Category Archives: Chapter Meetings

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

2025 ASHRAE Fall Frolic Golf Outing

Monday, August 25, 2025 – 10:00 am Shotgun Start – NOTE THE START TIME!

  • 4-Person Best Ball Tournament
  • Dinner to follow right after Golf
  • Door, Pin Event and Place Prizes after dinner

Otter Creek Golf Course

4100 Northeast Otter Creek Drive
Ankeny, IA 50021
Otter Creek Golf Course

Pricing:
$150 – 18-holes – 1/2-cart – Lunch – Awards Reception w/Food – One Raffle Ticket
$50 – Awards Reception with Lunch & Dinner (For those that only want to come to the awards reception / meeting)
$5 – mulligans (Limit 4 per player)

NOTE:  See the flyer for dress code and there will be a cash bar available during the event.  There will be ample opportunities before the event to stock your cart as well as on the course.


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.

  • Hole – $150 – gets you a color sign at a tee box of one of the holes
  • Pin Event – $300 – (Maximum of 6) also gets your name on a sponsorship list at the prize table and sponsors a pin event
  • Platinum – $850 – (Maximum of 3) also gets your name at the registration table, two food packages, sponsors the main door prizes AND ALLOWS FOR SETTING UP AT A TEE BOX TO GREET GOLFERS ALL DAY.

BIG Thank You to our 2025 Golf Sponsors:


Platinum – $850

Setpoint Mechanical


Pin Event – $300

Alvine
Hart-Hammer, Inc.
Hydronic Energy, Inc.
Iowa HVAC Coalition
Trane
Victaulic


Hole – $150

Automated Logic
Basepoint Building Automations
Central Sales, Inc.
C.H. McGuiness
Data Power Technology
Mechanical Sales, Inc.
Millennium Technology of Iowa
Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa
System Management & Balancing, Inc.
Victaulic
Woodman Controls


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

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

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 August 18th (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 Tjaden Ahrens.

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 Nick Seymour.

2025 ASHRAE Iowa Chapter – March Super “Tech” Meeting

DATE: March 26, 2025

TIME: 11:30am – 5:00pm

LOCATION:

Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center
5291 Stoney Creek Ct,
Johnston, IA 50131

PROGRAM:

  • 11:30a – Open for registration
  • 12:00p – Lunch
  • 12:30p – 1:30p Presentation #1:
    • Tim Junker, Equipment Sales Manager – Western Agents, Johnson Controls
      • Understanding of the heat pump cycle, advantages of heat pumps, and application considerations when choosing hydronic heat pumps.
  • 1:30p – Break/Vendors
  • 1:45p – 2:45p Presentation #2:
    • Karl Kaufman, SystemWorks Building Enclosure Commissioning Provider
  • 2:45p – Break/Vendors/Company Recognition
  • 3:00p – 4:00p – Presentation #3:
    • Tom Vega, BAC Regional Sales Manager – Cooling Tower Selection Considerations
      • What should you keep in mind when designing and selecting cooling towers? This session will describe the various types of evaporative heat rejection technologies available on the marketplace today. Additionally, this session will describe the factors that influence equipment selection including codes and standards, layout, sound, and uptime concerns.
  • 4:00p – 5:00p – Open Bar

REGISTRATION: Link

See the ASHRAE Google Calendar on the main page for the Event.

2025 ASHRAE Iowa Chapter – February Meeting/Refrigeration Topic

DATE: February 27, 2025

TIME: 5:00pm – 7:00pm

LOCATION: Exile Brewing Company

1514 Walnut St.
Des Moines, IA 50309

PROGRAM:

Alex Schmig will be in town to present an overview of ASHRAE 15 & 34, covering key regulatory updates and safety standards. He will also discuss how manufacturers are adapting their systems to accommodate the latest refrigerant changes.

Alex is the ASHRAE Region VI refrigeration chair and a Principal Engineer of Refrigerants and Systems Technology at Trane.

DRINK SPONSOR: Hart-Hammer

REGISTRATION LINK:

See the ASHRAE Google Calendar on the main page for the Event.