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| July 22, 2008 Contact: Wendy Angel, Public Relations, 678-539-1216, wangel@ashrae.org ASHRAE Announces Scholarship Recipients ATLANTA – The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has announced the recipients of 16 scholarships totaling $85,000 for the 2008-09 academic year.The students, all pursuing courses leading to a career within the HVAC&R industry, will receive the following undergraduate ASHRAE scholarships: • Reuben Trane Scholarships: $10,000 over two years, Jonathan Jenkins, University of Kansas, architectural engineering; Carrie Baughman, North Carolina State University, mechanical engineering; and Ashanti Hepburn, NC A&T State University, architectural engineering. The scholarship was established in 1991 when The Trane Co. established an endowment fund in memory of its founder.• Willis H. Carrier Scholarship: $10,000 for one year, Felipe Pinsheira, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, mechanical engineering; James Newman, Kansas State University, architectural engineering. The scholarship was established by The Carrier Corp. in memory of its founder, a pioneer in the HVAC&R industry known for his contributions to establishing air conditioning as an industry. • Frank M. Coda Memorial Scholarship: $5,000 for one year, Martin Nolan, City College of the City University of New York, mechanical engineering. The scholarship is named in memory of ASHRAE’s former executive vice president.The following one-year $3,000 scholarships will be awarded: • Henry Adams Scholarship: Alyssa Adams, Pennsylvania State University, architectural engineering. The scholarship was established by the consulting firm of Henry Adams Inc. in memory of its founder.• Duane Hanson Scholarship: Susan Nagel, Kansas State University, architectural engineering. The scholarship’s namesake was president of Gayner Engineers in San Francisco, Calif.• Alwin B. Newton Scholarship: James Gawthrop, Pennsylvania State University, architectural engineering. The scholarship’s namesake was an industry pioneer who was granted 219 patents and strived to provide knowledge to younger people in the industry.• ASHRAE Region VIII Scholarship: Tanushree Thote, University of Arkansas, biological engineering.• ASHRAE Scholarships: Clinton Gechter, University of Kansas, architectural engineering; and Paul Schack, University of Wisconsin-Madison, electrical engineering.• Memorial Scholarship: Eric White, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, mechanical engineering.• Associate of Engineering Technology Scholarship: Jeffrey Normandy, Massasoit Community College, HVAC technology; Benjamin LaRose, State University of New York (Canton), air-conditioning engineering technology.• Bachelor’s Engineering Technology Scholarship: Jeffrey Hansen, Alfred State University (SUNY), mechanical engineering technology.ASHRAE has awarded 180 scholarships during the past 19 years totaling more than $925,000. The ASHRAE scholarship program encourages and assists HVAC&R education through scholarships and fellowships. In addition, ASHRAE has launched a Web page for its scholarship program – www.ashrae.org/scholarships. The page provides a summary of all ASHRAE scholarship opportunities for students seeking scholarship information, along with testimonials from former scholarship recipients.For more information, visit the scholarships page or contact Lois Benedict, scholarship administrator, at lbenedict@ashrae.org. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education. ### July 14, 2008 BACnet Looks at Improving Standardized Communications ATLANTA – A new standard way of representing building data will give BACnet new capabilities for standardized communications between a wide range of applications. A definition for an XML syntax which can be used to represent building data in a consistent, flexible and extensible manner, is defined by addendum t, recommended for public review by the BACnet committee during ASHRAE’s recent 2008 Annual Meeting. The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a popular technology in the data processing and communications worlds, based on its ability to model a wide range of data, and its ability to be transformed and extended. "With this new IT-friendly way of representing building data, we are opening up a whole range of possible new ways to share data. XML can be used for exchanging files between systems, integrating buildings with energy utilities, and expanding enterprise integration with richer Web services.” said Dave Robin, incoming BACnet chair. In a busy three-and-a-half day session during the meeting, the BACnet committee moved eight other addenda toward publication. Addendum g, a new means for securing BACnet messages using updated encryption technologies, was recommended for another public review following an extended period of revision and analysis by the Network Security working group following the preceding public review. The Life-Safety and Security working group, comprised of BACnet and physical security industry experts, recommended another public review for Addendum j, which proposes physical access control extensions for BACnet. “We received only nine comments on the previous public review,” said working group convener David Ritter, “and they were all positive and constructive comments.” The Testing and Interoperation working group revised its definitions of several new types of BACnet operator workstations following the first public review of addendum l last fall. "These definitions will not only allow users to specify the capabilities of different workstations, but are necessary for defining the tests done on those workstation by BACnet testing labs," said working group convener Carl Neilson. Addenda h, r and s, all comprised of a number of independent changes, were also recommended for public review. After reviewing the comments submitted for two addenda, the BACnet committee determined that addenda b and m had passed spring public review and will be submitted for publication. Both addenda are comprised of several independent changes but include user-oriented extensions such as the Event Log object, which keeps a history of BACnet alarms in a standard fashion. Also during the meeting, outgoing BACnet chair Bill Swan announced the publication of BACnet 2008, incorporating the five addenda that have been approved since the publication of BACnet 2004. The BACnet committee continues to work on a broad range of other items, such as architectural and theatrical lighting controls, developing standard profiles for various building automation devices, CCTV control, and elevator monitoring. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education. ###
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