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Pre History

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“From Chapter At Large To Region At Large”

The Region At Large (RAL) history started with the formation of its first chapter, ASHRAE India Chapter at Large (AICAL, 158). The seeds of RAL were sowed way back in 1980 when four engineers in India formed the Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), with similar objectives.

In 1987, ISHRAE members decided to make an application to ASHRAE to form a chapter in India. A petition signed by 25 members was presented at ASHRAE’s first Far East conference in Hong Kong in October, 1987, however, these members were disappointed to learn that new rules required a minimum of 50 members.

In 1989, a revised petition was made, and the 1989 ASHRAE Far East conference at Kuala Lumpur provided the opportunity for another dialogue with ASHRAE’s Senior Executives, to generate interest in ASHRAE having it’s Chapter in India.

Thanks to the very able & dynamic support from the then, ASHRAE President, David S. Butler (Sr), Ms. Carolyn K Stewart, Director Member Services, and Frank Coda, Executive Director cum Secretary; the charter for the ASHRAE India Chapter at Large was approved at the February 15, 1990 meeting in Atlanta. The Chapter was officially chartered on March 29th, 1990 with an impressive ceremony held at the Hyatt Regency Delhi, by ASHRAE President, Mr. David S Butler.

In 1992, a mini CRC was held at Hong Kong, and a proposal was made to include the four Chapters of South East Asia & ASHRAE India Chapter at Large in Region X, located in California USA. All overseas chapters attended CRC’s of Region X, starting from 1992 until 1996. The first CRC was held at Riverside California, April 28th to 1st May 1993, and the last, at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, May 2nd to May 4th, 1996.

The Saudi Chapter was chartered in 1993; Cairo, Lebanon & Western India in 1995; and the Kuwait chapter in 1996. It is interesting to record that the Lebanese chapter was chartered on 9th October, 1996 in Cairo, by ASHRAE President, Dick Hayter and Region X DRC, Mr. Sukhdev S. Mathaudhu. The Chapter Officers, Board of Governors, Committee Chairs, Student Branch Officers and their advisors from Lebanon, travelled to Cairo for the Charter Ceremony.

In order to gauge the response of the Overseas Chapters, a meeting of representatives from all Overseas Chapters was held in Hong Kong on the 14th & 15th November, 1995. Representatives from India, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan Chapters were present. The Cairo and Saudi Arabia Chapters were absent from the meeting. The issues discussed at this important meeting were concerning the future operation of ASHRAE Overseas Chapters.

At the meeting, the Overseas Chapters were candid with their views on the formation of Region XIII. Generally, there were concerns on limited manpower resources, distances and travel time, local rules and regulations and fiscal impact. The chapter representatives were then asked to consider and vote upon six options following:

Chapter Formation Timeline

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“ Chapter Formation Timeline “

Chapter Formation Chapter Formation

India 158 29, March ‘90 Northern Pakistan 179 29, June ‘05

Saudi Arabia 160 31, Jan ‘93 Bahrain 181 28, June ‘06

Cairo 161 30, March ‘95 Spain 182 25, June ‘07

Lebanese 162 1, Sept ‘95 Qatar Oryx 184 21, Jan ‘08

Western India 163 17, April ‘96 Chennai 185 22, June ‘09

Kuwait 164 13, April ‘96 Pune 186 25, Oct ‘09

Hellenic 168 16, March ‘00 ASHRAE Nigeria 187 25, Oct ‘09

ASHRAE Bangalore 169 29, Nov ‘99 ASHRAE Mumbai 188 25, Jan ‘10

Sri Lankan 171 5, Feb ‘02 Central Pakistan 189 28, June ‘10

Pakistan 174 29, March ‘03 ASHRAE Deccan 191 31, Jan ‘11

ASHRAE Falcon 175 7, Dec ‘03 Turkish 193 21, Jan ‘14

Danube 176 8, April ‘05 Bangladesh 197 30, June ‘15

Portugal 177 14, June ‘05 Section

Bangalore

Mumbai Pune

Chennai

WesternIndia

India

Hyderabad

SriLanka

Bangladesh

Pakistan

NorthernPakistan

CentralPak

Nigeria

Cairo

SaudiArabia

Turkey Hellenic

Spain

Portugal

Danube

Falcon

QatarOryx

Kuwait

Bahrain

Lebanon

SubRegionA

UKMidlands Ireland

Cyprus Jordan

Jordan

Faisalabad

Jaipur EastIndia

Amaravathi

SubRegionCSubRegionB

Danube Chapter Countries

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Historical List of Regional Officers

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“ Historical List of Regional Officers “

TimDwyerUK

2003-2004

DavidArnoldUK

2002-2005

Dr.WalidChakrounKuwait

2008-2011

Dr.SamirTraboulsiLebanon

2005-2008

AshokVirmaniIndia

2011-2014

FarooqMehboobPakistan

2014-2017

Director and Regional Chair

DavidArnoldUK

2005-2006


2006-20072011-2012


2002-20032004-20052008-2009

AshokVirmaniIndia

2014-2015


2007-20082009-20102011-2013

Assistant Regional Chair

Dr.MahmoudFouadCairo

2010-2011

NohadBoudaniLebanon

2013-2014

Dr.AhmedEldinFalcon

2016-2017

PankajDharkarIndia

2015-2016


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FrankMillsUK

2008-2009

FarhanMehboobPakistan

2011-2014

EssamKhalilCairo

2011-2014

Sub Regional Chair A


2002-2004


2004-2007


2008-2011

KhalidMulhimSaudiArabia

2014-2017

BassamAlassadBrussels

2012-2015

Sub Regional Chair B

CostasBalarasHellenic

2002-2006

PanagiotisMegaritisHellenic

2006-2007

MarijaTodorovicDanube

2007-2008

IreneReichertDanube

2009-2012

KenGoodmanUK

2015-2018

Sub Regional Chair C

TimDwyerUK

2002-2005

DennisLovedayUK

2005-2008

AbbasSajidPakistan

2014-2017

EwenRoseUK

2009-2011


2007-2008


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NohadBoudaniLebanon

2014-2017

Members Council Representative

RVC Chapter Technology Transfer

DennisLovedayUK

2005-2006


2002-2003

TimDwyerUK

2004-2005


2006-2007


2007-2011

MohammadTassiSaudiArabia

2016-2017

FarhanMehboobPakistan

2014-2016

AshishRakhejaIndia

2011-2013

Sub Regional Chair D

SudhirSinhaMumbai

2008-2011


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2014-2017

SudhirSinhaMumbai

2012-2014

RVC Research Promotion Technology Transfer

BassamAlassadBrussels

2006-2007

YousefAlshaerFalcon

2007-2008

FloreaChiriacDanube

2008-2009

PanagiotisMegaritisHellenic

2006-2007

RichieMittalIndia

2008-2011

RVC Membership Promotion Technology Transfer

DennisLovedayUK

2007-2008

TimDwyerUK

2003-2004


2004-2006

DimitrisCharalambopoulos

Hellenic

2011-2014

NaseerAhmedPakistan

2014-2017

BasselAnbariFalcon

2009-2012


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NiveditaJadhavMumbai

2016-2017

MayaAyoubLebanon

2015-2016

NohadBoudaniLebanon

2010-2013

RVC Student Activity

HasanSultanFalcon

2013-2016

CostasBalarasHellenic

2003-2006

MarijaTodorovicDanube

2007-2010

DennisLovedayUK

2006-2007

MichelHayekLebanon

2016-2017

Dr.AhmedEldinFalcon

2013-2016

RVC Grassroots Gov Activities

MagedHashemCairo

2016-2017

AshishRakhejaIndia

2014-2015

V.KrishnanMumbai

2012-2014

Treasurer

AliAlMutairiKuwait

2009-2012

IsmenaDeaconUK

2002-2005

AntoineDammousFalcon

2005-2008

EliasIskanderChami

2008-2009


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PankajDharkarIndia

2010-2013

Nominating Committee Member

BasselAnbariFalcon

2013-2016

MostafaElSayedCairo

2005-2007

AshokVirmaniIndia

2002-2005

IreneReichertDanube

2016-2017

Nominating Committee Alternate

SidneyParsonsUK

2002-2003

PankajDharkarIndia

2003-20042008-2010

MostafaElSayedCairo

2004-2005

AshokVirmaniIndia

2005-2008

EssamKhalilCairo

2010-2012

BasselAnbariFalcon

2012-20132016-2017

IreneReichertDanube

2013-2016

EssamKhalilCairo

2007-2010


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ViviKoutsogianniHellenic

2009-2012

Historian

IreneReichertDanube

2005-2009

TimDwyerUK

2012-2017

Refrigeration Chair

BranislavTodorovicDanube

2015-2017

ArvindSurangeChennai

2014-2015

Webmaster and Electronic Communication Chair

TimDwyerUK

2002-2005

SimonKontoyiannidisHellenic

2005-2008

AliAlMutairiKuwait

2008-2009

AshishRakhejaIndia

2009-2011

N.SivasankaranIndia

2011-2014

RichieMittalIndia

2014-2015

KinanFahsQatar

2015-2016

AdeebaMehboobPakistan

2016-2017

India Chapter

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“ASHRAE India Chapter”

The ASHRAE India Chapter was approved by Society in the Atlanta, Georgia Meeting on Feb 15, 1990. Mr. David S. Butler, ASHRAE President, inaugurated the Chapter on March 29, 1990. This was the first Indian Chapter and hence members of the Chapter were from all over India.

The first Chapter President was Dr. Prem C Jain. Some of the key members who founded the chapter are Mr. M M Pande, Mr. R V Simha and Mr. V K Wadhwa.

ASHRAE India Chapter became part of Region X in the society year 1992-93 and became part of Region at Large in the year 2001-2002.

The Chapter under its Sustainability Activity installed a 5kw solar power plant at a remote village in Uttrakhand, India and received recognition from the Society for the activity.

The Installation ceremony for the 26th BOG of the chapter was held on 8th July, 2016.

AshokVirmanireceiving

DistinguishedServicesAwardfromPresidentBillBahnfleth

AICTech2016InternationalConference ChapterSustainabilityProjectInstallationofSolarGridinUttarkhand

Chapter Statistics - 158

Formed: 29th March, 1990

Starting Membership: 122 Current membership : 517 • 288 Members • 229 Students • 15 Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• PremC.Jain,1990-1991• VirendraKWadhwa,1992-1993• NirmalCGupta,1992-1993• VaradhanSeshadri,1993-1994• AshokKVirmani,1994-1995• RoddamVSimha,1995-1996• AlokCTandon,1996-1999• Dr.RajeshwarMalhotra,1999-2001• NihalSHukmani,2001-2002• UmaShanker,2002-2003• AlokBhardwaj,2003-2004• GianChandModgil,2004-2005• KapilNMehrotra,2005-2006• RichieMittal,2006-2007• SunilGupta,2007-2008• SushilKChoudhury,2008-2009• AshishRakheja,2009-2010• AnoopBallaney,2010-2011• RajnishJoshi,2011-2012• DineshKGupta,2012-2013• RichieMittal,2013-2015• RajinderSingh,2015-2016• KrishnaKMitra,2016-2017

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India Chapter

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Ø All India Chapter (AIC), reports 30,688 PAOE Points in 2000-2001. Ø First Student Chapter Branch with 107 members formed at YMCA, Faridabad, 2000-2001. Ø Weather Data Phase II Completed in 2000-2001 and the Database Released in CD Form. Ø AIC Co-sponsored ACRECONF 2001, An International Conference. Ø Ashok Virmani elected as Member- Nominating of ASHRAE, 2001-2002. Ø AIC receives the Best Chapter Report at the RAL ARC, 2002-2003. Ø AIC Receives highest PAOE Points, 4822, in RAL, 2002-2003. Ø Mr. MM Pande receives 2004 Lincoln Bouillon Award for Membership Promotion. Ø AIC hosts the third RAL CRC in New Delhi 2004. Ø Deepak Pahwa receives Fellowship of ASHRAE Award, 2004-2005. Ø Dr. PC Jain receives Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award, 2005-2006. Ø AIC Receives Best Chapter Report in RAL CRC 2005-2006. Ø AIC Receives High Honor Roll Award, highest point for CTTC, Student Activities, History

and Citation at CRC Dubai 2005. Ø Dr. PC Jain receives John F James International Award and Distinguished Fifty Year Member

Award, 2008-2009. Ø Mr. Ashish Rakheja nominated as RAL ECC Chair, 2008-2009. Ø Mr. Richie Mittal nominated as RAL RVC Membership Promotion, 2008-2009. Ø Mr. Rajnish Joshi receives 2010 Lincoln Bouillon Award for Membership Promotion. Ø ASHRAE India Chapter signed MOU with ASHRAE Singapore Chapter during

ACRECONF, 2010. Ø AIC contributed US$ 8530 towards Research Promotion in the year 2010. Ø Chapter received Membership Promotion Award, Maximum contribution towards Research

Promotion, Full circle Award, Chapter Appreciation Certificate and Chapter Service Awards at CRC-2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

Ø Student Chapter chartered at FET, Faridabad on 25th March 2011. Ø Mr. Ashok Virmani nominated as RAL DRC, 2011-2012. Ø Mr. Ashish Rakheja nominated as RAL RVC CTTC, 2011-2012. Ø ASHRAE Technology Award. Dr Prem C Jain won a special recommendation from the society,

2012-2013. Ø Chapter came out with three publications, 2013-2014. Ø Under the Chapter Sustainability Activity, Solar lanterns distributed to Villagers at Uttarakhand

in association with Sagar School and 5 KW solar power grid installed at Village in Uttarakhand, 2013-2014.

Ø The Chapter received RAL PAOE Community Sustainability Project Award, 2013-2014. Ø Mr. Ashok Virmani received the Distinguished Service Award, 2013-2014. Ø Under Chapter Sustainability Activity, Solar lanterns were distributed to Villagers at Alwar in

association with Sagar School, 2014-2015.

Key Milestones and Developments of India Chapter

Saudia Arabia Chapter

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“ASHRAE Saudia Arabia Chapter”

The Saudi Chapter is one of the earliest Chapters of ASHRAE, formed in 1993. The chapter was supported by Saudi Aramco Management led by the Chief Engineer in Engineering Services. The Saudi Arabia ASHRAE Chapter is supported by Consulting Services Department in Saudi Aramco.

Mr. Khalid Al Mulhim, Mr. Samir A. Al Umair and Hussain M. Afifi have been key leaders of the Chapter for a long period of time. The leadership of the Chapter has been active in Region at Large and has held several noteworthy International Conferences.

The membership committee, with support of the Society Officers, worked hard to increase chapter members by contacting local societies, organizations, and companies to encourage their members and staff to join the local Chapter and attend the monthly dinner meetings.

The Saudi chapter is unique, as it has a non-homogeneous membership comprising different nationalities. Saudi Expats who are members are responsible for the turnover of membership.

The local chapter operation and activities are supported by local companies, consulting offices and contractors via sponsoring technical dinner meetings. The effort had been extended to bring the monthly technical dinner meetings to the membership throughout the Kingdom, principally to the main cities of Dhahran/Dammam in the Eastern Province, Riyadh in the Central Provence and Jeddah in the Western Province.

KhalidMulhim(L)andPresidentTomWatson,thirdfromleft,inRiyadh,atanIndustrymeetingin2012


Formed: 31st January, 1993

Starting Membership: Current membership : 221 • 216 Members • 5 Students • No Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• HusseinH.M.Afifi,1993-1995• KhalidAAlMulhim,1996-1997• KhalidAAlMulhim,2005-2007• SamirAAl-Umair,2007-2016• AhmadAAl-Mulla,2016-2017

Cairo Chapter

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“ASHRAE Cairo Chapter”

The Cairo chapter was established in 1995 with the collective efforts of elite group of HVAC consultants, contractors and suppliers. The first inauguration was held at Dar ElHandasa office in Mohandseen, Cairo. The First Chapter president was Engineer Mohamed Salem. Following him were elite eminent HVAC pioneers such as Prof. Dr. Hany Olama, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Fouad, Dr. Alaa Olama, Eng. Fouad Hamad, Eng. Alaa Kamal and many others. The chapter continues to expand including membership from industry and academia. The Cairo Chapter proudly organized the 2003 CRC, chaired by Dr. Alaa Olama and the 2010 CRC, chaired by Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Fouad. They are keen to host another one soon. The 2010 CRC was a joint meeting between ASHRAE and UNEP with extensive technical meetings and the attendance of 23 Chapters.

Members from the Chapter are very active in Regional and Society level committees and posts. They have few students’ chapters in Cairo, Tanta and Alexandria. The Chapter Historian has successfully interviewed pioneers of the HVAC industry and Academia and kept a record on CD. The Chapter has very strong links with Governmental organizations and other institutions active in the HVAC, such as the Syndicate of Engineers and the Society of Engineers. On the International levels they collaborate with UNIDO and UMDP.

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Chapter Statistics – 161 Formed: 30th March, 1995 Starting Membership: Current membership : 158 • 123 Members • 35 Students • 3 Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• MohamedA.Salem,1995-1996• AhmedAbdelghany,1996-1997• DrHaniALOlama,1997-1999• DrMahmoudAFouad,1999-2001• MrFouadHHamad,2001-2002• DrAlaaEOlama,2002-2003• ProfEssamEldinKhalil,2003-2005• Dr.MahmoudAFouad,2005-2006• MamdouhAbdElkaderMostafa,

2006-2007• ProfEssamEldinKhalil,2007-2009• DrMahmoudAFouad,2009-2011• FouadHHamad,2011-2012• ProfEssamEldinKhalil,2012-2014• AhmedM.Bolbol,2014-2016• ProfEssamEldinKhalil,2016-2017

Lebanese Chapter

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“ASHRAE Lebanese Chapter”

The Official Chartering ceremony of the Lebanese ASHRAE Chapter was held in Cairo, Egypt, on October 9, 1995, going down in ASHRAE’s history as the first Chapter after the Centennial of ASHRAE.

The Ceremony was held in Cairo due to the unsafe travelling conditions in Lebanon. ASHRAE Society President Richard B. Hayter, Mr. Sukhdev Mathaudhu, Region X director and regional chairman, and a delegation of 33 members, including Chapter Officers, Board of Governor members, Committee Chairs and Student Branch Officers and Advisors, attended the event held at the Intercontinental Hotel, on the banks of the River Nile.

ASHRAE President Richard Hayter gave the Keynote Address which emphasized “seize the initiative and embrace the vision”. Hayter also presented the charters to the Lebanon Chapter and Student Branches. The speakers also included Samir Traboulsi, the first president and founder of the Lebanese Chapter. He expressed the importance of ASHRAE after a 20 year period of war in the country. He elaborated on the Chapters goals and objectives, which included the recognition of members, inducting new membership, training, excellence in HVACR Design and Maintenance, timely transfer of technology and information.

ASHRAESocietyPresidentRichardHayterhandingDr.SamirTraboulsi

thecharteringdocument.

ASHRAEPresidentRichardHayter(L),DRCRegionX,SukhdevMataudu(R)handingDr.SamirTraboulsitheGavel

MayaNassraEddine,BOG;SukhdevMathaudhuDRCRegionX;WajinNejim,Presidentelect;SamirTraboulsiPresident;ASHRAEPresident

RichardHayter;SouhaHakim,Secretary;AntoineDammous,BOG;RaficNaji,Treasurer


Formed: 1st September, 1995

Starting Membership: 52 • 1 Student Branch

Current membership : 139 • 117 Members • 22 Students • 8 Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• SamirR.Traboulsi,1995-1997• WajihANejm,1997-1999• RaficMNaji,1999-2001• SouhaMHakim,2001-2003• AntoineP.Dammous,2003-2005• EliePascalIbrahim,2005-2006• NohadIBoudani,2006-2007• EliePascalIbrahim,2006-2007• NohadIBoudani,2007-2009• NajiKTannous,2009-2010• MohammadHAlTassi,2010-2012• ProfMichelDHayek,2012-2014• SalehMEl-Zein,2014-2016• DrRiadGAssaf,2016-2017

Dr.SamirTraboulsi,Delegate&Mrs.SohaHakim,AlternateoftheLebaneseChapterat

theInternationalCommitteemembers

Lebanese Chapter

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Key Milestones and Developments of the Lebanese Chapter

Ø During the past 20 years, the Lebanese Chapter has grown from a small membership of 52 members and 1 Student Branch to a Chapter having more than 139 members and unbeatable 8 Student Branches.

Ø The Lebanese Chapter has been visited by most of the Society Presidents: Richard Hayter, Richard Charles, William Harrisson, Richard Rooley, Bill Coad, Ron Vallort, Ronald Jarnagin and current President Tim Wentz. Also, over the years many DLs have visited the Chapter.

Ø The Lebanese Chapter has strong relations with the “Order of Engineers and Architects” in Beirut, Lebanon, and an MOU has been signed between the two parties to ensure a continuous and a sustainable cooperation.

Ø The Lebanese Chapter is proud of its 5 ASHRAE Life Member: Mohamad Nour Adra, Elie M Baradhy, Aladin Fansa, Antoine H Khater and its Fellow Life Member Samir Traboulsi

Ø The Lebanese Chapter has many members who served the HVAC industry and the ASHRAE membership at the Region and the Society Levels, which is not limited to the following names:

o Dr. Samir Traboulsi, Region At Large DRC, DAL, and member of several Committees, Councils and Adhoc groups.

o Mr. Nohad Boudani, RMCR, ARC, RVC-SA and member of different Committees and Adhoc Groups.

o Mr. Antoine Dammous. o Mr. Mohammad Tassi as Distinguish Lecturer. o Dr. Michel Hayek, RVC-SA o Maya Ayoub as RAL Treasurer

Ø The Lebanese Chapter has participated in organizing international conferences in collaboration with ASHRAE and the American University of Beirut in 2014 and 2016.

PresidentElectTimWentz,MarshaWentz,Mr.&Mrs.Walid

Chakroun,NohadBoudani&DRCFarooqMehboob,Beirut2016

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TomPhoenix

(L-R)ASHRAEPresidentBillHarrison,Dr.SamirTraboulsiRALDRC,NohadBoudani,ChapterPresident&SandyMaalouf,ChapterSecretary

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PresidentElectTimWentzpresentingcertificatetoLebaneseChapterPresidentSalehELZein

Western India Chapter

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“ASHRAE Western India Chapter”

The Installation of the ASHRAE Western India Chapter was done by Mr Richard Hayter, ASHRAE President, on the 17th April, 1996.

In 2009-2010, the Western India Chapter of 240 members trifurcated into the Mumbai Chapter with 73 Members and the Pune Chapter with 116 Members, leaving the Western India Chapter to cover the State of Gujarat & Madhya Pradesh with 51 members.

L-RToprow:MrK.Ramachandran,MrKVJog,MrMukeshShah,MrMukundRanade,MrSRSrinivasan,MrSKMoorti,MrKRamu

L-RFrontrow:MrPankajDharkar,MrSukhdevMathaudhu,MrChaitanyaBhatt(Chapterpresident),MrRichardHayter,MrArvind

Surange,MrKLMaheshwari.


Formed: 17th April, 1996


Chapter Presidents

• ChaitanyaBhatt,1996-1998• ArvindGSurange,1998-1999• RajendrakumarCPatel,1999-2001• RameshPParanjpey,2001-2002• SudhirKSinha,2003-2004• MukundSudhakarRanade,2004-2005• AshokPPatel,2005-2006• KrishnanViswanath,2006-2007• KamaleshRMehta,2008-2009• ManojKKhati,2009-2010• SuhasDamodarDeshpande,2010-2011• YogeshHThakkar,2011-2012• ChetanRShah,2012-2013• AshishDShah,2013-2014• AshokPPatel,2014-2015• KamaleshRMehta,2015-2016• DhirendraNShukla,2016-2017

Western India Chapter

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Ø Student Chapter Installation by ASHRAE President,. Harley W. Goodman at Nirma Institute of Technology on 23rd November, 1999.

Ø Pankaj Dharkar received the RED RIBBON Award for Membership Promotion for ASHRAE W.I. Chapter,2003-2004, presented by ASHRAE W.I. Chapter President, S. K. Sinha.

Ø Live Demo. of Passive Cooling at Ahmedabad, March 2009. Ø MEGA Event “Synergy with Energy” at Ahmedabad, June 2009. Ø Organized ACREX 2010, along with ISHRAE Mumbai Chapter & newly carved ASHRAE

Mumbai Chapter. ACREX 2010 was endorsed for the first time outside North America by ASHRAE!

Ø Mr. Yogesh Thakkar, MP Chair, received Blue Ribbon Award for Highest Membership Growth in RAL for 2012-2013.

Ø Aakash Patel is selected as Leadership U participant for ASHRAE Winter Meeting in Dallas 2013.

Ø Pankaj Dharkar is awarded with Fellow Member Grade in 2014. Ø CRC at Spain History AWARD 2014-2015. The Chapter Historian was Vijay Panchal.

Key Milestones and Developments of Western India

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ChapterHistorianMr.VijayPanchalreceivingtheHistoryAward2014-15attheCRCinSpain2014.

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YogeshThakkar(MPChair)receivedtheBlueRibbonAwardforHighest

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Kuwait Chapter

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“ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter”

The Kuwait Chapter was one of the earlier Chapters to be established within the Region, on th 13th April 1996. The people who were instrumental in the formation of this Chapter were Prof. Walid Chakorun, Prof Moustafa Elsayed, Dr. Nawaf Al Mutawa, Dr. Asad Al Ebrahim and Dr. Sorous Alotaibi.

The Members of the Kuwait Chapter have been very active in ASHRAE, some for over 30 years. The most prominent member has been Prof. Walid Chakorun. He has held several Regional and Society positions

including RVC, SRC, DRC RAL, ASHRAE DAL and is currently Vice President of ASHRAE. He is recipient of the John F. James Award and Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Walid is an ASHRAE Fellow and has served on the Publication and Education council, CEC, and Planning committees.

Ali AlMutairi from Kuwait Chapter served as the treasurer of the region from 2008-2011. He worked on setting the first financial policy for the region.

The Chapter has most recently worked with the Kuwait Government and adapted ASHRAE Standard 90.2 to develop the ASHRAE Standard for Energy efficiency for Residential Buildings for Kuwait.

They have successfully hosted the 2009 RAL CRC.

The Chapter annually hosts the International Conference on Energy Research & Development for the last six years and organized a Forum on District Cooling with The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences in March 2016. They are also active in arranging Technical Seminars and Conferences and training courses regularly.

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Starting Membership: Current membership : 105 • 66 Members • 39 Students • 2 Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• ProfMoustafaMElsayed,1995-1997• ProfWalidChakroun,2001-2003• DrNawafKAl-Mutawa,2003-2005• DrAsadAl-Ebrahim,2005-2007• DrSorourAAlotaibi,2007-2009• DrNawafFAljuwayhel,2011-2013• DrNawafKAl-Mutawa,2013-2014• DrAsadAl-Ebrahim,2014-2015• DrSorourAAlotaibi,2015-2017

Hellenic Chapter

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“ASHRAE Hellenic Chapter”

The Hellenic Chapter’s charter was approved in 1999 by the Board of Directors of ASHRAE during the Annual Conference in Seattle, U.S.A. On April 16, 2000 the inaugural event of the Hellenic Chapter was held at a Central Hotel in Athens.

The Chapter has been established amongst others by the tireless efforts of Costas Balaras, Ioannis Papagrigorakis and Dimitris Charalambopoulos. The number of members in the petition of the chapter creation was around 55 and the society year closed successfully with 120 members.

The Hellenic Chapter in the last sixteen years has consistently and successfully organized a series of Technical Seminars and technical tours in related fields. Participation in the seminars has been increasing steadily and currently is around 220-250 engineers on average. During the last five years the Hellenic Chapter has been organizing the International Conferences “ENERGY in BUILDINGS” where more than 750 engineers register in every one of them. The conferences are also webcasted live and watched all over the world.

Since 2012, the Chapter annually holds the ASHRAE Certification Exams (BEAP, BEMP, CPMP, HBDP, HFDP and OPMP) in which more than 15 members from the Hellenic Chapter have been certified. The Hellenic Chapter publishes an electronic Newsletter, sent to over 3.500 recipients, and maintains the site (www.ashrae.gr) where the activities of the Chapter and its sponsors are listed.

Representatives of the Hellenic Chapter participate on ASHRAE’S Regional and Society Conferences.




Chapter Presidents

• PanagiotisMegaritis,2000-2001• DimitrisACharalambopoulos,2001-2003• JohnEPapagrigorakis,2003-2004• KonstantineDKostopoulos,2005-2006• KonstantinKoutsogiannis,2008-2009• DimitrisZAtsidaftis,2011-2012• DimitrisMantas,2012-2013• NickMeris,2013-2014• VasilikiGaliotou,2014-2015• VasileiosPParaskevopoulos,2015-2016• DrIoannaDeligkiozi,2016-2017

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BillBahnfleth,TimWentz,CostasBalaras,IoannaDeligkiozi,DavidUnderwood,DimitrisCharalambopoulos

amonstothers.

PresidentDavidUnderwoodinAthens

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PresidentBillBahnflethinAthens

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Ø In June 1999 the Hellenic Chapter was founder as Chapter #168. Ø The RAL CRC was held in Athens, Hellas, September 25-27, 2005. Ø In 2010, the Hellenic Chapter and ASHRAE started its collaboration on Certification,

Technical guides etc., with the Technical Chamber of Greece, which has more than 110,000 members. TEE and ASHRAE became Affiliated Societies in 2011.

Ø In February 13, 2014, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Hellenic Chapter and the Hellenic Navy was signed, uniting common goals for energy efficiency and indoor air quality.

Ø In October 13, 2012, the first International Conference “Energy in Buildings’’ was held. Since then the conference is held every consecutive year and is one of the permanent features of the Hellenic Chapter.

Ø In 2012, ASHRAE certifications exams (BEAP, BEMP, CPMP, HFDP, HBDP and OPMP) were held for the first time in Athens. Their acceptance from the Hellenic community of engineers gave the incentive to the Hellenic Chapter to organize them every year since then.

Ø In May 22-24, 2015 the International Conference “Environment & Energy in Ships’’ was co-organized for the first time with the Hellenic Navy, the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) and ASHRAE commencing a collaboration between ASHRAE and the Hellenic Navy.

Ø Acceptance of ASHRAE’s values and offerings has grown since the formation of the chapter and remains very high. Attendance in the seminars is typically over 200 participants, appealing to a wide variety of engineering disciplines in the audience.

Ø In 2016 the formation and charter of the Student Branch at University of Western Macedonia, Hellas was completed.

Key Milestones and Developments of the Hellenic Chapter

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“ASHRAE Bangalore Chapter”

The ASHRAE Bangalore Chapter (ABC), which started off as ASHRAE South India Chapter (ASIC) currently has a membership strength of 103 and is one of the most vibrant chapters in RAL.

ASHRAE South India Chapter was chartered in the year 1999 with membership strength of 53. The Founder President is Mr Roddam V Simha, who is currently a Fellow and Life member of ASHRAE.

Ashrae Bangalore Chapter has the distinction of having two Fellow members and three Life members to its credit.

ABC has two ASHRAE Fellows and carries out a lot of Technical Programs and has a very strong ties with the local ISHRAE Chapter. They strongly support ISHRAE in successfully carrying out one of the best expositions ACREX in India.

ABC also supports the local ISHRAE Chapter in their Certification Programs in the areas of Design, Service and Cleanrooms. These Certification Programs are targeted towards improving the quality of manpower and skill and raise the standards of the HVAC Industry.


Formed: 29th November, 1999


Chapter Presidents

• RoddamVSimha,1999-2000• NVaidyanathan,2000-2001• SrinivasanSankaran,2001-2002• DNirmalRam,2003-2003• PankajJShah,2003-2004• HaridasUppath,2005-2006• VijayakumarAcharUdyavar,2007-2008• DeepaSathiaram,2008-2009• SPrasannaKumar,2009-2010• TarikereNGurumurthy,2010-2011• BhagavanSrinivasan,2011-2012• SatishNIyengar,Sr,2012-2013• SevalVVenkatachalam,2013-2014• TanjoreHariRao,2014-2015• CSubramaniam,2015-2016• PandimuraliAyyaluraj,2016-2017

Sri Lanka Chapter

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“ASHRAE Sri Lanka Chapter”

In the known history, there have been ASHRAE members from Sri Lanka, since the late 1960’s. A first attempt made to form an ASHRAE Sri Lanka Chapter in 1990 by these few members had not been successful.

However, with the communication initiated by Pandukabhaya Amarasinghe in April 2001, with Sameer Traboulsi, the Chairman Sub Region A of RAL, the proposal to establish a Chapter was successful. As a result, three ASHRAE members from Sri Lanka, consisting of Pandukabhaya Amarasinghe, Wasantha Kumara and JDK Jayatilleke, were invited to participate in the Taiwan CRC, as observers, in September 2001.

Thereafter, with the efforts of Pandu Amarasinghe and Chandana Dalugoda, more than 50 active members were gathered, and when Sameer Traboulsi made his visit on the 18th October 2001, the chapter was unofficially formed.

Late Mr. Yaseen Marikkar, one of the senior members, was elected as the President. Late Mr. Jayampathi O. Yatawara was elected as the President Elect. S.P.Franklin Silva, Wijitha Perera, Pandukabhaya Amarasinghe and G.H. Wasantha Kumara were elected as Vice Presidents. Chandana N. Dalugoda was elected as the Secretary and Nihal Nanayakkara as the Treasurer.

Subsequently, the Official Chartering ceremony was held on the 5th February 2002 with the Society President William J. Coad officiating the chartering process, while Sameer Traboulsi was the guest of honour who was instrumental in forming the chapter.

AttheCharteringCeremonyoftheSriLankaChapter


Formed: 5th Feb, 2002


Chapter Presidents

• YaseenMarikkar,2002-2003• M.N.Nanayakkara,2003-2004• ChandanaNilhanDalugoda,2004-2005• PandukabhayaAmarasinghe,2005-2006• KumaraWasanthaGHewage,2006-2007• WimalachandraJayakody,2007-2008• PiyasiriKalubowila,2008-2009• JAHughCDeSaram,2009-2010• M.N.Nanayakkara,2010-2011• ChandanaNilhanDalugoda,2011-2012• WimalachandraJayakody,2012-2013• PandukabhayaAmarasinghe,2013-2014• WimalaGoonaratne,2014-2015• KapilaRodrigo,2015-2016• PiyasiriKalubowila,2016-2017

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ofMoratuwa-2010 StudentBranchCharteringCeremonyatHNDE

-2010

MembersParticipatedatInaugurationCeremonyoftheSriLankaChapter-2002

Ø Richard Rooley (UK) Award for best participation for CRC, 2005 (Dubai), 2007 (Goa, India), 2008 (Portugal) and 2009 (Kuwait). This is an award determined by first ever ASHRAE Society President outside USA as a mark of encouragement for CRC participation.

Ø Holding of CRC in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the year 2012 for the first time.

Ø Formation of Student chapters at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in the year 2010 and at the Institute of Higher National Diploma in Engineering at Mattakkuliya, Sri Lanka in the year 2010

Ø Visit from the first late lady President, Lynn Bellenger, of ASHRAE in the year 2011

Ø Sri Lankan member Chandana Nilhan Dalugoda was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the period from 1st July 2011 for a period of two years. He was the first Sri Lankan member to achieve this feat. He was re-selected as a DL for the second time from 1st July 2016 for a period of two years.

Ø Won the GOLD RIBBON award 2014-2015 and Presidential Award of Excellence 2014-2015

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KapilaRodrigowithDRCFarooqMehoobandPresidentDavidUnderwoodattheCRCIstanbul2015

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“ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter”

The ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter was petitioned at the 1st RAL CRC in Reading UK. Mr. Farooq Mehboob travelled to the UK and handed the petition to President Don Colliver.

The Chartering Ceremony was held at the Avari Towers, Karachi, in September, 2003. Members of the Pakistan HVACR Society alongwith leading personalities from the HVACR Industry were present.

Mr. Ainul Abedin was inducted as the founder President of the ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter. The other members of the Board were: Mr. Farooq Mehboob, Mr. Fahim Siddiqui, Mr. Muhammad Abbas Sajid, Mr. Lawrence Harrison, Mr. Fahim Khan and Mr. Farhan Mehboob.

A media campaign on Print and Electronic Media was launched to promote ASHRAE and the Pakistan Chapter in Pakistan. Mr. Richard Rooley, the then President of ASHRAE, and his wife Ruth, had come to Karachi for the Chartering of the Pakistan Chapter of ASHRAE. Such was the celebrity status of the Rooleys that the Chapter accepted substantial contribution from people who wanted to have their pictures taken with them. Mr. Sameer Traboulsi the then DRC of RAL had also accompanied the ASHRAE President to this ceremony. After the formal Chartering and Oath Taking of the ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter a grand dinner was hosted followed by a Variety program featuring some leading artists of Pakistan showing off the rich culture of the land. The Pakistan Chapter members have served ASHRAE in many positions including RVC, SRC, ARC, DRC etc. The Chapter collaborates with the Pakistan HVACR Society for holding conferences alongside the Annual Expo of the PHVACR Society.

(LtoR):FarooqMehboob,SamirTraboulsi,RichardRooley,RuthRooley,MrsAbedin,Mr.AinulAbedin




Chapter Presidents

• AinulAbedin,2003-2004

• FarooqMehboob,2004-2005

• FahimISiddiqui,2005-2006

• MohammadASajid,2006-2007

• AnwarSaadat,2007-2008

• FarhanAdilMehboob,2008-2009

• YousufHasan,2009-2010

• TajammulHusayn,2010-2012

• SyedNusratJawaid,2012-2013

• KhalidGulzar,2013-2014

• KhawajaKhalidIqbal,2014-2015

• NoorAfzal,2015-2016

• FahadHasan,2016-2017

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Ø Richard Rooley Award for best participation in a CRC, 2004(Delhi), 2014 (Madrid) and 2015 (Istanbul).

Ø Formation of Eight Student chapters to date. Ø The Chapter has two ASHRAE Fellow Members, Ainul Abedin and Farooq Mehboob. Ø Ainul Abedin is also recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Ø Farooq Mehboob served as RVC CTTC, Chair CTTC, SRC for Sub Region C, later being

elected as ARC and Director and Regional Chair for Region At Large, 2014-2017. Ø Sajid Abbas became Sub Regional Chair C, for 2014-2017. Ø Farhan Mehboob was RVC CTTC for 2014-2016. Ø Presidential Visits included Richard Rooley, thrice; Ron Jarnagin, twice; Ron Vallort, twice; and

David Underwood. Ø Visits from distinguished lecturers including Ron Jarnagin, Victor Goldsmith, Jim Vallort, and

Mitchell Swann to name a few.

Key Milestones and Developments of the Pakistan Chapter

PresidentUnderwood’svisittoKarachi,March2016

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“ASHRAE Falcon Chapter”

In the known history of this region, we have had Professional Engineers who joined ASHRAE membership since 1975. However, this region did not have any formal chapter in those days as the region was not developed and much of it remained as empty sand dunes. Later in the years when Oil started bringing money to the region, the construction industry started to pick up. This movement generated the requirement of professionals in the field of HVAC as Cooling is an inevitable part of any building design in the region. In the year 2003, some of the engineering professionals who were members of ASHRAE decided to

take the lead and establish a local chapter to provide support to HVAC engineers in the region. As the region was still in the early developing stage, this chapter was formed to provide technical and professional support to Mechanical Engineers in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

The Founding members of the chapter are Mr. Basam Al Elassad, Mr. Vijay Kumar, Mr. Bassel Anbari, Mr. Girish Hira and Mr. Mohsen Abu Naga. The chapter was inaugurated on December 7th, 2003 by Mr. Samir Traboulsi, the then RAL DRC who supported the whole idea. The chapter was named “Emirates Falcon Chapter”.

We are all familiar with the rest of the history; the gulf regions drew unprecedented growth in wealth and construction activity and eventually Qatar and Bahrain developed their own local Chapters and Emirates Falcon Chapter became ASHRAE Falcon Chapter to serve engineering professionals in UAE. Falcon Chapter still supports engineering professionals in Oman as Oman does not have a local chapter yet. Falcon Chapter became a very important player in the field of HVAC, Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency. ASHRAE Falcon Chapter is currently involved with various Ministries, ESMA, MOEW, UNEP, UNIDO and other International Bodies. ASHRAE Falcon Chapter plays an integral part in assisting these bodies in organising International Conferences in UAE.

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Chapter Presidents

• Bassam R. Elassaad, 2003-2005 • Bassel Anbary, 2005-2007 • Girish Hiranandani, 2007-2008 • Yousef Al Shaer, 2008-2010 • Prashanth Bindiganavile, 2010-2011 • Ahmed Alaa Eldin, 2011-2013 • Rami Alkhalil, 2013-2014 • Ibrahim Sidawi, 2014-2015 • Ebrahim Alhajiri, 2015-2017


Formed: 7th December, 2003


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Key Milestones and Developments of Falcon Chapter, UAE.

Ø The Chapter hosted a Seminar on Indoor Building Quality and attracted a record of 240 ASHRAE members and friends.

Ø Falcon Chapter held its first RAL CRC in Dubai in the year 2006 from November 1-3. Ø Formed Student Chapter in BITS Pilani, Dubai in 2009. Ø Formed Student Chapter in Manipal University in 2010. Ø The Chapter held the RAL CRC in Abu Dhabi on 21st and 22nd September, 2011. Ø Formed Student Chapter in Sultan Qaboos University in 2013. Ø Regional Symposium on Alternative Refrigerants for High-Ambient Countries was held in Dubai

on 28th and 29th October 2014 in co-ordination with United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Ø In reference to the above Symposium a MOU was signed between FALCON Chapter and Emirates Authority for Standardization & Metrology (ESMA) on 29th October 2014.

Ø Successfully conducted HVAC Design Courses in 2014 & 2015. This course usually attracts candidates from all the Middle East and even as far as Australia.

Ø The Chapter received Golden Ribbon for History Award during 2015 CRC held in Istanbul. Ø The Chapter hosted BACnet Global Roadshow in Abu Dhabi on2nd June, 2015. Ø The Chapter held Energy Modelling Best Practices Course on 5th May, 2015 in Dubai. Ø Former Society president William Bahnfleth presented a Lecture on Chilled Water Systems to

University Students in April, 2015. Ø Formed Student Chapter in Rochester Institute of Technology in 2015, A MOU was signed

between RIT and ASHRAE Falcon Chapter to provide special fees for ASHRAE members. Ø Regional Technical Seminar on Codes and Standards in relation to Montreal Protocol was held on

27th and 28th October 2015 in Dubai in co-ordination with UNEP. Ø Technical Forum on Research Projects for Alternative Refrigerants in High Ambient Countries

was held on 31st October 2015 in Dubai in co-ordination with UNEP. Ø The Chapter actively assisted UNEP on the Twenty Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer which was held from 1-5th November 2015.

Ø Initiated a Student Chapter in MASDAR in 2015. Ø Initiated a Student Chapter in RIT, Dubai in 2016.

(L-R):DRCFarooqMehboob,Dr.AlHajri,PresidentElect,TimWentzandDr.Alaa,inDubai,March2016

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“ASHRAE Danube Chapter”

The Danube Chapter held its chartering ceremony on April 8, 2005 and was the second ASHRAE chapter in Sub Region B. ASHRAE President Ron Vallort and Sub Region B Chair, Costas Balaras, were present at the event.

The headquarters of the Danube Chapter is the University of Timisoara, Romania. Initially, there were 51 members from Bulgaria, Croatia, FYROM, Hungary, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, and Slovenia.

The Chapter has no country flag, as it consists of group of members from 13 countries (Albania, Austria, B&H, Bulgaria, Checz, Croatia, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia) surrounding the beautiful blue Danube; the flag is therefore represented by a map. Several of these countries have National HVAC or similar energy related organizations and successfully participate in ASSA.

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Afterinstallationceremonyin2005inTimisoara,Romania




Chapter Presidents

• FloreaN.Chiriac(RO),2005-2007• AdreanRetezan(RO).2007-2008• ZivojinBPerisic(SRB),2008-2009• ProfRobertGavriliuc(RO),2009-2010• BratislavDBlagojevic(SRB),2010-2011• IoanBojan(RO),2011-2012• ProfMiloradLjBojic(SRB),2012-2013• GratielaMariaTarlea(RO),2013-2014• DrMarijaSTodorovic(SRB),2014-2015• LiviuGeoDrughean(RO),2015-2016• DrZoltanMagyar(HU),2016-2017

Danube Chapter Countries

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PresidentLynG.BellengerwithASHRAEmembersBelgradeHVACCongress&Exhibition,SInaiaCastellConf.Venue

Ø The Danube Chapter is actively involved in ASHRAE and International Organizations as IIR, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, to name a few.

Ø Annual Meetings are organized every year during the A.I.I.R. Romanian Association of Installations Engineers Conference in Romania, Timisoara. Every year, conferences are also held in Romania and Sinaia.

Ø 10 Years Anniversary celebration was in Sinaia in 2015, during the Jubilee Conference on “The Installation For Building And The Ambient Comfort” organized by the A.I.I.R. Romanian Association of Installations Engineers.

Ø The Chapter members are active contributors in the successful organization of 10 (from 36th-46th) HVAC Congresses & Exhibition in Belgrade, with the Serbian HVAC (KGH/SMEITS) Association as main organizer.

Ø In 2010, HVAC Congress & Exhibition started a Special Program for Students & YEA combined with Professional Development & Industry Enforcing Promotion Program.

Ø There are 7 Student Branches in the Chapter. First two were founded in Serbia at the University of Kragujevac 2008, and University of Novi Sad 2009. Others are the Universities of Belgrade & Nis, Serbia and the University of Bucharest, Romania. Branches in Belgrade and Novi Sad are very active in ASHRAE student design competitions, particularly ISBD category.

Ø ST. Branch University of Novi Sad, ASHRAE ISBD Student Competition 4th place (Rising star) 2010-11; and in the same category 2nd place 2012; ASHRAE Grant-in-Aid and added distinction of being named the 2011-2012 ASHARE Life Member Club Grant as a best project proposal in 2011-12; ASHRAE Undergraduate Senior Project Grant Program Air Heating Solar Collector from Recycled Materials, 2013/14.

Ø ST. Branch University of Belgrade - ASHRAE ISBD Student Competition 2nd place, 2013. Ø B.B. Todorovic : Best Paper Award (Branislav B. Todorovic and D. Curcija for “Calculative

Procedure for Estimating Cooling Loads Influenced by Window Shading, Using Negative Cooling Load Method); International Activity Award 1992; Distinguished Service Award 1995; ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, 2004 – 2010; Recognition of continuous Support to the Hellenic Chapter, 2000; E. C. Campbell Award of Merit 2002. Also, a member of several ASHRAE committees.

Ø M.S. Todorovic : Technical Activities Committee, Member/Section 7 Head 2016-2020; Publications Committee, Member, 2013-2016; TC 6.7. Solar Energy Utilization Chair, 2013-2015; Honors And Awards Committee, Member, 07/01/2010-2013; Student Activities Committee, Region RAL/Regional Vice Chair, 2008-2010; A-Developing Economies Presidential Ad Hoc Committee, member, 2013-2015; Lecturer in “Efficiency and Sustainability of Buildings - Design and Calculation Tools, UNESCO–ENEA, E-learning Program, 2006/2007; REHVA elected Fellow 2010; WAAS (World Academy of Art and Science) elected Fellow, 2009.

Ø ASHRAE Fellow Members : Todorovic, B.B. 1987, Serbia, Rákóczy, T. 1997, Germany, Perisic, Z.B. 1999, Serbia, Novak, P. 1999, Slovenia, Chiriac, F. 2006, Romania, Todorovic, S. M. 2009, Serbia, Magyar, Z. 2016, Hungary, Petraš, Dušan. 2014, Slovakia.

Ø ASHRAE Presidential visits: Ronald P. Vallort, 2005, Terry Townsend, 2006, Lee W. Burgett, 2007, William A. Harrison, 2008, Gordon V. R. Holness, 2009, Lynn G. Bellenger, 2010, Ronald Jarnagan, 2011, Thomas Watson, 2012, William P. Bahnfleth, 2013, David Underwood, 2015.

Key Milestones and Developments of the Danube Chapter

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“ASHRAE Portugal Chapter”

The Portugal Chapter was chartered on the 14th June, 2005, in Lisbon, by the President of ASHRAE, Ron Vallort, and President of ADR-AR(B), Costas Balaras. The constitution of Portugal as Chapter Society Nonprofit took place later, in the first half of 2006, with the creation of the Association for the Promotion and Development of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration”.

The Portuguese Chapter has had the privilege of hosting a CRC in October 2008 which was a tremendously successful event.

The Portugal Chapter regularly conducts programs not only for members but also for the industry in general.

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Formed: 14th June, 2005


Chapter Presidents

• LuisMalheiro,2005-2007• ProfJorgeASaraiva,2007-2008• FernandoBrito,2008-2010• ErnestoFPeixeiroRamos,2010-2012• DrEduardoABMaldonado,2012-2013• SerafinRGrana,Eng,2013-2014• AntonioCPelaez,2014-2015• IsabelGSarmento,2015-2016• DrMiguelCaviqueSantos,2016-2017

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13thAirConditioningSeminarfocusedonEnergyEfficiencyofHVACsystems

Ø September 2005, Technical sessions on the topic "Using simulation tools" with a total of 154 participants.

Ø October 2005, Technical Session presentation CADvent utility for tracing behaviors with a total of 22 participants.

Ø October 2005, Seminar on HVAC in Lisbon on the topics of Ventilation Efficiency, Indoor Air Quality and Maintenance with a total of 130 participants.

Ø February 2006, Chapter Seminar Ø July 2006, Ventilation and Air Quality Seminar Ø May 2007, Application of natural ventilation in buildings and mixed Seminar Ø November 2007, Air Conditioning Seminar dedicated to new regulation on Energy Efficiency

and other HVAC topics. Ø October 12 - 15th 2008, CRC Lisbon at Sana Lisboa Hotel. Ø October 2008, 8th Air Conditioning Seminar Ø October 2009, 9th Air Conditioning Seminar dedicated, among other topics, to Smoke

Control in Buildings, Energy Savings in HVAC and Low temperature Heating and High temperature Cooling.

Ø October 2010, 10th Air Conditioning Seminar electing the Schools as the major topic of debate, namely HVAC Design; Maintenance and Operation, IAQ and Lighting.

Ø October 2011, 11th Air Conditioning Seminar dedicated mainly to the discussion of the European Policies determining that in the time frame of 2018/20 the new buildings should be designed towards the NZEB1 concept.

Ø October 2012, Fundação Champalimaud1 Seminar – HVAC Case Study Presentation and Visit to the Technical Areas, with a total of 25 participant.

Ø October 2012, 12th Air Conditioning Seminar focused on the Refurbishment of buildings and the impact and strategies related with HVAC design; energy efficiency and Indoor Air Quality and their relation with the Architecture point of vie.

Ø March 2013, Air Conditioning in Hospitals Seminar: 80 participant Ø June 2013, Data Centers Air Conditioning Seminar – Discussion of different topics and Visit

to the Technical Areas with a total of 50 participants. Ø October 2013, 13th Air Conditioning Seminar focused on energy efficiency in HVAC systems:

Design; Construction and Operation of Energy Efficient HVAC systems: 150 participants. Ø March 2014, ASHRAE Conference dedicated to Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency

integration in buildings: 200 participants. Participation of ASHRAE President, William P. “Bill” Bahnfleth.

Key Milestones and Developments of Portugal

Northern Pakistan Chapter

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“ASHRAE Northern Pakistan Chapter”

Mr. Mubesher Ahmad, currently President of the Pakistan HVACR Society was the driving force behind the creation of the ASHRAE Northern Chapter in Pakistan.

In early 2005, he approached Mr. Farooq Mehboob to commence activities leading to the creation of the Northern Pakistan Chapter. Mr. Farooq Mehboob set up a Steering Committee comprising of Engr. Fahim A. Khan, Chairman, Mr. Lawrence Harrison, Vice Chairman, Mr. Azim Ashraf, Secretary, Mr. Arshad S. Sheikh, Treasurer, Mr. M. Ashraf, Member and Mr. Mubesher Ahmad, Member. On June 14, 2005, Mubesher Ahmed handed over to Farooq Mehboob a petition signed by 52 members for forwarding to Society.

The ASHRAE Board of Directors approved the Charter in the Annual Summer Meeting in June 2005. ASHRAE President, Mr. Richard Rooley, chartered the Chapter on March 15, 2006 with a grand event held at the Serena Hotel Islamabad.

On July 18, 2005 the first meeting of the Steering Committee was held at Islamabad, where a Nominating Committee was formed. The Committee also reviewed and adopted the Chapter bylaws as per ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter. The 1st Chapter meeting was held on 1st September 2005, at the Islamabad Hotel, chaired by Mr. Arshad S. Sheikh and 24 members participated. The 1st Officers installation ceremony was held at the Serena Hotel, Islamabad on December 16th, 2006 where Mr. Mubesher Ahmad was elected Chapter President for 2006-2007.

The Chapter has a long record hosting hugely successful family get togethers and training programs. The ASHRAE Northern Pakistan Chapter collaborate with the Pakistan HVACR Society for holding an Annual Conference alongside the Annual expo of the Society.

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Chapter Presidents

• ArshadS.Sheikh,2005-2006• MubesherAhmad,2006-2007• LawrenceHarison,2007-2008• Engr.FahimA.Khan,2008-2009• SaeedA.Khan,2009-2010• AtherN.Siddiqui,2010-2011• PervezIqbal,2011-2012• SarfrazAhmad,2012-2013• NaseerAhmad,2013-2014• MohammadArifAzhar,2014-2015• MohammadNadeemZuberi,2015-2016• MohammadRiazBaig,2016-2017

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Ø Richard Rooley Award for best participation in a CRC, 2004(Delhi), 2014 (Madrid) and 2015 (Istanbul).

Ø Formation of Sixteen Student chapters to date, the largest number of Student branches in RAL. Ø Arshad Sheikh achieves ASHRAE Fellowship Award. Ø Ather Naseem Siddiqui receives the Student Activities Achievement Award, which recognizes

a chapter Student Activities Committee chair for service related to the goals and growth of student activities. He wins this awards twice, in 2013 and 2016.

Ø Naseer Ahmed elected as RVC MP from 2014-2017. Ø Presidential Visits included Richard Rooley, thrice; Ron Jarnagin, twice; Ron Vallort, twice; and

David Underwood.

Key Milestones and Developments of the Northern Pakistan Chapter

Bahrain Chapter

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“ASHRAE Bahrain Chapter”

Before the formation of ASHRAE Bahrain Chapter, the ASHRAE members in Bahrain were facilitated by the Falcon Chapter, Dubai. Their emails related to seminars and other activities were a constant source of inspiration to establish a Chapter in Bahrain.

For this purpose, in March 2006, Mr. Tariq Malik traveled to Dubai to attend a seminar and to discuss with Mr. Bassel Anbari, then Falcon Chapter President, the possibility of forming an ASHRAE Chapter in Bahrain.

Mr. Bassel Anbari was pleased and encouraged the idea. He arranged a meeting with Mr. Ayman Altonany, Program Officer UNEP Bahrain, where initiating members met and formed a steering committee. The members of the steering committee were Mr. Tariq Malik, Mr. Ayman Altonany, Mr. Bader Salmein, Mr. Alan Millin and Mr. Gareth Brown.

The steering worked hard under the guidance of Samir Traboulsi – then Director and Regional Chair, Region-at-Large; Dr. Walid Chakroun - then Sub-Region-A Chair; Bassel Anbari - then President ASHRAE Falcon Chapter; Jeanie Kirksey - Regional Activities Coordinator at ASHRAE headquarters and the support of fellow engineers in Bahrain to make this dream come true.

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Formed:28thJune,2006

StartingMembership:

Currentmembership:70• 35Members• 35Students• NoStudentBranches

Chapter Presidents

• TariqMalik,2006-2009• BaderYSalmeen,2009-2010• AymanTahaHusseinEltalouny,2010-

2011• ShawqiA.RasoolEbrahim,2011-2012• TariqMalik,2012-2017

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“ASHRAE Spain Chapter”

The ASHRAE Spain Chapter was founded in 2007 with the efforts of Mr. Francisco Mari-Pino Garcia, Enrique Yotti and Adolfo Sanz to name a few. President Kent Peterson and RAL DRC Samir Traboulsi were at the Chartering Ceremony held in Madrid.

The Chapter has grown to a healthy 185 member group.

The chapter was honoured to host and successfully organized the 13th RAL CRC in Madrid in 2014.

BillBahnfleth(center)&AdolfoSanz(R),2015 TheSpanishChapterattheRALCRC2014.ChapterPresidentEnriqueYottiseeninthemiddle.

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Starting Membership: Current membership : 185 • 184 Members • 1 Students • No Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• FranciscoMari-PinoGarcia,2007-2008• NicolasGomezGil,Sr,2008-2009• RafaelUrculo,2009-2010• DrAlejandroCabetas,2010-2011• EnriqueYotti,Sr,2011-2014• AdolfoSanzIzquierdo,Sr,2014-2015• AntonioM.Tabasco,2015-2016• AndresJSepúlveda,2016-2017

Qatar Oryx Chapter

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“ASHRAE Qatar Oryx Chapter”

The Qatar Oryx Chapter saw the light in late 2007. It is soon to celebrate a decade of its existence.

The Chapter received its name and first BOG on December 10, 2007 after the initiative of Mr. Imad Mobayed and Mr. David Brown, Mr. Hassan Sultan, Mr. Hani Hawamdeh, Mr. Kamal Taj, and Mr. Subrata Kar.

The first BOG team members were not only the founders of the Chapter, but have proven to be mentors and visionaries, essential to the Chapter’s guidance towards its own subsistence.

The Chapter has developed to become an innovative and adaptive group that interacts with the local Qatari Engineering Community and organizations. It is also constantly adapting to a changing Expat Engineering Community ensuring that every incoming member is welcomed and introduced to the local community, and keeps his ties after he leaves. This is achieved by extensive personal communication, backed by the creation of the website launched in 2011, www.ashraeqatar.org. The website makes available information related to technical seminars, a newsletter, social events, technical support and job information.

In 2016, the Chapter began to develop its own Oryx Application where chats between ASHRAE members are made available, and notifications of seminars and new papers on the website reach all members instantaneously.

The Chapter has been socially active throughout, combining the ASHRAE’s bylaws as main guidelines and the cultural nature of its people.

The Oryx Chapter has been consistent in organizing regular monthly innovative Technical Seminars, with local and international speakers. This has enabled them to maintain connections with the engineering community and local suppliers of major HVAC and Refrigeration companies, ensuring their innovations are properly and technically introduced to the local engineering companies.



Starting Membership: Current membership : 327 • 297 Members • 30 Students • 1 Student Branch

Chapter Presidents

• KamalUddinTaj,2008-2009• DavidHBrown,2009-2010• RamizMGabrial,2010-2011• HassanAliSultan,2011-2013• HaniAHawamdeh,2013-2014• MrKinanYFahs,2014-2016• MrFadiIssamAbouJamra,2016-

2017

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The chapter has endorsed and is active in seminars and many expositions related to HVAC and Refrigeration in Qatar, namely CHIRVI.

The Oryx Chapter has contributed at Regional and Society Level.

It has hosted all of the Society’s Presidents since its establishment.

The Oryx Chapter successfully hosted the CRC in 2013.

It has also hosted many International Conferences including the first “International Conference on Energy and Environment for Hot Climates” conference, that has chosen Qatar again as its location in 2017. The Chapter is equally active in its participation in International Conferences in the US and Europe.

It has built ties with Qatar’s Society of Engineers, Qatar Foundation’s QEERI, Lead and GORD as well as other local engineering authorities; the capital’s municipality and Water and Electricity ministry Kahramaa.

In 2016 it has tied up with some local and International universities, such as Qatar University, and the College of North Atlantic to form a Student Chapter.

The chapter also developed the K12 program with local and international community schools which promotes engineering as a potential career for students.

This young chapter in a young country has proven to be of extreme potential growth capable of not only coping with present challenges but also being a leader forging the path to sustainable future in a country with extraordinary potential.

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Chennai Chapter

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“ASHRAE Chennai Chapter”

The ASHRAE Chennai Chapter was officially born on the 22nd of June 2009 after being approved at the Members Council Meeting at Louisville KY.

Some instrumental people in the formation of the Chaptet were SR Valluri, RV Simha, Deepa Sathiaram, Kamalendra Singh, Sayani Haribabu.

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TheCharteringCeremonyoftheChennaiChapter


Formed: 22nd June, 2009


Chapter Presidents

• S.R.Valluri,,2009-2010• KamlendraSingh,2010-2011• SriramSubramaniam,2011-2012• VenkataramaniSridhar,2012-2013• GunasekaranRaju,2013-2014• SayaniSriHaribabu,2014-2015• RajagopalSaravanan,2015-2016• ProfPrakashMMaiya,2016-2017

Ø Chapter Members regularly attend the RAL CRC. Ø Mr. Varadhan Seshadri is the only Life Member. Ø Mr. R. Vidhyanathan is the only Fellow Member. Ø The Chapter regularly conducts DL programs. In the year 2013 -2014, ASHRAE President,

William P. “Bill” Bahnfleth, visited the Chapter and conducted a DL program.

Key Milestones and Developments of Chennai Chapter

Pune Chapter

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“ ASHRAE Pune Chapter ”

The Pune chapter was chartered on 25th October 2009. ASHRAE President, late Lynn Bellenger installed the first BOG on 6th January 2010. She also made excellent presentation on ASHRAE & Green Buildings.

The key persons who were instrumental in formation of Pune chapter are Mr. K.V. Jog, Mr. Anand Joshi, Mr. Ashish Kadam, Mr. Sanjay Phadke, Mr. Rahul Pabalkar, Mr. Jayant Joshi, Mr. Shailesh Phatak & Mr. R.S. Kulkarni.

Mr. K. V. Jog, the founder Chapter President set a solid foundation for the ASHRAE Pune chapter.

The Chapter has one Life Member, Mr. K. V. Jog, three Fellow Life Members, Mr. R. S. Kulkarni, Mr. R.P. Paranjpey & Mr. Atma Advani, and two Fellow members, Mr. Arvind Surange and Mr. Mukund Ranade.

Fellow Life Member Mr. R. P. Paranjpey is on Refrigeration Hand Book Committee and Fellow member Mr. Arvind Surange is on Refrigeration Committee.

The BOG and committee chairs consist of members from various fields like consultants, contractors, manufacturers and manufacturers’ representatives, service providers etc.

The Chapter has long term association with various likeminded associations, and continues to work to strengthen these bonds & work more closely with them.

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Formed: 25th October, 2009


Chapter Presidents

• KrishnaVJog,2009-2010• AshishDKadam,2010-2011• RavindraSKulkarni,2011-2012• SanjaySPhadke,Eng,2012-2013• JayantJoshi,2013-2014• ShaileshGPhatak,2014-2015• RahulAPabalkar,2015-2016• RajanMPatne,2016-2017

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Mr.JayantJoshireceivingtheBlueRibbonAwardfromASHRAEPresidentRon

JarnaginatCRC2011

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CRC2012

InstallationofBOGInstallationCeremony2016IIARPresidentasChiefGuestforPARC2011

Ø Senior Undergraduate Project Grant Program titled, “Design, Development and performance analysis of Solar Powered Solid Adsorption Refrigeration System with Composite Adsorbent for Indian Tropical Conditions,” was approved for funding for $2620.

Ø ASHRAE's Senior Undergraduate Project Grant Program titled, “Design and development of thermoelectric refrigerator for educational purpose,” was approved for funding for $2325.

Ø Service Awards to those who has completed 25 years of service in HVACR Ø Every year the Chapter conducts its flagship program PARC i.e. Pune Air Conditioning and

Refrigeration Conference. Ø Chapter received Blue Ribbon award 2010-11 Ø Chapter received Presidential Award of Excellence 2010-11 & 2011-12 Ø Chapter received Honor Roll Investor and R P Full Circle award 2013-14 & 2014-15 Ø Chapter received Certificate of Achievement for Exceeding RP Goal 2014-15 ($ 2001) Ø Chapter received Gold ribbon for History award 2014-15. Ø

Key Milestones and Developments of Pune

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Nigeria Chapter

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“ASHRAE Nigeria Chapter”

On the 23rd of March, 2010, history was made as the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Airconditioning Engineers, ASHRAE, Nigeria Chapter was officially inaugurated. ASHRAE Nigeria, with 124 professionals, had the singular honour of being chartered by Dr. Walid Chakrun via Skype and this remains a major signpost in the annals of the Society.

In line with the objectives of the founding fathers of ASHRAE, over a 100 years ago, the Nigerian chapter is driven by the desire to raise the standards of HVAC industry locally through continuous education and learning via e-learning, seminars, technical workshops and journals. Our members are drawn from different parts of Nigeria.

The work of the steering committee which received the Society Nominating Committee’s approval on the 17th of October, 2009 and its subsequent formation in 2010, remains a testimony to the visionary leadership of the President of the Charter Committee, Engineer Babatunde A. Badru and the other distinguished members of the committee.

The history of ASHRAE Nigeria would be incomplete without a mention of the President of the Steering Committee, Babatunde A. Badru and other distinguished members of the Steering committee, local and international.

Badru has to his credit, the approval of the formation of the ASHRAE Nigeria by the Society Nominating Committee. Subsequently, after the inauguration he emerged as the Charter President in 2010. The first set of executives was made up of the following members: Babatunde A. Badru, President, Kehinde O. O.,President-elect, Daramola O. Sesan, vice President, Devendra Munot, Secretary, E. O. Olabiran, Member BOG and Olufemi Olatunji, Member BOG.

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Formed: 25th October, 2009

Starting Membership: 124 Current Membership : 208 • 91 Members • 117 Students • 2 Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• BabatundeAgboolaBadru,2009-2011• OlaniyiOlaboyejoKehinde,2012-2014• OluwasesanODaramola,2014-2016• EzekielABakare,2016-2017

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Ø Received the trophy for the largest number of delegates to Cairo in Region-at-Large, RAL, Chapter Regional Conference, CRC and Abu Dhabi in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Ø The Inauguration of the first students’ branch with the University of Lagos chartered, 2011 Ø Laying the foundation for the Ghana and Abuja sections respectively, 2011-2012 Ø Collaborated with SON, Standards Organization of Nigeria, on projects and idea-sharing,

2014-2015 Ø Engendered stronger working ties with NIA (Nigeria Institute of Architects), Lagos branch and

the NIQS (Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors), Lagos Chapter, 2014-2015 Ø The conferment of the LB Award on Ezekiel Bakare by Presidential Member, Ron Jarnagin,

2014-2015. Ø Approval of FUNAAB students’ branch, 2014-2015 Ø Ogundeko Ibrahim won the Young Engineers in ASHRAE, YEA scholarship on HVAC

design fundamentals in Dubai who later became the first-ever YEA chair, 2014-2015 Ø A University of Lagos, Mechanical engineering student got a $5000 project grant, 2014-2015 Ø A young Nigerian won a Project Grant. Ø Ezekiel A Bakare awarded the Lincoln Bouillon Award in 2014 from ASHRAE President,

William P. "Bill" Bahnfleth at the Annual Society conference in Seattle, Washington.

Key Milestones and Developments of Nigeria

Mumbai Chapter

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“ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter”

In 1997, the ASHRAE Western India Chapter saw a considerable increase in its membership number after the success of its first major event, a One Day Seminar on Air-Conditioning for Health Care Facilities.

Considering the vast geographical spread of the Chapter, and, the fact that Membership was equally divided between the three major Cities, the BOG used to meet at the three Cities, by rotation, every month. Conducting programs at the three locations on a regular basis was also proving to be a challenge. By around 2004, the Membership Growth had begun to plateau. Chapter Operations were also proving to be difficult due to the logistics of having the BOG members spread over three different locations.

In 2007, when Lebanon, which was to host the CRC had to pull out due to the unfortunate break-out of war, Mr Samir Traboulsi, the then DRC of RAL, requested ASHRAE Western India Chapter to host the CRC. The CRC was a resounding success, considering the fact there was just six months’ time in which all preparations had to be done, starting from scratch.

It was during this CRC, that Sudhir Sinha was appointed as SRC for our Region. Under his Leadership, the Chapter took a long hard look at the way it was conducting its operations. After a series of meetings, it was decided that the way forward would be to re-organize the Western India Chapter into more manageable entities, so that the local membership at each of the major Cities could be better served.

By Society Year 2008-2009, the efforts of the Leadership had borne fruit, and, membership at each of the major Cities (Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune) had grown well beyond the corum required to form a Chapter.

Large part of this initiative to obtain the signatures on the petition for forming the separate Chapters at Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune was by the then ASHRAE WI President Mr Manoj Khati and the SRC Mr Sudhir Sinha. As a result, ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter came into existence along with


Formed: 25th January, 2010

Starting Membership: 60 Current membership : 134 • 105 Members • 29 Students • 1 Student Branch

Chapter Presidents

• MahendraP.Agarwal,2010-2011• VikramMurthy,2011-2012• AdarshChamanlalKaul,2012-2013• AnuragPareek,2013-2014• RaviAnantharamiah,2014-2015• DrRoshiniRebeccaEasow,2015-2016• NitinNaik,2016-2017

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ASHRAE Pune Chapter. Krishnan worked closely with Jeanie Kirksey from Atlanta, to draw up the geographical boundaries for the three entities, viz ASHRAE Western India Chapter, ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter and ASHRAE Pune Chapter.

ASHRAE Mumbai covers membership in the Greater Mumbai Region, Thane, Raigad and the State of Goa. Major Cities include Mumbai, Vashi, Panvel, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivili, Tarapur, Ulhasnagar,Vasai, Panjim, Mapusa, Dabolim, Ponda, Vasco and Margao.

The ASHRAE Mumbai constitution was approved at the ASHRAE Board meeting at Atlanta and chartered by the ASHRAE President Gordon Holness on 25th January 2010.

The first BOG meeting was held on 29th May 2010 during which the Constitution and Bye-laws of the Chapter were passed and adopted.

The Chapter was formally installed on 21st June 2010 at Hotel Attithi, Mumbai by Mr Sudhir Sinha, Chair Sub Region ‘D’, ASHRAE Region at Large. He administered the oath of office to the first President of ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter- Mr. M. P. Agarwal.

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Chapter Chartering Ceremony 2010

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Ø Technical Workshop on Operation and Maintenance - Acreserve August, 2010. Ø Jal–Vaayu, Indian Plumbing Association, IMC, ASHRAE Mumbai Joint Initiative, Nov 2010. Ø International Workshop on Clean Rooms, December 2010 Ø Technical Workshop on Operation and Maintenance - AcreServe February, 2011. Ø International Workshop on Indoor Air Quality, March 2011 Ø Fire and Life safety with ISHRAE Thane chapter, November 2011 Ø Cooling Today Preserving Tomorrow, April 2012 Ø Symposia 2012 on Data Centers, June 2012 Ø Fire and Life safety in Healthcare Facilities, October 2012 Ø Symposia 2013 on Healthcare, June 2013 Ø Architects training on HVAC, October 2013 Ø Role of Filtration and air cleaning in sustaining IAQ thru ventilation replacement, Feb 2014 Ø Chartering of student chapter and talk on Principles of leadership & change, active listening &

style of communication, April 2014. Ø Technical Seminar on Ventilation, Indoor Air Quality and Energy, June 2014 Ø Symposia 2014 on High Rise buildings, June 2014 Ø Climate Change and the HVAC industry- Group Discussion, November 2014 Ø Refrigeration- Defrost the Knowledge, January 2015 Ø Launch of Website and Facebook page, April 2015 Ø Symposia 2015 on Pharma, July 2015 Ø Cooling Today Preserving Tomorrow, August 2015 Ø Colloquium on Cold Storages and cold chain, December 2015 Ø Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation, January 2016 Ø Fire and Life safety of Storages and Warehouses, January 2016 Ø Meeting with ASHRAE President- Mr David Underwood, DRC RAL-Mr Farooq Mehboob

and Nominating Committee Member Mr Bassel Anbari February 2016, Ø Program on Sustainability through Energy Management and Renewable Energy, April 2016 Ø Program on Industrial Refrigeration, June 2016

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Key Milestones and Developments of Mumbai Chapter

Central Pakistan Chapter

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“ASHRAE Central Pakistan Chapter”

The ASHRAE Central Pakistan chapter was chartered on the 28th June 2010, by Presidential Member, Mr. Richard H. Rooley. The event took place at the 18th Annual Pakistan HVACR Expo in City of Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan.

Members of the Central Pakistan chapter were earlier part of ASHRAE Northern Pakistan Chapter, that was operating primarily in Islamabad city, the Capital of Pakistan. It was due to the untiring efforts of senior members that the

petition for the formation of Central Pakistan Chapter was formally sent to ASHRAE & was subsequently approved.

This Chapter is one among the three Chapters operating in Pakistan as of today. Most of the members of Central Pakistan Chapter are from the historical city of Lahore and Faisalabad and their nearby cities. Considering the interests of the Faisalabad members, a petition for the formation of a Faisalabad Section was sent to ASHRAE, which was approved in the year 2014-15.

The Founding BOG members were a blend of very senior & young members of the Pakistan HVACR Industry. Mr. Arshad S. Sheikh was elected as the First President of the chapter; other BOG members included Mr. Amer Abbass, Mr. Syed Shehzad Raza, Mr. Safdar Ali Mughal, Mr. Tahir Raza, Mr. Azeem Ashraf, Mr. Lawrence Harrison & Mr. Sajid Mehmood.

Since ASHRAE focuses a lot on Student Activities, the Chapter started developing interest among the students of leading Universities & Colleges of the city. As a result, the Chapter has three Student Branches to date. Technical lectures & Industrial tours are organized regularly for the Student Branches to familiarize them with the industry trends & advancements.

The chapter has been holding regular member monthly meetings in addition to the ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Events, member’s night & Chapter installation ceremonies. There has been regular participation in the Annual Chapter Regional Conferences & ASHRAE conferences from chapter members.

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Chapter Presidents

• ArshadS.Sheikh,2010-2011• AmerAbbas,2011-2012• SyedShezadRazaKazmi,2012-2013• SafdarAli,2013-2014• TahirRaza,2014-2015• NisarMohyudDin,2015-2016• MuhammadFarooqSaeed,2016-2017

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Ø The chapter has the honour of Mr. Arshad S. Sheikh, Life Member ASHRAE, receive the Fellowship Award in 2012. This was only the second time that an individual had achieved this feat in Pakistan & the 12th time outside America.

Ø Two student branches were approved by ASHRAE during the year 2010-11, U.E.T. - Lahore Student Branch & G.C.T. Lahore Student Branch.

Ø A third student branch was formed during year 2014-15, the Muhammad Amin Polytech Student Branch.

Ø The UET Student Branch received a grant for one of their research projects from ASHRAE. Ø The Chapter received ASHRAE Presidential Award of Excellence for year 2014-15 for

outstanding performance throughout the year. Ø The chapter is using the social media to its full effect to engage the members & maintain their

interest. Chapter is holding a social media page dedicated to job posting & group for better communication among members.

Key Milestones and Developments of Central Pakistan

Deccan Chapter

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“ASHRAE Deccan Chapter”

ASHRAE Deccan Chapter was part of ASHRAE South India Chapter from 1995, and formed the ASHRAE Hyderabad section in the year 2010.

Later in the same year, the ASHRAE Hyderabad section was chartered as ASHRAE Deccan Chapter and inaugurated by Ms. Lynn Bellenger.

The driving force behind this was under the leadership of their dynamic leader Mr. BBN Prasad who served the Chapter as Founder President for the year 2010 – 2011 and 2011 – 2012.

Under his leadership, the Chapter was able to get required funds through sponsorships to run the chapter and create sufficient surplus funds for future years. Membership strength increased to 70 during this period and lot of full day technical seminars and DL’s were conducted.

Ø Achieved Chapter Goal and Challenge Goal and Hi 5 Goal for the year 2011–2012. Ø Mr. N.S Chandrasekhar becomes member of ASHRAE Hand book publication committee

member in the year 2015. Ø Mr. Srikanth Papineni, Membership Chair, receives the Lincoln Bullion Award 2014 for

membership promotion over last 5 years which is now 96 members. Ø Mr Leelaprasad wins best Historian award for the year 2014/2015. Ø Mr N Chandrasekhar for best president in chapter activities for the year 2014-2015. Ø Mr N S Chandrasekhar for full circle for the year 2014-2015.

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Chapter Presidents

• B.B.N.Prasad,2011-2012• NarayananSChandrasekar,2012-2013• MuraliRamanathan,2013-2014• ChandraSekhar,2014-2015• RamchandarRAddhipalli,2015-2016• SatishKBollareddy,2016-2017

Key Milestones and Developments of Deccan Chapter

Turkish Chapter

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“ASHRAE Turkish Chapter”

During the ASHRAE Winter Conference held in Dallas, January 26-30, 2013, ASHRAE members from Turkey, applied to the Members Council expressing their interest in establishing a Turkish Section. On January 29, 2013, the application was approved and the “ASHRAE Turkish Section” was formed with 25 members. Thereafter, the ASHRAE Turkish Chapter was approved on 21st January 2014, at the ASHRAE Winter Conference in New York.Some of the key members who founded the chapter are, Dr. Mehmet Baris, Mehmet Kenan Dokumaci, Soner Bicer, Bahadirhan Tari, Prof. Atilla Biyikoglu and Dr. Ayhan Onat.

As a result of the HVACR sectoral accomplishments done by the ASHRAE Turkish Chapter, the chapter was admitted to the HVACR Sectoral Assembly of TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey) that brings together all the associations and foundations actively working in HVACR industry. The ASHRAE Turkish Chapter representative for the Assembly is currently Chapter President Bahadirhan Tari.

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Chapter Presidents

• MehmetBarisOzerdem,2014-2015• MrSonerBicer,2105-2016• MrBahadirhanTari,2016-2017

Ø Despite being a Chapter less than one year old, the Turkish Chapter held a very successful CRC in Istanbul in October 2015.

Ø Under the leadership of President of Technology Transfer Mr. Bahadirhan Tari, ASHRAE Turkish Chapter attended the SODEX Ankara Exhibition May 2015.

Ø Regularly holds conferences and meetings with students and the Industry.

Key Milestones and Developments of the Turkish Chapter

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“ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter”

The Chartering of the ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter was done on the 1st of March 2016 at the Le Meridian Hotel in Dhaka

The ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter became the latest addition to the ASHRAE RAL family making the total number of chapters within the RAL to become 25.

The Chartering of the ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter was done on the 1st of March 2016 at the Le Meridian Hotel in Dhaka. The ceremony was well organized and attended by all the leading professional and engineers of the Bangladesh HVAC Industry. ASHRAE President David Underwood and his wife Jane Underwood had especially come to Dhaka to perform the Chartering of the ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter. Mr. Farooq Mehboob, Director and Regional Chair RAL, and Mr. Muhammad Abbas Sajid Sub Regional Chair C RAL unfortunately could not attend the program due to visa issues but joined the ceremony and delivered speeches over Skype. Mr. Farooq Mehboob had requested Mr. Pankaj Dharkar from India to travel to Dhaka to attend the program and manage the Ceremony.

In his remarks, the ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter President Mr. Minash Mitra thanked all the participants of the ceremony for gracing the occasion and briefed them about the benefits of the ASHRAE Chapter and how it is immensely going to benefit the construction Industry of Bangladesh. Terming the formation of the Chapter a historic event he hoped all the members of the Chapter would come forward and participate in the Chapter programs to get maximum benefit from the huge resources that ASHRAE provides to its Chapters and its members.

Mr.Joseph Ulysses and Mr. Brig Gen. Mofizur Rehman also spoke on the occasion and specially thanked the Sub Regional Chair Mr. Muhammad Abbas Sajid who had travelled twice to Bangladesh and had motivated the senior members of the Bangladesh HVACR community to form and ASHRAE Chapter in Bangladesh. The guest of honour at the ceremony was the former Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Mr. Musharrif Hussain Khan congratulated the Officers and members of the new ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter and spoke about the general construction industry and its requirements and how ASHRAE Bangladesh Chapter will benefit the Bangladesh Industry. In the end there was a lavish dinner organized by the Chapter showing off the local cuisine of Bangladesh.

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Starting membership : 55 • 53 Members • 2 Students • No Student Branches

Chapter Presidents

• ManashKrMitra,2015-2017

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ASHRAE Student Branches

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“ASHRAE Student Branches”

INDIA• A.K.G.EngineeringCollege• AmityUniversity• DattaMegheCollegeofEngineering• DehliCollegeofEngineering• FacultyofEngineering&TechnologyMRIU• FET-MRIU-FacultyofEngineering,ManavRachna

InternationalUniversity• G.B.PantPolytechnic• IndianInstituteofTechnology• IITRoorkee• PoornimaCollegeofEngineering• ThaparUniversity• TSSM'SPadmabhooshanVasantraodadPatilInstitut• UniversityofPetroleumandEnergyStudies• UPES• YMCAInstituteofEng

LEBANESE• AmericanUniversityofBeirut• BeirutArabUniversity• LebaneseAmericanUniversity• LebaneseUniversity,Hadath,The• NotreDameUniversity• PhiladelphiaUniversity• RaficHaririUniversity• TheUniversityofBalamand

WESTERNINDIA• AISSMS'SCOE• CenterForEnvironmentalPlanningand

Technology• L.D.CollegeofEngineering• NirmaInstituteofTechnology• SardarPatelCollegeofEngineering• SinhgadCollegeofEngineering-Pune• VishwakarmaInstituteofTechnology

CHENNAI• AnnaUniversity,CollegeofEngineeringGuindy• IITMadras• Loyolo-ICAMCollegeofEngineeringandTechnology

(LICET)

PUNE• Dr.J.J.MagdumCollegeofEngineering• MaharashtraInstituteofTechnology• PVPITBavdhanPune• WalchandCollegeofEngineering

BANGALORE• BMSCollegeofEngineering• DayanandaCollegeofEngineering• MountCarmelDegreeCollege• NagarjunaCollegeofEngineering&Technology• NationalInstituteofTechnology,Karnataka• REVAInstituteOfTechnologyandManagement• REVAInstituteOfTechnologyandManagement• SaiVidyaInstituteofTechnology• VelloreEngineeringCollege

DECCAN• QCESTLarkana

KUWAIT• AustralianCollegeofKuwait• KuwaitUniversity

SRILANKA• AdvancedTechnologicalInstitute• UniversityofMoratuwa

QATAR• QatarUniversity

CAIRO• ArabAcademyforScience&Technology• CairoUniversity• TantaUniversity

FALCON• Bits-Pilani Dubai • Manipal University • Sultan Qaboos

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PAKISTAN• GovermentTechnicalTrainingInstitute• HamdardUniversity• NazeerHussainUniversity• NEDUniversityofEng&Tech• PakistanNavyEngineeringCollege• Quaid-E-AwamUniversityofEngineeringScience&

Technology• UniversityofKarachi

CENTRALPAKISTAN• GovernmentCollegeofTechnology• MuhammadAminPolytech• UniversityofEngineeringandTechnology-Lahore

NORTHERNPAKISTAN• Air University • Capital University of Science and Technology • CECOS University • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology

Sahiwal • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology • Fauji Foundation Technical Training Center -

Rawalpindi • GIKI Institute of Engg Sciences & Tech • HITEC University • Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad • International Islamic University Islamabad • Lahore Lead University • Mechanical Department Mirpur University Of

Science and Technolgoy • National University of Technology-SMME • University of Engineering Technology - Taxila • University of Engineering and Technology,

Peshawar

PORTUGAL• UniversityofAlgarve• EscolaSuperiorDeTecnologia• UniversityofCoimbra

DANUBE• TechnicalUniversityforCivilEngineering• UniversityofBelgrade• UniversityofKragujevac• UniversityofNis• UniversityofNoviSad• UniversityofSplit• UniversityofZagreb

TURKEY• GaziUniversityFacultyofEngineers• IstanbulArelUniversity• IstanbulUniversityFacultyofEngineering• MarmaraUniversity• YildizTechnicalUniversity

HELLENIC• NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens• TechnologicalEducationalInstituteofWestern

Macedonia

NIGERIA• FederalUniversityofAgriculture,Abeokuta• UniversityofLagos

ARC Reading, UK, 2002

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“1st ARC in Reading, United Kingdom, 2002”

Where: University of Reading

When: September 18 -20, 2002

Society President:

Don Colliver

RAL DRC

David Arnold

ARC General Chair

Ismena Deacon

Chapters in Attendance: 9

• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia•

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon•

• Hellenic• Cairo• SriLanka•

The first ASHRAE RAL ARC was inaugurated on the 18th September, 2002, with a Welcome Party at the Museum of English Rural Life, on the University Campus.

The Technical Seminar, scheduled for the next day, was a contribution by six speakers, including Kent Peterson, the then Vice President of ASHRAE. President Don Colliver was the Key note speaker of the Seminar. The rest of the day’s events comprised of the Caucus and Business Sessions, closing with dinner at a Traditional English Pub.

Richard Rooley, Don Colliver, Kent Peterson, Sidney Parsons, Samir Traboulsi and Tim Dwyer conducted the Training and Workshop Sessions, that were scheduled for the last day. The first RAL award for the Best Chapter Report was presented to the India Chapter, and received by Uma Shankar at the Awards Lunch. The highest PAOE Points were awarded to Kuwait followed by India.

The ASHRAE Family

ARC Reading, UK, 2002

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DelegatesandAlternatesattheBusinessMeetingTechnicalSeminar

SamirTraboulsi(L)andTimDwyer(R)duringTrainingandWorkshop

DonColliverpresentingAwardstotheIndianChapter

HeadingoutforatouronaDoubleDeckerBus FrankCoda(L)withDougDunford(R)

RichardRooley(L)withIsmenaDeacon(R)

Technical Seminar and RAL Business Meeting

Social Events and More!

DinneratTraditionalEnglishPub

ARC Cairo, Egypt, 2003

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“2nd ARC in Cairo, Egypt, 2003”

Where: Hilton Pyramids Hotel, Cairo


Society President:

Richard Rooley

RAL DRC

David Arnold

ARC General Chair

Dr. Alaa Olama


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon

• Hellenic• Cairo• SriLanka

The second ASHRAE RAL ARC was inaugurated on the 7th September, 2003, with a Welcome Party at the Hilton Pyramids. It was the first CRC held in a 5-Star hotel.

An outing was arranged at the Sphinx Sound and Light show which was brilliant, and greatly enjoyed by all. There were a large number of attendees who were ordinary members as well as families. A cruise on the night with a belly dancers’ performance was one of the highlights of the CRC. The Cairo Chapter arranged sightseeing tours to the historical places and all arrangements were extremely well done.

The ASHRAE Family

ARC Cairo, Egypt, 2003

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PresidentRichardRooleywiththeCairoChapterMembersattheAwardsLunch

ATraditionalShowarrangedononeoftheSocialEvenings


ARC New Delhi, India, 2004

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“3rd RAL ARC in New Delhi, India, 2004”

Where: The Grand Vasant Kunj


ARC General Chair

Dr. Rajeshwar Malhotra

RAL DRC

David Arnold

Society President:

Ron Vallort


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon

• Hellenic• Cairo• SriLanka

The 3rd Annual Regional Conference of ASHRAE Region-At-Large was held from Sept. 25 to 27, 2004 at hotel The Grand, New Delhi. This is the first time an ASHRAE Conference was held in India and the India Chapter had the honour to host this conference supported by Western India and South India Chapters.

The ARC was attended by ASHRAE President Ron Vallort, Vice President Darryl Boyce and Director Membership Services Carolyn Kettering. The officers representing the RAL were DRC David Arnold from the UK, and the 3 SRC’s - Constantinos Balaras Region B, Tim Dwyer from Region C and Walid Chakroun from Region A. Samir Traboulsi, the Assistant Regional Chair was also present. Dr. R. K. Malhotra was the General Chair.

The first full day of the conference was devoted to DISCONF 2004 -A one day technical conference on Innovative Trend in HVAC. Approximately 240 delegates attended the technical conference and a total of 8 technical papers were presented by eminent scholars. On day 2 (26th Sept.) the DRC David Arnold conducted the business sessions in presence of the three Society officers. The Caucus and Executive sessions were chaired by Nominating Committee Member, Ashok Virmani. Day 3, the 27th Sept, was devoted to Chapter Operations Workshops conducted by Darryl Boyce, Carolyn Kettering, Constantinos Balaras, Tim Dwyer and Samir Traboulsi.

A highlight of the conference was an invitation to all the past presidents of the three ASHRAE chapters in India to attend the ARC. Twenty-two past presidents from all three chapters attended a special interactive session with Society President, Ron Vallort, and were recognized and felicitated by him during the Awards Luncheon on 27th September, 2004.

The Welcome Dinner was held on 25th September, 2004 at Pahwa Farms, located at outskirts of New Delhi. The highlight was “Bhangra dance troupe” followed by Gala Dinner.


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CarolynKettering PresidentRonVallort(L)presenting

anAwardtoDr.Malhotra PresidentRonVallort(R)withVP,

DarrylBoyce(L)

DelegatesandAlternatesattheBusinessMeeting

BusinessMeeting TechnicalSeminar

The ASHRAE Family



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(L-R):WalidChakroun,RonVallort,BsselAnbari&KhalidMulhim

DarrylBoyce,AtherSiddiqui,AshokVirmaniamongothers


AttheendoftheARC,avisittotheTajMahalatAgra&JaipurPinkCitywasorganizedfortheoverseasdelegates.

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ATraditionalDancePerformance

ARC Athens, Greece, 2005

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“4th ARC in Athens, Greece, 2005”

The 4th RAL ARC was held in the lovely historical city of Athens. RAL had grown to 14 Chapters, all of whom were in attendance. Additionally, the ARC was also attended by members of ASHRAE from Greece, Poland and the Balkans.

The Technical Conference, held on September 25, was on Energy Efficient Design and Implementation of Energy Efficient Systems for buildings. Several distinguished speakers from Greece and abroad were present, and a large international audience of 160 delegates, included engineers and scientists from all around the world.

The hospitality of Greece is legendary and was witnessed first hand by all.

Highlights were visits to the Acropolis, Outdoor dining in ancient gardens. The organization was meticulous thanks to Dimitris Charalambopoulos, ARC, and Costas Balaras, SRC B, and their team. A wonderful time was had by all.

Where: Divani Caravel Hotel


ARC General Chair

Dimitris Charalambopoulos

RAL DRC

Samir Traboulsi

Society President:

Lee Burgett


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Portugal

ARC Athens, Greece, 2005

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TechnicalSpeakersattheSeminar

TheExpo

D.Boy,Ch.Efthyvoulou,K.Costopoulos,ASHRAEPresidentLeeW.Burgett,CostasBalaras,andF.Chiriac

(L-R):FahimSiddiqui,Dimitris,K.Costopoulos,LeeBurgett,J.Papagrigorakis,CostasBalaras



TechnicalSeminar

ARCBusinessMeeting

CRC Dubai, UAE, 2006

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“5th RAL CRC in Dubai, UAE, 2006”

Where: Al Murooj Rotana When: November 1 -3, 2006

Society President:

Terry Townsend

RAL DRC

Samir Traboulsi

ARC General Chair

Bassel Anbari

The fifth ASHRAE RAL ARC was inaugurated on the 1st November, 2006. It was hosted by the Emirates Falcon chapter after being shifted from Beirut and co-chaired with the Lebanese Chapter.

It was a grand event at the newly built Al-Murooj Rotana Hotel, with one hundred attending the Conference. The Welcome Party was held on a cruise boat on the Dubai Creek and was a great success too.

The Technical Seminar was titled “ASHRAE Technical Standards on HVAC&R, Share Local Practices with Global Members”, with eight speakers giving excellent presentations. The concluding event was an evening in the desert, complete with belly dancers and camel rides.

Dubai is a beautiful city and the CRC was meticulously planned, organized and executed by the hosts making it a memorable CRC for all those who attended.

ARC General Chair

Antoine Dammous



• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Portugal• Bahrain• Poland

CRC Dubai, UAE, 2006

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(L–R,frontseated)DRC,SamirTraboulsi;KentPeterson,IreneReichert,RALhistorian;TerryTownsend,ASHRAEpresident;SandyMaalouf,LebaneseChapteralternate;JeffLittleton,ASHRAEexecutivevice-president;DavidArnold,CRCparliamentarian;andBasselAnbari,

EmiratesFalconChapterPresident

DonColliver(R)presentinganAwardtoCostasBalaras(L)

CamelRidingintheDesertSheesha,MusicandBellyDancers

The ASHRAE Family


AGroupPhotograph

CRC Goa Delhi, India, 2007

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“6th RAL CRC in Goa, India, 2007”

The sixth ASHRAE RAL CRC was inaugurated on the 2nd September, 2007, at the luxurious Park Hyatt Resort. This was a huge property with gardens, villas and a private beach in Goa, the ‘Paradise of India’, tropical and lush green. Sudhir Sinha and his team had made sure everyone and everything was catered for as was the breakfast on the patio. The South Indian Cuisine was a delight. The Welcome party was held in the hotel while the Dinner was held on a luxury cruise boat with several decks and rooms which were occupied by various groups.

The Goa CRC was a great success.

Where: Park Hyatt Goa


ARC General Chair

Sudhir KN Sinha

RAL DRC

Samir Traboulsi

Society President:

Kent Peterson



• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Bahrain•

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Portugal• Spain• Poland

CRC Goa Delhi, India, 2007

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TheHellenicChapter


PresidentKentPeterson(L)presentinganAwardtoAshokVirmani;DRC,SamirTroboulsi(R)

PresidentKentPeterson(L)presentinganAward;DRC,SamirTroboulsiseenontheright.

AwardsLunch

BusinessMeeting

RAL Business Meeting and Awards Lunch

CRC Lisbon, Portugal, 2008

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“7th CRC in Lisbon, Portugal, 2008”

The 7th RAL CRC hosted in Lisbon was RAL’s first exposure to the beautiful city of Lisbon, with its unique culture, a mix of Spanish, Portuguese and Moorish. The Welcome party was held in the Hotel while the concluding dinner was in an old part of Lisbon with cobbled streets full of history. The entertainment was Traditional Portuguese story-telling in a singing style. It carried a lot of emotion even for those who didn’t understand the language.

The 8th Air Conditioning Seminar was held on the last day. It dedicated, among other topics, to the Comparative Analysis of Energy Efficiency Policies and Indoor Air Quality in Europe and the United States, with the presence of ASHRAE "Distinguished Lecturers" and National experts. Furthermore, there was discussion of two issues of great relevance in Portugal: the implementation of the Tobacco Law, and the application of the IAQ and Energy Certification for existing buildings. The Seminar proved to be of great success as did the CRC.

Jorge and hs team were wonderful hosts and did a commendable job of hosting a succesful CRC.

Where: Sana Hotel Lisboa

When: October 13 -14, 2008

ARC General Chair

Jorge A Saraiva

RAL DRC

Walid Chakroun

Society President:

Bill Harrison


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• Qatar

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Bahrain•

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Portugal• Spain• Poland

CRC Lisbon, Portugal, 2008

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DinnerintheOldCityofLisbon

TheHellenicChapter

GlimpseoftheBusinessSession

RAL Business Meeting


The ASHRAE Family

DinnerintheOldCityofLisbon

CRC Kuwait, 2009

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“8th CRC in Kuwait, 2009”

The 8th CRC had an atmosphere of its own. The Movenpick Hotel was a resort by the sea with a private beach. The Welcome party was held in a specially constructed pavilion in the style of an Arabian Tent. The dinner was held in the Rooftop of the twin towers in Kuwait City. These beautiful towers are pieces of Architecture and views from the rooftop were spelndid.

On the last day, a meeting for Launching a Detailed Plan of Collaboration between ASHRAE & UNEP was organized, followed by an ASHRAE –UNEP Press Conference.

The CRC was very well organized and managed by the hosts.

Where: Movenpick Hotel and Resort, Al Bida’a


ARC General Chair

Sorour Alotaibi

RAL DRC

Walid Chakroun

Society President:

Gordon Holness


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• Qatar

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Bahrain

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Nigeria• Chennai• Pune

The ASHRAE Family

CRC Kuwait, 2009

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ThePakistaniDelegateswithPresidentGordonHolness

AwardsLunch TheHellenicChapter

TheLebaneseChapterwithIreneReichertandJeffLittleton

PresidentGordonHolneesspresentinganAward



ReceptionatthePavilionTraditionalNationalDanceshowandmembersdancing

ARCCairo,Egypt,2010

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“9th ARC in Cairo, Egypt, 2010”

The 9th CRC was held at the Movenpick in Cairo. Because Cairo and Egypt are huge tourist attractions lots of Chapter Member and their families travelled to Egypt. The Movenpick could therefore not provide accomodation for everyone and many stayed at another hotel close by. The Welcome reception was at the historical Azhar Park. Dinner on the second day was on a floating restaurant on the Rover Nile whilst the closing dinner was arranged at a countryside resort in Saqqara, close to Cairo, allowing the members to experience the Egyptian village feel, with bread made on site and a lot of enjoyable local entertainment. Many RAL members joined the belly dancers to make it a lasting memory. Special trips were organized to the pyramids, Egyptian museum and the city of Alexandria. Souvenirs were carefully selected and distributed to each participant of each of the social events.

This CRC was also the first RAL CRC with a two day Technical Seminar, jointly held with UNEP. This attracted between 186 people and several renowned speakers. Three parallel technical sessions took place simultaneously. �

It truly was a very successful and memorable CRC for everyone.

Where: Movenpick Cairo


Society President:

Lynn G Bellenger

RAL DRC

Walid Chakroun

ARC General Chair

Mahmoud Fouad


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• Qatar• CentralPak

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Bahrain• Deccan

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Nigeria• Chennai• Pune• Mumbai

ARCCairo,Egypt,2010

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TheHellenicChapterwithPresidentLynnBellenger

The ASHRAE Family

CRC Abu Dhabi, UAE 2011

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“10th CRC in Abu Dhabi, 2011”

The 10th CRC in Abu Dhabi was held courtesy of the Falcon Chapter who graciously agreed to host it in a short notcie as the CRC in Beirut which everyone was looking forward to was cancelled due to security concerns. Nevertheless the Falcon Chapter and Dr. Alaa rose to the challenge and arranged a wonderful CRC which included a joint ASHRAE/UNEP Engineering Conference, CRC and Student Gathering.

This CRC was graced by the presence of Society President Ron Jarnagin, Presidential Member 2003-2004 Richard Rooley , VP Costas Balaras, DAL Samir Traboulsi, ARC Walid Chakroun, ASHRAE Director Technologies Claire Ramspeak, Manager RP Patricia Adelman and First DRC RAL David Arnold.

In all, 161 ASHRAE members, consisting of Society officers, Regional officers, Chapter Delegates and Alternates, and ten student delegates, attended this greatly successful CRC.

The Technical seminar, titled “Sustainability beyond Certification” was a huge success with 18 speakers spread over two days and under patronage of H.E Minister of Environment and Water.

The Social Events were equally impressive. A Dhow cruise was arranged one day and a dinner in a rotating restaurant with rooftop views of Abu Dhabi next, including a visit to the SHK. Zayed Grand Mosque.

Where: Beach Rotana Hotel

When: September 21-22, 2011

ARC General Chair

Dr. Ahmed Alaa

RAL DRC

Ashok Virmani

Society President:

Ron Jarnagin


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• CentralPak• Qatar

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Bahrain• Mumbai

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Danube• Nigeria• Chennai• Pune• Deccan

CRC Abu Dhabi, UAE 2011

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StudentGathering Training CostasBalarasandPankajDharkarwithothers

CostasBalaras,IreneReichertandAshokVirmani

(L-R):Dr.Alaa,AshokVirmani,PresidentRonJarnagin,CostasBalarasandWalidChakroun

(L-R):RichardRooley,DavidArnold,BassamAlasaad

(L-R):NohadBoudani,CostasBalaras,AshokVirmani(R)


The ASHRAE Family

CRC Colombo, Sri Lanka 2012

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“11th CRC in Colombo, Sri Lanka 2012”

The 11th CRC with 20 Chapters attending, attracted lots of ordinary chapter members and families to the Emerald Isle.

On the 28th September 2012, a Technical Session was held, with the Key Theme, “Way Forward for Sustainable HVACR Solutions”. The session had eight speakers, including Presidential Member Ron Jarnagin, Professor Essam Khalil, Professor Rahul Attalage, Ashish Rakheja, Sheetal Rakheja, Prof. Leelananda Rajapaksha, Davod Arnold and Professor Tim Dwyer.

The Hotel facilities were the best in Colombo. The dinners was memorable, it featured traditional Sri Lankan dances in an open seating, amidst traditional pavilions. Colombo has a lot of character, great shopping and sightseeing and the warm and friendly people of Sri Lanka made the CRC undoubtedly memorable.

Where: Hotel Galadari When: September 29 -30, 2012

ARC General Chair

Chandana Dalugoda

RAL DRC

Ashok Virmani

Society President:

Thomas Watson


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• CentralPak• Deccan

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Qatar

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Spain• Nigeria• Chennai• Pune• Mumbai

The ASHRAE Family

CRC Colombo, Sri Lanka 2012

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WelcomingofficialstotheCRC.(L-R)AshokVirmani,CostasBalaras,RonJarnagin,TomWatsonwithSriLankaChapter

TechnicalSession BusinessSession

Technical Session and RAL Business Meeting


CRCTrainingGroupwithPresidentTomWatson

CRC Doha, Qatar 2013

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“12th CRC in Doha, Qatar 2013”

The 12th CRC in Doha was immaculately planned and organized by Hasan Sultan and his team. The Social Events were outstanding, including a dinner at a huge Arabian restaurant with exquisite food, where the courses never ended. People enjoyed and danced to the local music. The harbour cruise on the dhow was a memorable one with spectacular views of the harbour and the magnificent buildings. Beside the Society officers, the CRC visitors included Presidential Members Ron Jarnagin, Tom Phoenix and Society Treasurer, 2016-2017, Sheila Hayter.

Where: Marriott Doha


ARC General Chair

Hassan Ali Sultan

RAL DRC

Ashok Virmani

Society President:

Bill Bahnfleth


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• CentralPak• Deccan• Mumbai

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Qatar• Bahrain

• Hellenic• SriLanka• Spain• Nigeria• Chennai• Pune• Portugal• Danube

The ASHRAE Family

CRC Doha, Qatar 2013

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WalidChakroun,BassamElasaad,Dr.BarisandOthersDimitrisCharambopoulos(L)withCostasBalaras(R)

AdolfoSanz(L)withMagedFouad(R)



ChapterHistoricalDisplays

CRC Madrid, Spain 2014

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“13th CRC in Madrid, Spain 2014”

Enrique Yotti and his team were the ideal hosts of the 13th CRC in Madrid, Spain. They were warm and caring, ready to help always, and with lots of patience. The CRC saw over one hundred delegates from all over the word attend.

The first day was dedicated for the Technical Seminar which was titled “Building Renovation and Sustainability”. Renowned speakers from ASHRAE and the HVACR Industry in Spain were present.

The Welcome Party dinner was arranged at the home ground of the Real Madrid Football Team, The Real Cafe Bernabeu Stadium. This was a pilgrimage for football lovers. The next days President’s Luncheon was hosted at the hotel, but the closing days’s dinner was a spectacular Banquet at the Palacio del Negralejo with an outstanding performance of Flamenco dancing.

RAL had a huge attendance with all 24 of its chapter members present. Many arrived earlier or stayed later to enjoy Spain. It was an unforgettable CRC for all.

Where: Hotel Melia Avenida America


ARC General Chair

Enrique Yotti

RAL DRC

Farooq Mehboob

Society President:

Tom Phoenix


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• CentralPak• Deccan• Mumbai

• Kuwait• SaudiArabia• Lebanon• Falcon• Cairo• Qatar• Bahrain• Turkey


CRC Madrid, Spain 2014

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PresidentialLunch

(LtoR)MagedFouad,M.Tassi,MarijaTodorovic

(LtoR):KarineLeBlanc,NohadBoudani,AshokVirmani,FarooqMehboob

EnriqueYotti(L)presentingawardtoHassanSultan(R)

BusinessSessionwithall24Chapterspresent

BillBahnfleth AshishRakheja

FarooqMehboob,DRCASHRAEPresidentTomPhoenix

TheTechnicalSeminar



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CRC Istanbul, Turkey 2015

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“14th CRC in Istanbul, Turkey 2015”

The 14th CRC was awarded to he Turkish Chapter with some trepidation as the Chapter was a little over a year old. RAL’s faith in the Turkish Chapter was fully vindicated. Dr. Baris and his team put up a CRC, the likes of which will be hard to replicate. The arrangements were outstanding. Turkish Hospitality is legendary and RAL saw it at first hand.

The CRC had over 400 members attend from all 25 Chapters and 7 Sections, and had the honour to host ASHRAE President David Underwood and ASHRAE Vice Presidents Jim Vallort , Prof. Dr. Walid Chakroun and Prof. Dr. Bjarne Olesen. Presidential Members Prof. Dr. Bill Bahnfleth, Ronald Jarnagin and Ronald Vallort gave their support to the event by contributing as speakers to the Technical Seminar which turned out to be a great success.

The Welcome Party was a Cruise on the Bosphorous that was truly memorable. Istanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and a bosphorous cruise was the right way to enjoy it.

Finally, to top off the events was a grand affair in the well known Feriye restaurant. An elaborate dinner was followed by lots of music and dancing, enticing President Underwood himself to join the floor.

Where: Hotel Steigenberger Maslak


ARC General Chair

Dr. Mehmet Baris

RAL DRC

Farooq Mehboob

Society President:

David Underwood


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• CentralPak• Deccan• Mumbai• Bangladesh




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Training (LtoR):NohadBoudani,FarooqMehboob,DavidUnderwood,

JimVallort,Dr.MehmetBaris

TechnicalSeminarSpeakers

TechnicalSession BusinessSessionwithall25Chapters


The ASHRAE Family


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ThePresidentsTableatDinnerattheFeriyeRestaurant

(L-R):JaneUnderwood,FarooqMehboob,Bahadirhan

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Joint CRC Bangkok, Thailand 2016

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“15th Joint CRC in Bangkok, Thailand 2016”

The 15th RAL CRC will not only be the first Joint CRC of Region At Large with Region 13, but will be the first Joint CRC in ASHRAE. Also set to take place during the Joint CRC and unprecendented in ASHRAE will be the first ever Board of Directors Meeting outside the United States. This was decided keeping in line with ASHRAE’s move towards globalization. It was felt that a Board meeting at this CRC, which will bring together the only two regions not in the United States at one place, would be ideal for the Society Executives to interact and understand the ASHRAE members outside the United States and Canada.

All 25 Chapters are expected to attend the CRC. A one day Technical Seminar shall kick off the Conference on the 30th Sepember 2016. Eight speakers will cover topics under the theme “Innovation for a Sustainable Future”. Notable among them are ASHRAE speakers, President, Tim Wentz; President Elect, Bjarne Oleson; Society Treasurer, Sheila Hayter; Jim Vallort, Charles Gulledge and Thomas Lawrence.

The Business Sessions are expected to have almost 150 members participate. It will be the first CRC where 15 Assistant Regional Vice Chairs, a new officer position, shall attend. Training and workshops shall be held jointly with Region 13 on the second day.

The Social Functions will be held in collaboration with Region 13 and are scheduled at the Hotel Ballroom, with lots of food and entertainment.

Sightseeing Tours are being arranged including an evening at the Siam Niramit Show, a performance showcasing Thai Culture and performed on the highest stage in the world!

Where: Centara Grand Ladprao When: September 30 – October 1, 2016

ARC General Chair

Pankaj Dharkar

RAL DRC

Farooq Mehboob

Society President:

Tim Wentz


• India• SouthIndia• WesternIndia• Pakistan• NPakistan• CentralPak• Deccan• Mumbai• Bangladesh



ARC General Chair R13

Apichit Lumlertpongpana

DRC Profile – David Arnold

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“David Arnold – RAL Director and Regional Chair 2002-2005”

David was born and brought up in Chelsea, London. After attending a local junior school he went to St Ignatius College in North London. He was placed in the technical stream and his engineering teacher was a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Technical subjects interested him and although he left college early, he found a job in an engineering factory. There his bosses encouraged him to re-take up studying and hence he registered for part time education at a technical college. The father of a family friend was a technical draughtsmen and seemed to be doing very well so he applied for a job in a drawing office. The firm he joined were consulting engineers specialising in building services.

By chance he was put under the wing of a mechanical engineer and started calculating heat losses and laying out heating systems under his supervision. He gained a Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering and then registered at the National College for HVACR and Fan Engineering, studying three evenings per week. His intention was to become a Chartered Engineer and for it he had to qualify as a Mechanical Engineer, as building services did not qualify as a chartered institute at the time.

After gaining Chartered Engineer status, he managed to join a MSc course in Architecture at Bristol University where he managed to get on the course even without a first degree. Although the degree was in Architecture, it focussed on the physics of buildings as opposed to aesthetics and space. His final year project was writing a thermal simulation model.

David joined ASHRAE in 1975 and used the project as the basis of a paper which he submitted to an ASHRAE meeting in Albuquerque held in 1978.

His involvement with ASHRAE when he joined was limited, as there were no chapters or regions covering the UK. His first active involvement was attending and presenting a Transactions paper at the Annual Meeting held in Albuquerque in June 1978. He subsequently got more involved actively on both CIBSE-ASHRAE matters and was appointed DAL in 1996. Following this he was appointed as a Consultant to the International Committee in 1999 and as chair in 2000. The International Committee at that time was not functioning as well as it might in servicing International Members. He worked on a Presidential Ad Hoc that eventually produced the proposal to have a Region at Large and served as Acting DRC during its first year. David was 58 year’s old when he became the first DRC for RAL. The major issue facing the newly formed RAL was to get it to work and for international members to work together. However, the growth of the RAL has exceeded his wildest expectations.

David says, the best thing about ASHRAE is “Being one of a great bond of technical and social people with like minds.”

DRC Profile – Samir Traboulsi

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“Samir Traboulsi – RAL Director and Regional Chair 2005-2008”

Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1950, Samir Traboulsi joined the American University of Beirut in 1969, graduating with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration.

He continued at the University, teaching HVAC courses, Thermodynamics, Engineering Economy, Engineering Ethics and Operations Research, whilst simultaneously undertaking employment in various areas of consulting, contracting and other industrial ventures, including a job as a Mechanical Engineer in a Paper Industry. However, it was in 1975, at his second job as a design engineer, at very reputable Consulting House in the region, that he had his proper introduction to HVAC & R industry.

The ASHRAE Journals were accessible at his University library only. Recognizing that they were the source of the latest technological advancements of the time, Samir became a member of ASHRAE in 1977, committed to serving as its member and volunteer ever since.

He is the Founder of the Lebanese Chapter of ASHRAE in 1995, where he continues to serve in its Board of Governors. The Chapter was initially part of the International Committee and assigned to Region X. Samir was appointed as the representative of the International committee of the Middle East, in which role he was able to aid in the initiation of several Chapters including the Falcon, Sri Lanka, Qatar and Pakistan Chapters.

With the formation of RAL, Samir was appointed as Sub Regional Chair, 2000, Regional Vice Chair for Student Activities and CTTC in 2000 and 2001, Assistant Regional Chair, 2004, and eventually, at the age of 55, as Director Regional Chair, 2005-2008. As DRC, he saw the mushrooming of chartered chapters, from seven to eighteen, and may be credited for promoting the ‘Globalization of the Society’. His highest office has been as ASHRAE Director at Large, 2009-2011.

Samir’s immense work at ASHRAE has seen him appointed as consultant to several committees as well as serve as BOD – Ex officio at multiple committees. He was member of the Planning Committee, Members Council, Publication & Education Council, Technology Council and Conferences and Exposition Committee. Currently he is member of six technical committees and is serving the Honors and Awards Committee.

Samir’s contribution to ASHRAE RAL is invaluable and in his words, the success of ASHRAE RAL has meant, “Opening the door to serve the Society.”

DRC Profile – Walid Chakroun

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“Walid Chakroun – RAL Director and Regional Chair 2008-2011”

Walid was born in Lebanon, he obtained his High School Diploma in 1982 and went to the USA to pursue higher education. He got his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Youngstown State University, Ohio in March 1986 and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, he taught for a while at the American University of Beirut before moving to the USA to pursue his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University, Mississippi which he obtained in May 1992.

Walid is fluent in Arabic, French, and English. He worked in USA for about 5 years before moving to Kuwait in 1993 and has since then worked at the Kuwait University where he is now a full Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He has authored and co-authored more than 75 Journal articles and conference papers. He also co-authored a book on an Experimental Course in Thermal Engineering. He has served as Chairman of the Mech. Eng. Department, College of Engineering Petroleum, Kuwait University and Assistant VP for Academic Affairs at Kuwait University.

In 1994 while doing research on heat transfer, Walid got interested in ASHRAE. Along with a colleague he worked on establishing an ASHRAE Chapter in Kuwait and has been involved since then.

Walid has served in all Chapter positions at the ASHRAE Kuwait Chapter, at the Regional level, he served as Sub Regional Chair A and as Director for Region At Large 8 years ago. Currently he is serving as Vice President for ASHRAE and as a Liaison coordinator between ASHRAE and UNEP. He has received the prestigious ASHRAE John F. James Award, and Distinguished Service Awards. Walid is an ASHRAE fellow he has also served on the Publication and Education council, CEC, and Planning committees.

Walid has 3 children. Nadim 24, is pursuing a Ph.D at MIT in Mechanical Engineering. Rami 21, has completed the first year of the Ph.D program in Biomolecular Engineering at John Hopkins. Sweet Leah is 11 now.

Walid believes that the future of ASHRAE in meeting its mission is to look for successful ways to help students become professional members. He worked to strengthen the links between students and major employers and stressed the importance of professional development of employees. Walid has conducted many training programs and organized many ASHRAE international conferences for the Region.

Walid says “ASHRAE has added so much to my professional development. I believe ASHRAE has shaped my professional career tremendously. Through my involvement on many committees such as the Planning Committee where I helped to develop the recently approved Strategic Plan of the Society, I gained so much experience which I implement in my personal career. I gained so many ideas for my research and I became more applied in nature due to my involvement in ASHRAE”.

DRC Profile – Ashok Virmani

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“Ashok Virmani – RAL Director and Regional Chair 2011-2014”

Ashok Virmani, born in Bhopalwala (now in Pakistan) in 1946, went to Harcourt Butler Higher Secondary School, New Delhi. Following in his brother’s footsteps as well as in his family’s spirit & tradition, he proceeded to pursue his Mechanical Engineering degree from Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT), Bhopal, in 1969.

He started his career with Voltas Limited in January, 1970, in AC&R, joining a leading Belgium based contracting company as Resident Engineer in Kuwait, in 1976. He returned to India in 1983, and with his brother, founded Suvidha Engineers India Private Limited, where he is currently Managing Director having over 350 employees across eight branches in India. Ashok is also promoter Director of TAB Air systems Pvt Ltd, a non-partisan third party company with capability for testing, adjusting & balancing HVAC systems as well as being an independent Director at Eco Auto Components Limited (a Public Limited Company).

Since 1982, Ashok has been an industrious member of ISHRAE, an affiliate of ASHRAE, serving on its standing committees, and as a BOG member, Chapter treasurer, Regional Director and Secretary cum treasurer.

He joined ASHRAE in 1990, and has since then served actively in several vital roles within the organization. He was AIC Chapter President in 1994-95, wherein he was responsible for the formation of the first student branch in India in 1994. He authored the Constitution & Bye-laws for the ASHRAE India Foundation Trust in 1997, spearheaded the formation of ASHRAE Western & Southern India Chapters in 1997 & 1999, and played a vital role in the formation of Region-At-Large, serving as Member-Nominating Committee & Alternate in the Society Nominating Committee. Ashok was involved in the first International YEA leadership in Sri Lanka in 2012. He was member of the ASHRAE Globalization Adhoc committee 2007 and has been member of the Developing Economies Presidential Adhoc committee in 2013-2015. Ashok was DRC Alternate in 2008 and 2009, & Assistant Regional Chair RAL 2014-2015, succeeding to his highest office in ASHRAE as Director of Region-at-Large, 2011-2014. He presently serves in Publishing & Education Council as a Consultant (India & Pakistan) 2015-16 and a Chair of the RAL Adhoc committee, CRC locations 2014-2016.

Ashok is recipient of several ASHRAE Awards, including Award of excellence for outstanding achievement in the field of Engineering by College Alumni - 2002, John F James International Award-2003, Regional Award of Merit-2007, Chapter Service Award-2009, Distinguished Service Award-2014 & Lifetime Achievement Award-2014. He was also recipient of Outstanding contribution in HVAC Industry (ASHRAE & ISHRAE), 2009.

Ashok says “It is amazing to see how varied cultures & economies can not only co-exist but grow exponentially in RAL.

DRC Profile – Farooq Mehboob

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“Farooq Mehboob – RAL Director and Regional Chair 2014-2017”

Farooq Mehboob, born in Lahore in the British India, studied at Convent schools during his early years. After his Cambridge ‘O’ levels, he went to study in Lahore’s Forman Christian College. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the East Pakistan University of Engineering Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1965.

Farooq started his career as an Application Engineer with the TRANE distributor in Pakistan. In 1968 he joined InterContinental Hotels then a subsidiary of PANAM Airways and was promoted to Regional Chief Engineer for Central Asia in 1978. In 1981 he founded S. Mehboob & Company – Consulting Engineers (a full service MEP Consulting Firm). he still serves as the Principal Consultant of this practice that operates in Pakistan, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa and employ’s over a 100 professionals.

Farooq’s interest in thermodynamics led him to the HVACR industry and he joined ASHRAE in 1980.

He was a founder member of the Pakistan HVACR Society and served as its President for two terms. He was instrumental in founding the ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter and he carried its petition to President Don Colliver at 1st the RAL ARC in Reading UK in September 2002. He also spearheaded the formation of the other ASHRAE Chapters in Pakistan.

He has served as President of the ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter, RAL Sub Regional Chair, Regional Vice Chair and twice as Assistant Regional Chair. He was made a Fellow of the Society in 2011.

He served on CTTC for seven years, first as RVC and eventually moving on to becoming Committee Chair. He is a member of TC 1.6, served as Consultant to the Planning Committee, Consultant to the Developing Economies Ad hoc. He has received many awards from ASHRAE & the Pakistan HVACR Society.

During Farooq’s tenure, RAL has grown to its current 25 Chapters. He has worked hard at improving communications and having the voice of Grassroots heard at the Society, enlisting the help of Presidential Members to lead committees on RAL Strategic Planning.

He is very passionate about RAL, ASHRAE and Globalization and is proud to be part of ASHRAE’s first International Board Meeting in Bangkok 2016.

He says, “to me, RAL is my family and friends, a place where color, race, language and politics don’t matter and people respect and regard each other. It’s a model of how the World should be and could be! ”

Future of Region At Large

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“ Future of Region At Large ”

In 15 years RAL has grown from 8 Chapters to 25 Chapters. RAL is now ASHRAE’s largest Region with 6,700 members. The last 15 years have been a remarkable journey considering the huge differences in culture, language, life styles, etc. between its Chapters. RAL operates in 29 countries.

The secret behind the growth of this Region is the platform which enables people of diverse cultures to embrace the same core values. Networking is at the heart of RAL.

The current size of RAL has increased the effort required to manage a Region of this size close to the limit. The globalization objectives of the Society have brought challenges and opportunities and decisions on the future of RAL, as well as the Society, need to be taken after very careful consideration.

Different approaches can be taken in respect of RAL’s future, splitting RAL is one option, the right timing is critical for this. Restructuring RAL to operate more efficiently, devolving management to Sub Regions is another. Society is looking at different models of Chapters and this will affect RAL. Other factors to consider are operating costs, the relevance of large versus smaller networks along with a host of other issues, demographics, geography, member experience etc.

The future of RAL will undeniably be different from its past, change is at the heart of life, how we manage that change can mean the difference between success and failure.

Fortunately, ASHRAE has been blessed with wise leadership and passionate volunteers, and together they will make the right choices for RAL.

Please do be part of the dialogue about our Region’s future.

As William Shakespeare said “It’s not in the Stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

Farooq Mehboob

DRC – RAL

9th Sept, 2016

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