Mark your calendars, the 2015 Technical Seminar event is set! We have reserved the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki for March, 13 2015. The seminar theme is Indoor Air Quality.

The quality of indoor air inside offices, schools, and other workplaces is important not only for workers' comfort but also for their health. Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) has been tied to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, trouble concentrating, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat and lungs. Also, some specific diseases have been linked to specific air contaminants or indoor environments, like asthma with damp indoor environments. The four presenters will speak on the causes and effects of poor IAQ and methods to improve it.

The seminar will be from 8:00 am until 3:45 pm in the Haleakala/Kilauea Banquet room. A Continental Breakfast will be served in the morning. Lunch will be buffet style at the hotel’s Prince Court Buffet. The technical seminar will be followed by a cocktail reception in the Marina Front Lounge (Hawaii Prince 1st floor), which gives you the opportunity to mingle with the presenters, ASHRAE members, and guests.

We hope that all of you will come out to join us and support the ASHRAE technical seminar!

Seminar Agenda

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Max Sherman

"Why We Ventilate"

Dr. Max Sherman will present on “Why we Ventilate” to discuss his current work at the Lawrence Berkley Labs to develop a health-based ventilation standard. Dr. Sherman is a Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with over 30 years of experience in building physics. He has a Ph.D. in physics from Berkeley and is an international expert in air leakage, HVAC, indoor air quality, infiltration, moisture, energy efficiency, and related topics.

Matt Briley

"Typical IAQ Project with Issues"

Matt Briley will present on a “Typical IAQ Project with Issues” this will be a suspect microbial issue and who the players typically are and what should be succession of events. He is President of Air Conditioning Specialists Inc. in Kona, Hawaii. He is a Certified Indoor Air Quality Consultant and the President of the Hawaii Chapter of the Indoor Air Quality Association. He has extensive experience in IAQ remediation work for various commercial and Industrial building.

Colin Murphy

"Architectural IAQ Issues"

Colin Murphy is the principal of Trinity ERD, which he founded in 1986. He is a Registered Roof Consultant with degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Law (Scotland). He has authored and presented numerous papers on roofing and building envelope subjects throughout the United States. He has received awards for outstanding publications and service to industry organizations. He holds fourteen United States and European patents for roofing and building envelope systems.

Einar K. Frobom

"DOAS Systems and the Benefits of Reduced Dewpoint"

Einar K. Frobom, MBA, PE will present on “DOAS Systems and the Benefits of Reduced Dewpoint”. He is the National Sales Manager for Munters Corporation. He has been involved with custom design and selection of HVAC equipment incorporating solution concepts such as air-to-air energy recovery and moisture transfer media, complex custom refrigeration systems. Einar holds the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration, both from the University of Minnesota.