Illinois History

ANNUAL CRC REPORT - 2026

Chapter #049

CHAPTER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

The HVAC Impact of PJM Capacity Costs in ComEd Territory
VRF Design and A2L Refrigerants
District Energy
Holiday Party
Laboratory HVAC Design
Commercial Water Heaters
Spring Conference
Datacenter Liquid Cooling Panel
Rebuilding Together
Desiccant Dehumidification
Control Lessons Learned

CHAPTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Cuday Science- Elara
NIU Decentralization - McGuire
Willowbrook Wildlife Center - Wight
Appleton Public Library - SOM
Academy for Global Citizenship - DBHMS
Garfield Green- DBHMS

DL visit on 5/12- David N. Schurk

MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION

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	2025-26	2024-25	2023-24
Area-Assigned Members (without students)	1173	1183	1179
Chapter Dues Paying Members (CDPM)	610	576	697
New Members to Date (AAM)	146	119	153
Members Delinquent to Date (AAM)	96	116	106

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

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	2025-26	2024-25	2023-24
New Student Members	66	23	13
Student Branches	2	3	3
Student Meetings
Students Attending Winter Meeting

RESEARCH PROMOTION

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	2025-26	2024-25	2023-24
Chapter Goal	$34,056	$30,056	$28,900
Total Dollars Collected	$16,056	$30,056	$26,902

YEA (Young engineers in ashrae)

242 Members
93 registrations for Spring Conference
Trolly Bar Crawl
Technical Tour of Old Post Office
Masonic Temple Tour
Golf Lesson

Government Affairs

Day on the Hill with Central Illinois Chapter - March 4th
- 8 ASHRAE members in attendance
- 2 State Senators agreed to cosponsor bill related to IAQ in schools
Collaboration with Illinois Green Alliance around Illinois Stretch Code

	2025-26	2024-25	2023-24
# of GAC Activities	3	2	2
# of Officials Identified	2	3	2

chapter HISTORY

New Historian Chair recently appointed
Website Updates, Newsletter, and Interviews coming in 2026-27

	2025-26	2024-25	2023-24
Chapter Display at CRC		Yes	Yes

COMMUNICATIONS

StarChapter, LinkedIn and Instagram used for chapter event notifications
Thank you to Alexis Smith for 3 years of marketing support- looking for a new volunteer in 2026-27 to help streamline communication efforts
Graphic Design intern for marketing materials in the new year

Highlights

Women in ASHRAE Events - virtual happy hours, Boxing Event, International Women's Day Celebration, Nightmares & Nightcaps Haunted Chicago Tour
Sponsored home renovation for Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago

success stories

Streamlining access to our investment account
CTTC, Women in ASHRAE and YEA programs are well attended
Sponsored a Women in Green Illinois Green Alliance Luncheon

lessons learned

Turnover will happen - always be recruiting
Opportunity to improve budget management
Change is good
- Updates to treasurer report process
- Chase Management of Investment Account
- New venues for CTTC meetings (including virtual)