2:15-4:15pm Monday, January 23, 2012
Price Room (5th floor), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
NOTE: All Task Group Chairs and Subcommittee Chairs are asked to submit written report to the Secretary (Dustin Meredith) before the end of the meeting week (July 1).

1. Call to order (Oliver) [3 minutes]
1.1. Read scope of TC 2.6
1.2. Additions and/or modifications to the agenda
2. Introduction of those present (All) [5 minutes]
3. Confirmation of current voting members (Gierzak) [3 minutes]
4. Review and approval of the minutes (Oliver) [3 minutes]
5. Secretary’s report (Meredith) [3 minutes]
6. TC Chair’s meeting report (Oliver) [5 minutes]
7. Chair’s announcements and correspondence (Oliver) [3 minutes]
8. Subcommittee reports (written reports to be provided to Secretary)
8.1. Research Subcommittee (Eichelberger) [20 minutes]
8.1.1. Research Chair’s meeting report
8.1.2. Ongoing research projects
8.1.2.1. RP-1322 Performance, Perception and Criteria with PI Wang/UNL (Schaffer)
8.1.2.2. RP-1408 Attenuation of Lined Ducts with PI Reynolds/UNLV (Lilly)
8.1.3. Work Statements/RTAR’s/URP’s
8.1.3.1. TRP-1529 Numerical Modeling of Lined Ducts (Marks)
8.1.3.2. RTAR-1560 Installed Performance of Vibration Isolators (Simmons)
8.1.3.3. RTAR-*** Effect of HVAC Noise in Hospitals (Babineau/Roy)
8.1.4. Topics for future research
8.1.4.1. Room effect (Keith)
8.1.4.2. Fluctuations (Wang)
8.1.4.3. Noise Generation in Ducts and Duct Accessories (Muehleisen, Reynolds)
8.2. Programs Subcommittee (Papadimos) [15 minutes]
8.2.1. Program Chair’s meeting report
8.2.2. Programs this meeting
8.2.2.1. Seminar 25: “Vibration Induced Noise and Mechanical Equipment Vibration Isolation, Balance and Predictive Maintenance” (Marks)
8.2.3. Potential programs next meeting – San Antonio, June 2012
8.3. Publications Subcommittee (Wise) [10 minutes]
8.3.1. Handbook chapters
8.3.1.1. Handbook Applications 2011 (Wise/Peppin)
8.3.1.2. Handbook Fundamentals 2013 (Weinstein/Wise)
8.3.2. Other publications
8.3.3. Web page (Schwob)
8.4. Standards Subcommittee (Ronsse) [20 minutes]
8.4.1. SPC 130 – Method of Test for Rating Ducted Air Terminal Units (Oliver)
8.4.2. SPC 189 – Design for High Performance Green Buildings (Ronsse)
8.4.3. SPC 197 – Method of Test for Passive Vibration Isolators (Peterman)
8.4.4. SPC 200 – Method of Test for Chilled Beams (Zimmerman)
8.4.5. GPC 10 – Interactions Affecting the Achievement of Acceptable Indoor Environments (Wang)
8.4.6. Performance Measurement Protocol (PMP) Best Practices document (Eichelberger)
8.4.7. Proposed Position Document on “Environmental Health in Green Building Programs” (Roy/Muehleisen)
8.4.8. Updates from Other Standards Organizations
8.4.8.1. AHRI (Abbate)
8.4.8.2. AMCA (Brooks); CRP (??)
8.4.8.3. ANSI (Ronsse)
8.4.8.3.1. Working Group on Sound Measurement in Rooms (Lilly)
8.4.8.4. ASTM (Peppin); E33 (Lilly)
8.4.8.5. ISO (Reynolds); ISO TC205 (Roy)
8.5. Standing Subcommittees [10 minutes]
8.5.1. Sound Criteria (Wang)
8.5.2. Vibration Isolation (Simmons)
8.6. Operations Subcommittee (Gierzak) [15 minutes]
8.6.1. Bylaws
8.6.2. Honors and awards
8.6.3. Long range planning
8.6.4. Membership (Gierzak)
8.6.5. Liaisons (Gierzak)
8.6.5.1. International Green Construction Code update
8.6.5.2. ASHRAE TC 2.1 Physiology and Human Environment (Wang)
8.6.5.3. ASHRAE TC 2.7 Seismic and Wind Restraint Design (Meissel)
8.6.5.4. ASHRAE TC 5.1 Fan Design and Application (Osborne/Brooks)
8.6.5.5. ASHRAE TC 5.2 Duct Design (*)
8.6.5.6. ASHRAE TC 5.3 Room Air Distribution (Oliver/Zimmerman)
8.6.5.7. ASHRAE TC 6.10 Fuels and Combustion (Herrin)
8.6.5.8. ASA (Wang)
8.6.5.9. VISCMA (Peterman)
8.6.5.10. Others: CTI, INCE, NCAC, etc.
9. New business/Old business [5 minutes]
9.1. Hot Topics at this meeting (Oliver)
9.1.1. BIM Acoustics (Mitchell/Oliver)
9.2. Hot Topics for next meeting (Oliver)
9.2.1. Insertion Loss of Vibration Isolators? (Lilly)
10. Next meeting date and location – San Antonio, TX; June 25, 2012
11. Adjournment

Research Subcommittee Meeting Agenda

Monday, January 23, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM, Dearborn 2

Status of ongoing Projects:
RP-1322 Productivity and Perception, Mark Schaffer, Chair. Lily Wang, University of Nebraska, Principle Investigator.

RP-1408 The Effect of Lining Length On The Insertion Loss of Acoustical Duct Liner. Jerry Lilly PMS chair. Doug Reynolds, UNLV, Principle Investigator.

Work Statements:
RP-1529 Full Frequency Numerical Modeling of Sound Transmission and Radiation In Lined Ducts – This project will develop and validate full-frequency numerical modeling techniques for sound transmission through, and radiation from, HVAC ductwork. Pat Marks will serve as the PES Chair. Project is ready for bid, possibly in the Fall of 2011.

RTARs:
Effect of HVAC noise in hospitals – Ken Roy and J.R. Babineau prepared a draft RTAR and this was forwarded to TC members for review 6/20/2010. This is a potential joint project with TC2.1 (Physiology & Human Environment) and TC9.6 (Health Care Facilities).

RTAR-1560 Installed performance of vibration isolators – Robert Simmons prepared initial draft.

Discussion: Topics for Future Research:
Top topics discussed during the past seven research subcommittee meetings:

1. Review the room effect (include effect of single pass ceiling systems)
2. Tones
3. Fluctuations
4. Silencer system effects
5. Piping noise for equipment
6. Effect of HVAC noise in hospitals
7. Fan elbow effect
8. BIM
9. Flow noise generation in ducts

These topics keep recurring meeting after meeting, just waiting for a champion to prepare an RTAR. Please give these topics some consideration before the next meeting; perhaps, as a group, we can flesh out a scope for the high priority topics.