Madison History 2025 Archive
ANNUAL CRC REPORT - 2025
MADISON CHAPTER
Chapter #095
CHAPTER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
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Annual Golf Outing and University Ridge
Refrigerant update with Doug Reindel
Tax Credit 179D
AI in building systems
Ethics Discussion
Sustainable design, Decarbonization, and Adaptive Reuse of buildings
Boys and Girls Club Engineering Day
UW Madison Engineering Expo
YEA – Bears and Board Games
Celebrating Women In ASHRAE
CHAPTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
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Submitted technology award application:–Title: California Air Resources Board Southern California Headquarters–Category: New Institutional–Who: Paul Erikson from Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI)–This application won 1st place at the Region VI competition.•List DL visits–Doug Reindl – ASHRAE 15–Mick Schwedler – Chilled water design–Dr. Bill Bahnfleth – ASHRAE 241
MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION
- Free December meeting / ASHRAE Share
- Celebrating Women In ASHRAE
- Employer Recognition Night
- Recognizing 40 year members locally
- November MP Drive (Share you ASHRAE EXP)
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Area-Assigned Members (without students) | 252 | 246 | 247 |
| Chapter Dues Paying Members (CDPM) | 172 | 167 | 167 |
| New Members to Date (AAM) | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Members Delinquent to Date (AAM) | 14 | 3 | 9 |
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
- Student Night at October meeting
- “Chilled Water Systems for YEA Members: What the Baby Boomers and Gen Xers Have Done WRONG!!!”
- UW-Platteville ASHRAE Chapter Visit
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| New Student Members | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Student Branches | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Student Meetings | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Students Attending Winter Meeting | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RESEARCH PROMOTION
- List specific chapter RP event
- December ASHRAE Share Meeting Raffle
- Annual Golf Outing and University Ridge
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Chapter Goal | $8,320 | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Total Dollars Collected | $6,627 | $3,000 | $4,720 |
YEA (Young engineers in ashrae)
- Beers and Board Games at Capital Brewery
Government Affairs
- March 19th “ASHRAE Day on the Hill” at the Wisconsin State Capital in partnership with the Wisconsin Area Chapters
- Added Jon Evans and McClain Stephens to committee.
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| # of GAC Activities | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| # of Officials Identified | 19 |
chapter HISTORY
- Highlights:
- Celebrating Women In ASHRAE
- Engineering Day at the B&G Club
- Engineering Expo at UW
| 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | |
| Chapter Display at CRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
COMMUNICATIONS
- Monthly newsletter with meeting announcement
- Used our LinkedIn Page to highlight events and advertise meetings
- Used StarChapter surveys for Employer Recognition Night
- Regional Updates:
- Maintain regional website for your chapter
- Updating ALL links to region to remove our old domain. New domain is ashraeregion6.org
Highlights
- Celebrating Women In ASHRAE
- Engineering Day at the B&G Club
- Engineering Expo at UW
- Garnering more sponsorship of meetings to help offset venue costs
- Adding Lunch meeting to schedule to gain more varied attendance.
success stories
- Garnering more sponsorship of meetings to help offset venue costs
- Adding Lunch meeting to schedule to gain more varied attendance.
- Golf Outing
- Nontechnical programs and initiatives being self supported and well attended:
- Celebrating Women In ASHRAE
- Engineering Day at the B&G Club
- Engineering Expo at UW
lessons learned
- If I had this year to do over, I would start everything sooner.
- It’s ok to Ask for help, sponsorships, volunteers, etc.
