Indoor air quality is one of ASHRAE member's most important responsibilities.  The April chapter meeting provides participants an overview of how to design for proper indoor air quality.  Please plan to attend.

The Chapter Technology Transfer Committee wants to make chapter meetings more accessible by experimenting with transmitting the presentation as a Webinar.  If you cannot attend in person, please consider registering as a free Webinar participant.  It is anticipated that the speaker's PowerPoint presentation will appear on your computer and the audio will either be transmitted through the computer or via teleconference.  There is no assurance the Webinare will work, but your participation in the expericnec would be greatly appreciated.

Here is the agenda:

Using Energy Recovery Ventilators to Enhance IAQ, Save Energy and Meet the Energy and Ventilation Codes

•          What Is Ventilation?
•          Effects of Ventilation on IAQ
•          Costs of Poor IAQ/Ventilation
•          Codes and Standards for Ventilation

o   ASHRAE 62.1

o   2015 International Mechanical Code

o   Commercial Code Adoption Status

o   ASHRAE 90.1-2013 / IECC 2015

•          Common Air to Air Recovery Technology
•          Equipment Certification and Performance
•          ERV Design Considerations

Dr. Jason Dobranic, President of the local IAQA chapter extending an invitation to their membership.  Please take advantage of this opportunity to participate in this joint meeting.

Speaker Biogrophy:

Nick Agopian is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at RenewAire, a pioneer in enhancing indoor air quality in every type of home and building through high-efficiency, enthalpic-core, static-plate Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs). With over 30 years of HVAC and energy-recovery experience, Agopian sets the company’s strategic vision, leads all sales and marketing efforts and manages a comprehensive team of regional sales directors, technical sales support staff, commissioned manufacturers’ representatives, wholesale distributors and marketers.

Prior to joining RenewAire in 2014, Agopian held high-level positions at several top HVAC corporations, where he expanded his robust industry knowledge and expertise. He was Vice President of Business Development at Circul-Aire, Inc., Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Dectron Internationale and President and General Manager at SEMCO, a FläktWoods company. In all those executive roles, he oversaw multiple global sales offices, established new distribution networks, furthered product innovations and drove consistent revenue growth.

Agopian is extremely involved in the engineering and HVAC communities. He’s an active member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) since 1983, where he sits on numerous technical committees.

•   TC 2.3 Gaseous Air Contaminants and Gas Contaminant Removal Equipment
•   SPC 145P Test Methods for Assessing Performance of Gas Phase Air Filtration Equipment
•   TG2.HVAC Security is concerned with fundamental scientific and engineering design principles of system integration for vulnerability and resilience of HVAC&R systems 
•   TRG4.IAQP Indoor Air Quality Procedure Development at ASHRAE
•   ASHRAE Environmental Tobacco Smoke design guide book ghost author
•   ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee 62.1 (SSPC 62.1) Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
•   ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee 62.2 (SSPC 62.2) Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality for residential applications
•   TC 5.5 Air-to-Air Energy Recovery
•   ANSI Standard, ANSI/ISA S71.04-1985, “Environmental Conditions for Process Measurement and Control Systems: Airborne Contaminants,”

He’s also part of The International Society of Automation (ISA), the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Greenbuild and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Canada. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Innovation Center’s Life Sciences Business Incubator.

A committed lifelong learner, Agopian received a B.A. in Mechanical Systems Engineering from Vanier College, Quebec, Canada, McGill University’s Faculty of Management and recently completed a Global M.B.A. from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He has lived and traveled across the world, and is fluent in English, French.