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2026 ASHRAE Iowa Chapter – January Chapter Meeting – Member’s and Family Night

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Please join us at Backpocket Pin and Pixel for our ASHRAE dinner and social.  Spouses and children are welcome to attend.

DATE: Thursday January 22, 2026

TIME: 5:00PM – 8:00PM

LOCATION: Backpocket Pin & Pixel, 6205 Merle Rd, Johnston 

PROGRAM: Dinner and social

COST: Free to ASHRAE Members – spouses and children are welcome to attend.

2025 ASHRAE Iowa Chapter – December Chapter Meeting (Joint with CSI/SMCI)

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DATE: Tuesday December 9, 2025

TIME: 11:30AM – 1:30PM

Registration, Lunch, & Program: 11:30 – 1:30PM

LOCATION: Marriott Downtown (700 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309)

PROGRAM:  Distinguished Lecturer Jim Coogan presenting on ASHRAE Guideline 36: High Performance Sequences of Operation

COST: Free to ASHRAE, CSI, MSCI Members

2025 – ASHRAE Iowa Chapter – November Chapter Meeting

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DATE:

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

LOCATION:

DMACC FFA Enrichment Center
1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway ~ Ankeny, Iowa

PROGRAM:

8:15 AM : Registration Check-In and opportunity to visit vendor tables

8:50 AM : Welcome and Introduction

9:00 AM : “PI Performance Devices and Energy Efficiencies by addressing Low Delta-T Syndrome”
– Jeremy Huehn – District Sales Manager – Belimo Americas

10:15 AM : “Maximizing the Energy Savings Potential of Low-Lift Heating and Cooling Systems
with Advanced Terminal Options”
– Larry Gelin, MSME – Area Manager – Price Industries

11:30 AM : LUNCH & ”Ventilation, Filtration, & Equivalent Clean Airflow”
– ASHRAE Committee Chair and Speaker – Darryl DeAngelis

1:00 PM : ”Wind-driven Rain & FEMA Tornado Louvers”
– James K. Smardo – National Sales Manager of Louver & Architectural Solutions – Ruskin

2:15 PM : ”Parallel Pumping with Self-Sensing Pump Control”
– Danny Hunt – Area Sales Director, Commercial – Taco

3:15 PM – 5:30 PM : Product Show and Refreshments – including Beer, Wine, and a prize drawing.

 

2025 – ASHRAE Iowa Chapter – October Chapter Meeting & Student Night

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DATE:

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

TIME:

4:30pm – 5:30pm Tour
5:30pm – 8:00pm Dinner

LOCATION:

Tour – Fitch Family Indoor Aquatic Center – 115 N. Elm Ave, Ames, IA

  • PPE NOT required for tour

Dinner – Jethro’s BBQ Ames – 1301 Buckeye Ave, Ames, IA 50010

PROGRAM:

Join us for a tour of Ames’ new $28 million indoor aquatic center at 115 N. Elm. The facility features lap lanes, splash and wellness pools, a current channel, water slide, and inviting community spaces. Designed with modern programming and recreation in mind, the center brings enhanced wellness and quality-of-life opportunities to Ames residents.

Jake Cunliffe with KCL will be discussing the mechanical system design of the facility.

2025 Ethical Decision Making – An Exercise in Application with Julia Keen

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When
Tuesday September 16, 2025 at 12:00PM

Location
Webinar link will be distributed to those who register online.

Program
Ethical Decision Making – An Exercise in Application

In lieu of the traditional lecture style presentation, this is a structured interactive exercise. The participant will be provided a copy of both the ASHRAE and the Professional Engineering Code of Ethics. A methodology for ethical decision making will be introduced. Realistic ethical dilemmas from the practice of building design and construction will be presented. Based on the information provided and using the provided Codes of Ethics the participants will be asked to make their own decision, discuss this with their table, and then be lead through the decision-making process as a group. The ethical dilemmas begin as fairly simple black-white analysis and are progressively made more complex during the session. 

This webinar presentation will satisfy half (1 PDH) of the State of Iowa’s PDH Professional Ethics requirement.

Presenter
Julia Keen – Ethical Decision Making – An Exercise in Application

Cost
ASHRAE Iowa members – Free

2021 Spring Fling Golf Outing

Monday May 17th, 2021 – 11:00 am Shotgun Start – NOTE THE START TIME!

  • 4-Person Best Ball Tournament
  • DMGCC will take cash or cards on the course for food and drinks
  • DMGCC are going to have a food truck with hot and cold food on it. It will be in the staging area by the golf carts before the outing for anyone wanting to eat before the outing. Then the food truck will move to the golf course on a hole between the front nine and back nine that intersect, for anyone wanting food while on the course.
  • Beverage carts will be in full force during the event like always
  • Dinner to follow right after Golf
  • Door, Pin Event and Place Prizes after dinner

Des Moines Golf and Country Club

1600 Jordan Creek Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266
dmgcc.org

Pricing:
$135 – 18-holes – 1/2-cart
$45 – dinner
$5 – mulligans

NOTE:  You can bring cash or credit cards this time!  There will be ample opportunities before the event to stock your cart as well as on the course. You can even get something to eat from the food truck before and during the event.


Be a Sponsor for the event!

You can sponsor during your golf team registration or right now.  The earlier you sponsor, the more publicity you will get.  See below for sponsorship levels and our sponsors.

  • Silver – $100 – gets you a color sign at a tee box of one of the holes
  • Gold – $250 – also gets your name on a sponsorship list at the prize table and sponsors a pin event
  • Platinum – $500 – (Maximum of 3) also gets your name at the registration table, sponsors the main door prizes AND ALLOWS FOR SETTING UP AT A TEE BOX TO GREET GOLFERS ALL DAY (This is a new item added for the Platinum level!)

BIG Thank You to our 2021 Golf Sponsors:


Platinum – $500 (limit 3)

Dahl Air Conditioning and Heating
Trane
Mechanical Sales Iowa, Inc.


Gold – $250

Systems Management & Balancing, Inc.
Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa
Hydronic Energy, Inc.
Control Installations of Iowa
Central Sales, Inc.
AJ Allen
Baker Group
Victaulic


Silver – $100

Woodman Controls, Inc.
Alvine Engineering
Hart-Hammer, Inc.
Sys-Kool
Millennium Technology of Iowa
VHF Sales, Inc.
Mack McClain Associates
Bell Brothers Heating & Air Conditioning
Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US
Setpoint Mechanical
Setpoint Mechanical
Johnson Controls
DPT Group
Hart-Hammer, Inc.


Register a team online and pay through our secure payment system or mail a check to:

ASHRAE Golf c/o Hart-Hammer, Inc.
ATTN: Jeff Hammer
529 Elm St. – PO Box 65517
West Des Moines, IA 50265

See the Flyer for all of the information in a printable version (just don’t mail it in!  Register online!)

Golf and dinner Registration Closes May 10th (or when we reach maximum capacity).

  • Payment MUST be made prior to registration closing or your spot may be given to next team on the waitlist.
  • You must register online – you can mail/deliver a check, just make sure it’s in by the deadline!

Who to contact for help:

If you have questions with the website or registration site, contact Jason Kems.

If you have questions about Golf, Dinner or Payments, contact Jeff Hammer.

If you have questions about signs, contact Nathan Edwards.

If you have questions about sponsorships, contact Tjaden Ahrens.


Post updated: April 15, 2021

2021 April Chapter Meeting

ASHRAE Iowa Chapter April Meeting

Join us for another virtual chapter meeting on Tuesday April 27th from 12-1:30 PM. David Poetting will kick off the meeting by presenting his history project. We are also honored to have ASHRAE President Chuck Gulledge give his presidential speech and Distinguished Lecturer presentation titled “Design-Build-Operate-Maintain: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”. A retroactive lunch digital gift card will be sent following the meeting to those who attend. Use the link below to register for the GoToWebinar.

Please register for Iowa Chapter Meeting on Apr 27, 2021 12:00 PM CDT at:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9175683333319818256

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Links/documents associated with this meeting (as they become available):

April IowaStalks Newsletter – webpdf

Sign-In / Attendance Sheet – Presidential Visit and DL Presentation

2021 March Chapter Meeting

ASHRAE Iowa Chapter March Meeting – Hydronic Balancing

The ASHRAE Iowa Chapter invites you to join our March virtual meeting on Tuesday March 16th at 12:00 PM for a hydronic balancing discussion presented by IMI Hydronic. Please register through the link below and you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Lunch will be provided via GrubHub digital gift card to order from your favorite local restaurant. Cutoff for registration to receive the gift card is Monday March 15th at 5:00pm.

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ASHRAE Iowa Chapter March 2021 meeting invite:

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Mar 16, 2021 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0od–hrT0sGdJf5e5RZmjZAkCgOi458vLT

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


Links/documents associated with this meeting (as they become available):

March IowaStalks Newsletter – webpdf

Sign-In / Attendance Sheet – 2021-03-16-Hydronic Balancing-Registration-Sheet

Watch the meeting as it unfolds on our YouTube Channel.

 

2021 February Chapter Meeting

Refrigeration


Join us for another virtual chapter meeting this month on Tuesday, February 23! We will be joining the refrigeration presentations being given in the Minnesota chapter. See topics and times below. Look for a registration link coming soon!

11:00am: Micro-Distributed Store Solution with Propane as a Refrigerant
Presented by: Richard Gilles

12:30pm: Applications and Status of R-32 and Other Refrigerants
Presented by: John Whithouse



Links/documents associated with this meeting (as they become available):

February IowaStalks Newsletter – webpdf

Sign-In / Attendance Sheet – 2021-02-23-Refrigeration Meeting-Sign-In-Sheet