1. The World is Watching …

2. Concept Reality

3. Not for a few but for all people Not for the Present but for the Future Not for development of products but for discovery of PRINCIPLES Guiding Principles

4. From Idea to Funded Project! Tech Council TGsRASRACTCs

5. How Research Works Technology Council Research Administrative Committee (RAC) Technical Committees Work Statements Research Topic Acceptance Requests (RTARs) Project Evaluating Subcommittee Project Monitoring Subcommittee

6. ASHRAE Research

7. Hospital Ventilation & Air Distribution Is there anyone who hasn’t been in a hospital or know someone who has been? Helping to prevent the more then 700,00 surgical site infections that occur each year Cryosurgical Probes Quarantine Facilities Clean rooms & labs

8. Homes & Schools How does the indoor environment of schools effect performance? Understanding the chemical out-gassing from Indoor Swimming Pools More efficient refrigeration & food preservation Harmful by-products produced from home indoor air cleaning devices Reducing the electricity used for cooling and ventilation by 30% through natural or hybrid systems

9. Fast Food Restaurants Fast Food Restaurants are one of the world’s largest employers, serving millions of people. Because of their nature, the need for good refrigeration and ventilation is enormous. Reducing the annual energy cost by thousands per exhaust Reducing the amount of energy used to get the same desired results

10. Air Travel How did you get to your last business trip? How will you get to your next vacation? 2.2 BILLION passengers fly every year 250,000 people in the air every hour of the day, 365 days a year

11. Urgent Needs Ways to improve equipment efficiency Ease of using low energy designs Ability to accurately evaluate energy use Computer modeling

12. Last year was GREAT! Insert Chapter or regional info here Praise something Good about Chapter – H5, Challenge, Increase over last year, etc.

13. xxxxxx Chapter’s Success

14. 20xx-xx Campaign Goal: $Chapter Goal Successes

15. Did you know …. 100% of your investment in Research goes TOWARD Research.. not staff salaries, not overhead, not mailings but RESEARCH 100% of your investment in Research stays Region xxx? Almost 3x the amount of money raised by the region in 20xx-xx is currently being spent on Research?

16. University of Texas - Austin 11 Projects: $449,574

17. Oklahoma State 4 Projects: $468,992

18. Texas A&M 5 Projects: $124,850

19. ASHRAE Research