IN FOND REMEMBRANCE James E. Harrison Jr, PE 1944-2017 We are saddened to share the news that we lost a staple of our Puget Sound ASHRAE Chapter earlier this month. Jim passed away unexpectedly at home March 10, 2017. Born in Rome (NY) in 1944 to James and Jean Harrison, raised near Portland (OR),…
Have an unique and interesting sustainable design project that you would like to present to the design community? Seattle’s AIA COTE – Committee on the Environment is inviting Puget Sound ASHRAE members to consider presenting their work. It is a great way to meet others in the same field, show what you have been doing, and share your ideas to the greater design…
COMPANY: Ecotope Inc., www.ecotope.com LOCATION: Seattle, WA JOB TITLE: Project Manager, Policy and Planning Team JOB TYPE: Full Time Employee AVAILABLE: TBD 2017 CLOSING DATE: Until Filled Ecotope is a mission-driven firm with more than 40 years’ experience in energy efficiency consulting, research, and mechanical engineering. Ecotope dramatically reduces energy use in buildings and communities…
Mill Creek Middle School in Kent is hosting Engineering Day on May 5th. Students and teachers are excited to have engineers in their classrooms. Puget Sound ASHRAE will have a classroom with four different stations! Students will be attending to one of five engineering classes (other four classrooms will be lead by UW researchers) instead…
Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC) is looking for mentor volunteers for STEM Career Day at Bellevue College. It is co-organized by Dr. Jennifer Pang with the Science and Math Institute at Bellevue College and Jason Salazar, PSEC Mentor Night Coordinator assisting this event. Date and time is Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. More information…
Thanks to our Panelists and Attendees! We had nearly 50 guests at this past Thursday’s Membership Promotions and Building Commissioning Association (BCA) Event. The open forum provided for a lively conversation of the 2015 Energy Code requirements as it relates to commissioning. The evening was moderated by Duane Lewellen of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) and…
Lake Youngs Elementary is located in the Fairwood area of Renton, and is part of the Kent School District. It serves grades kindergarten through sixth. Every year for more than 25 years it has hosted an annual science fair. We encourage students to learn about the scientific method by performing an experiment and then reporting…
This year is the 60th anniversary of the Washington State Science & Engineering Fair in Bremerton Mar 31-Apr 1, and we expect a record turnout. We need about 150 judges to execute the event properly. So far the number of judges signed up is about half of that. If we don’t have enough judges, students…
A 2-year, technical, associates degree program that has the support of the Puget Sound chapter and many of its members is the Clean Energy Technology program at Shoreline Community College. According to its website, the CET program, “prepares graduates with the theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for careers in firms that manage, design, build, market…