Congratulate our Technology Award Winners!

2017 Chapter Award Winners Westside School – Institutional Morgan Heater, PE, Ecotope with Rick Sundberg, Gladys Ly-Au Young, SKL Architecture; Grant Middleton, Emerald Aire   The Westside school project converted and expanded a 1970’s era Presbyterian Church into a kindergarten thru eighth grade elementary school with a measured operating Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 14.3 kBtu/sf-yr The school…

February Chapter Meeting Recap

Our special guest and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Christopher M. McDonald provided an insightful explanation of how documents and e-mails are used in litigation. A special thanks to Trane who hosted our 30+ guests at their conference room in Bellevue. Mr. McDonald used sample documents to help illustrate how adversaries will use documents to their advantage in…

Free Webinar: Seattle Plumbing Permit Plan Review Process

Minimum Plumbing Plan Review Requirements for New Construction over 3+ Stories A Technical Activities Committee Special Event with  The event took place at the Smart Building Center on January 30th. A special thanks to Steve Hart, Plumbing Plans Reviewer for a thorough presentation on what to expect with the new process.  Steve’s contact info and other resources are below…

Advisor, Environmental Health and Safety

Job Title: Advisor, Environmental Health and Safety. Job Location: Auburn, WA Job Description: What EH&S contributes to Cardinal Health EH&S is responsible for designing, developing and implementing EH&S procedures, programs, processes, and systems to ensure compliance with regulatory and company requirements and to eliminate or minimize EH&S risks to the Company, its employees, the environment…

Current Energy Code TAG Status

The Washington State Energy Code Technical Advisory Group (TAG) had a public meeting on January 5th to review the first draft of the 2018 Code. This draft includes only amendments that have come down from the national level (International Code Council), which is the model code for Washington State. The first meeting was only able…