Research Promotion Update - January 2023

The Southern Alberta Chapter RP goal has been set for the year at $ 17,800.00, as of December 12, 2023, we have raised $ 6,171.00 or 34.7% of our yearly goal. Of the         $ 6,171.00, $ 5,000.00 was allocated to SAC ASHRAE’s Endowment Fund.   Thank you to everyone who has supported Research Promotion this year.

We will be reaching out in the coming months for your continued support and look forward to seeing you in person once again soon.  As always, if you have any questions about Research Promotion, or would like to make a donation, do not hesitate to contact me at george@aquaair.ab.ca.

George Niksic and Josh Hogan - Research Promotion Chairs

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Research Promotion Update - Oct 2022

The Southern Alberta Chapter RP goal has been set for the year at $ 17,800.00, to date we have raised $380.00 or 2.1% of our yearly goal. Thank you to everyone who has supported Research Promotion this year.

We will be reaching out in the coming months for your continued support and look forward to seeing you in person once again soon. As always, if you have any questions about Research Promotion, or would like to make a donation, do not hesitate to contact me at george@aquaair.ab.ca.

George Niksic and Josh Hogan - Research Promotion Chairs

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Research Promotion Update - January 2022

Thank you to everyone who has supported Research Promotion this year. Our current RP Campaign has reached 31% of our overall goal with $6,110 raised out of $19,350.

We will be reaching out in the coming months for your continued support, and look forward to seeing you in person once again soon. As always, if you have any questions about Research Promotion, or would like to make a donation, do not hesitate to contact me at david.lamarre@exelsystems.ca.

David Lamarre and George Niksic - Research Promotion Chairs

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Research Promotion Update - September 2021

Hello everyone! I will be your RP Chair for the 2021/2022 ASHRAE Campaign year, and now that things we are able to attend in person meetings, we will be once again holding RP raffles to help reach this year’s fundraising goal (final amount to be confirmed by ASHRAE shortly).

To kick off our year, we will be having a 50/50 draw at the golf tournament, with the proceeds from the tournament going towards our chapter’s RP fundraising goal.

I would also like to thank our donors from 2020/2021 for their generous donations:

Tim McGinn, P.Eng.

Remedy Engineering

David Lamarre

Saron Zerai

Robert Bean, P/L.(Eng), R.E.T.

Kevin McIntyre

Mike Cottreau

We will be reaching out throughout the year for your continued support, and look forward to seeing you in person once again. As always, if you have any questions about Research Promotion, or would like to make a donation, do not hesitate to contact me at david.lamarre@exelsystems.ca.

David Lamarre - Research Promotion Chair

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RP Chair Report - April 2021

I would like to thank everyone for their continued support of our Research Promotion Campaign this year and last. We have had some great support again this year. We have commitments to support the campaign from Remedy Engineering, Engineered Air, ESC Automation and Modern Niagara. I will continue to reach out to organizations for their support of this year’s campaign. I would also like to thank the following individuals for their generous personal donations:

Jeff Hesla

William DNetto

John Forrest

David Lamarre

Rick Westover

Trent Theaker

Kevin McIntyre

Mike Cottreau

Saron Zerai

Wayne Marsh

Erich Binder

Robert Bean

If you are interested in donating, please contact me at kevin.mcintyre@trane.com.

Kevin McIntyre – Research Promotion

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RP Chair Report - January 2020

Thanks everyone for the continued support and donations.  At the November meeting we were able to raise $490 for Research Promotion from raffle sales! 

Special Thanks to Dana Heller and Eric Binder for the additional donations while getting the opportunity to eat first.  Also a big thanks to Johnson Controls for the Prize donation! 

With the holiday season over and everyone getting back to it, I am looking forward to seeing everyone.

Kevin McIntyre – Research Promotion Chair

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RP Chair Report

Thanks everyone for their continued support and donations to Research Promotion.  A special thanks to our RP prize sponsors Trane Canada (September) and ESC Automation (October) and our Past Presidents Wine sponsors Aqua Air Systems and Engineered Air. 

With a goal of $19,350, we are off to a good start thanks to your generous donations at the first two meetings.  If you are interested in providing an RP prize donation, please get in contact with me.  We are looking forward to the November meeting which will be Research Promotion Donor Recognition night.

Kevin McIntyre - RP Chair

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RP Chair Report

Thank you to everyone who participated in the wine survivor event we had in January, and a special thank you to ESC and Merlin Instrumentation for donating prizes to our February dinner raffle campaign.  At this point we are sitting at $11,480.00 raised, which is roughly 60% of our goal for this year.  We have started our calling campaign and appreciate anything you can do to contribute to help us meet our goal. Thanks for your support! Ray and I will see you at the next meeting!

Rick Westover - RP Chair

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A New Season, A New Research Promotion Goal!

Another year, another opportunity to support research!  This year we have been given a hefty target of $19,350.00 and with your help, we look forward to meeting our goal.
We have received the donor recognition coins from the 2017-2018 campaign and will be thanking donors and distributing the coins soon.
If you are interested in learning more about ASHRAE research, providing a donation, or setting up a permanent endowment fund, please use the ASHRAE contact form: http://www.sac-ashrae.com/contact/

We look forward to seeing you at the monthly meetings!

Rick Westover - Research Promotion Chair

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On our way to reach our Research goal!

As our current RP Chair, I would like to thank all of our members for their generosity towards the RP Campaign so far this year!

Our 2017/2018 ASHRAE RP goal is $18,250.00, we are nearly 75% of the way there with our current donation total standing at $13,400.00!

For our final push we will be starting our 2017/2018 calling campaign in the very near future. If you have yet to make your company or personal donation, please see below for instructions on how to donate along with details on how ASHRAE utilizes these funds.

Who is ASHRAE? 

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 members. It is the world’s foremost technical society in the fields of HVAC&R. Through its meetings, research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, the Society helps keep indoor environments comfortable and productive, deliver healthy food to consumers and preserve the outdoor environment.

ASHRAE’s Research Vision 

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Donate Now!

The 2017-2018 RP Campaign is in full swing. We are currently at a grand total of $10,100.00 toward our goal of $18,250.00. Thank you for the generosity of all our donors so far.  We will be rolling out our annual calling campaign in the early spring. If anyone would like to make their annual donation they can do so online here: https://xp20.ashrae.org/secure/researchpromotion/rp.html  or email david.pyle@exelsystems.ca for any enquiries.  Thanks! David.

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