Come join us for the February monthly meeting of the ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter

  Where to Park

 Meeting Agenda

Registration - 5:30

Technical Presentation - 6:00

Dinner - 7:00

Main Program - 7:30

Adjournment - 9:00

Technical Presentation

Topic: Understanding Louvers

Things to consider when selecting louvers

Classic louver types

Specialty louver types

Louver testing

Main Program

Topic: Fire/Smoke Dampers

Review of Building Code Requirements

UL Standards

Damper Installation

Non-traditional FSD Models

New Products and Maintenance

Presenter

Richard Cravy (Ruskin)

Richard Cravy is a Regional Sales and Application Manager for Ruskin Company.  He has worked for Ruskin for over 25 years and resides in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.  Rick’s career with Ruskin began in the service department as a service engineer but he has been involved in sales and marketing for the last 20 years.  Before Ruskin, Rick’s experience included the United States Marine Corps and employment in the temperature controls industry. He attended school at Missouri Institute of Technology, where he studied Electronic Engineering.  

Rick is an ICC, ASHE and NFPA member.  He is currently a voting member on the technical committee for NFPA80 and 105 and a past chairperson for the Air Movement and Control Association’s Code Action and Review Committee.  He has authored or co-authored several articles about fire/smoke dampers for trade publications and has developed or assisted in developing seminars about fire/smoke dampers.  He has helped educate Code Officials, Engineers, Fire Marshals, Architects and Sheet Metal Contractors about the Building Codes and about the proper Installation and Application of Fire/Smoke Dampers.