes to turn this successful event into an annual tradition.
U of C Capstone Project
The Students are well on their way to completing their projects. After going through a meticulous design and build phase they are now on their final stages of testing their designs. The design group will be presenting their findings of designing and optimizing an Energy Recovery Ventilator at the next SAC ASHRAE Dinner.
-Jack Sreekumar - Student Activities Chair
Read MoreU of C Capstone Project
This year’s capstone project is well underway. Their project is to design and build a prototype heat recovery ventilator for a residential application. Critically, they are to test the performance of the heat recovery ventilator against their predictions. The students are deep into the detailed design after completing a rigorous comparative analysis of different heat recovery technologies. We look forward to seeing the final product in 2019.
An Unsolicited Capstone Project
The Student Activities Committee was surprised to be contacted by a student proposed capstone project. Fourth year engineering students can pick an industry sponsored project, or propose their own. This project is similar to the ASHRAE proposed project last year, that is design and build a greenhouse. However, their project is different. It specifically targets the home cannabis grower given new federal legislation. The Student Activities Committee is working with them, providing guidance and feedback on the design.
Happy holidays
W. Alexander Tansowny, Student Activities Chair
Read MoreStudent activities is back this year with more of the same great program. As with previous years we continue to sponsor and support a fourth year mechanical engineering capstone project at the University of Calgary. In January we will be working with second year SAIT mechanical engineering technology students on a capstone project of their own.
The Student Branch is as strong as ever. We have been working with the incoming Student Branch president Stilian Rangelov to get planning underway. The first event is scheduled for September 26th.
You might hear from some of our Student Activities Committee Members this year as we have expanded. Please welcome back Dave Barrett supporting the University of Calgary Capstone project again. Scott Sokolosky and Naveed Jessani have re-engaged to help support our activities as well. Jack Sreekumar will return for his second year as Student Activities Co-Chair.
We look forward to seeing you at the dinner meetings!
Alexander Tansowny, Student Activities Chair
Read MoreU of C Students Present at Dinner Meeting
Student Branch Hosts Successful Year End Event
SAIT Student Scholarship
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University of Calgary Capstone Project
We are excited to provide an update on the University of Calgary mechanical engineering capstone project. The team this year has impressed us with the progress on their greenhouse project.
Read MoreStudent activities is growing! Welcome Jack Sreekumar as our Student Activities Co-chair this year. Jack is a recent University of Calgary mechanical engineering graduate now working with ESC designing HVAC system controls.
Read MoreThis year Student Activities is back with capstone projects, our K-12 outreach program STEM Champion and a new initiative to sponsor student memberships.
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