Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/14/2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Lasso gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse
Categories
April ASHRAE Meeting: 04/14
Hello Members and Friends of ASHRAE,
Please come join us for our April ASHRAE meeting located at Lasso Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse. Our speaker this month is Mark MacCracken. He will be presenting on energy storage and the grid: building capacitance together. The ASHRAE meeting and presentation will be on Tuesday, April 14th from 6:00-8:00 PM.
** Earn 1 PDH points for attending **
We will be having the meeting in person at Lasso Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse off of Sunrise Blvd. To help us plan appropriately, please pre-purchase tickets on-line by following the pre-registration link.
Presentation description
Whether the reason is Energy Independence, National Security or Sustainability, managing peak electrical load will be critical to our society’s future growth. The Grid in the US has essentially no energy storage on it now, so all electric loads must be met instantaneously. This necessitates massive oversizing of the Grid’s generation and transmission capacity to meet only a few hours of the year. And with the dramatic growth of data centers, the need for more electrical capacity is accelerating. Energy Storage, on both sides of the electric meter, which can free up large amounts of peak electrical capacity, will be covered, along with their application in buildings and large federal Investment Tax Credit incentives.
Bio
Mark has over 30 years working with CALMAC Manufacturing Corporation, he has been involved in all aspects of the company including R&D, contracts, patents, manufacturing, marketing and finance. A licensed professional engineer and LEED Fellow, he has been a leader in the growth of energy efficiency and green building. Previously he served on both ASHRAE and USGBC. In 2017, CALMAC was acquired by Trane®, a leading global provider of indoor comfort systems and services and a brand of Ingersoll Rand.