Central Illinois History 2025 Archive
ANNUAL CRC REPORT - 2025
Chapter #050
CHAPTER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
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October 2024 - Preparing Buildings for A2L Refrigerants: Apply ASHRAE Standards 15 and 34,
Presenter: Jeff Seewald, HVAC Systems Business Development Manager for Daikin Applied
February 2025 - Panel Discussion / Student Night at Bradley University November 2024 - ASHRAE 241, Control of Infectious Aerosols
Presenter Derrick Sears, ASHRAE TC 2.9 UVC Committee, ASHRAE 62.1 IAQ member,
March 2025 - Powering with Renewable Resources: Thermal Energy Storage
Presenter Doug Reindl DL, Univ. WI
December 2024 - The Basics of Test & Balance
Presenter Elizabeth Blankenship BPI Testing, LLC NEBB Certified Professional
April 2025 - Water Treatment Essentials covering Closed Loop and Cooling Tower
Presenters Patrick Shaver, Tammy Philips and Paul Gleason, Global Water Technologies
CHAPTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
- DL visits
Douglas Reindl, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Powering with Renewable Resources: Thermal Energy Storage
MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Area-Assigned Members (without students) |
142 |
122 | 121 |
| Chapter Dues Paying Members (CDPM) | 81 | 86 | 72 |
| New Members to Date (AAM) | 27 | 21 | 14 |
| Members Delinquent to Date (AAM) | 13 | 6 | 8 |
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| New Student Members | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Student Branches | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Student Meetings | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Students Attending Winter Meeting | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RESEARCH PROMOTION
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Chapter Goal | $4680 | $4500 | $200 |
| Total Dollars Collected | $1700 | $1800 | $4050 |
YEA (Young engineers in ashrae)
- YEA Leadership weekend, San Francisco Nov., 2024
Government Affairs
- Day on the Hill event, April 30th 2025
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| # of GAC Activities | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| # of Officials Identified |
chapter HISTORY
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Chapter Display at CRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
COMMUNICATIONS
- Chapter website and email reminders
- Monthly BOG meetings via TEAMS
- New domain “ashraeregion6.org” is linked
Highlights
- Maintained high average attendance to monthly meetings
- All monthly meetings had sponsors
- Dinner with Region 13 in Orlando
success stories
- Sponsoring student to attend CRC - Jill Kennicott, Bradley Univ.
- Region VI LeaDRS program, Indianapolis 2024
- LeadershipU program, Orlando 2025
- Illinois Comm. College - HVAC program students
lessons learned
- If I had this year to do over...
