January 2002 Newsletter
January 15 Chapter Meeting
Where: New York Academy of Sciences
2 East 63rd Street, Manhattan
Time:
5:30 (networking), 6:00 (presentation and discussion)
Speaker: Lindsay Audin,
President Energy Wiz
Topic:
Coordinating Energy Efficiency and
Energy Procurement Strategies
The Tab: $10 members, $15 non-members
Join us at the NYAS for our 2002 chapter kick-off meeting. Networking over
sandwiches and a presentation is sure to provoke thought and discussion.
Lindsay Audin is one of the priceless gems of our profession, an AEE Hall-ofFamer, a provocative thinker and an engaging presenter. For those of you who know
Lindsay, you know that he always has something stimulating to say. For those of you
who don’t, an opportunity to get to know him is not to be missed.
Lindsay has been focused recently on analyzing the complexities that arise
between energy efficiency and energy procurement. Our projections can be radically
impacted if we are not aware of the interactions that can occur. This is a cutting-edge of
our practice.
 Energy procurement and efficiency strategies are becoming intertwined. Pursuing one
without concern for the other may yield higher cost than if either had been pursued alone.
 The cost-effectiveness of certain types of energy upgrades (e.g., thermal storage,
daylighting, VSDs, occupancy sensors) may be greatly helped or harmed by the way
power is purchased.
2002 Calendar
01/15/
02/19
03/19
04/16
Lindsay Audin on Figuring Energy Cost
Savings Under Deregulated Pricing. At NY
Academy of Sciences, 2 E. 63 St (just off 5 th
Ave.)
Leonard Hyman, Evolution of the Utility
Industry Meeting location tba
The Role of the Energy Manager in Energy
Preparedness Meeting location tba
Richard Perez on Photovoltaics Meeting
location tba
05/21
06/18
July,
August
Wm. Steinman, NYCHA Energy Mgr., on
NYCHA’S Distance Management System.
Meeting location tba
Gala. Keynoter: Ashok Gupta, NRDC, at the
NY Academy of Sciences
No meetings
 Broader coordination among administrative, purchasing, engineering, and facilities
management personnel is essential to maximize the benefits of the competitive
energy marketplace. Planning through internal energy teams is gradually displacing
the old facilities management-centered model for controlling energy costs.
Come for the continuing education and for the good fellowship.
(Mike Bobker)
Engineers Week Celebration Sponsored by
The Metropolitan Engineering Societies Council
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2002
Time: Buffet: 5:30 PM
Program:7:00 to 9:00 PM
Where:The New York Academy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd St.
Speaker: Edward S. Plotkin, P.E., Consulting Engr.
Subject: "China's Three Gorges Dam - A Visiting Engineer's Perspective"
Proclamation: The Mayor’s Proclamation
on Engineers Week will be presented.
Also, MESC will honoring its members lost
on 9/11. A plaque will be presented to
honor the MESC Vice Chair, who was
lost that day.
Cost: $35.00 – mailed reservations and
check required by February 4, 2002
No "At Door" payment due to limited seating
Please mail your check made payable to MESC and mail with the information below to:
MESC, PO Box 1981, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10008-1981
“February 13, 02 Engineers Week Celebration”
Fee Enclosed, Phone #, First Name, Last Name,
Company, Society (AEE), Address,
City, State, Zip.
For additional information, contact Wasyl Kinach, e-mail: kinachw@asme.org, Tel: (212)
669-2203; Fax: (212) 669-2253
About the Speaker
Edward S. Plotkin, P.E. will present “China’s Three Gorges Dam – a Visiting
Engineer’s Perspective”. Ed participated in a People to People Ambassador Civil
Engineering tour during which he met with Engineers, Constructors, Planners, and
University Professors associated with this major project. The talk will cover the history,
planning, design and present construction, as well as the cultural aspects of the visit. A
video of environmental and human impacts will be presented that shows the project’s
progress.
The Three Gorges project has raised worldwide controversy; will the Yangtze
River be dammed or damned???
Ed Plotkin’s experience includes all facets of civil engineering. He was vice
president of MacLean Grove & Company, a tunnel constructor with which he was project
manager for the NYC 63rd Street Crosstown subway, two stations on the Washington
Metro, a station on the Boston subway and part of the NYC Water Tunnel #3. He was
appointed and served four years as Commissioner of Public Works for the County of
Westchester. Ed has been with two major consulting engineering firms and is presently
practicing as a Consulting Engineer.
His education includes a BCE and MCE from CCNY and an MBA in Engineering
Management from Baruch College. He has professional Certification in five states.
Ed Plotkin is a Fellow of ASCE where he has served as Director of the
Metropolitan Section and Chair of their Geotechnical Group. At NYSSPE, he served as
President of the Westchester Chapter, honored as the Construction Engineer of the Year
1986, and Engineer of the Year 1991. He is a member and past Trustee of The Moles and
has served a President of the Municipal Engineers of the City of New York where he was
honored as Engineer of the Year 1998.
City To Review Building Code
On High-Rise Safety
By Graham Rayman, Staff Writer, Newsday Jan. 3, 2002
The city is reviewing the building code to improve high-rise safety after the
World Trade Center collapse, Newsday has learned.
The review by a new committee is to draw on experts in and out of government and
is expected to take six to nine months.
The effort led by the Department of Buildings will send recommendations to the
mayor and City Council.
“The most important part is that it won’t be a
code that would make a high-rise impossible to build,” said a city official familiar with
the review. “The main issue is to protect the public and people for enough time for them
to leave safely.”
An impact and fire similar to the one caused by the Sept. 11 attack, the official
added, “can cause any building to collapse — but even if there were five more minutes,
many more people would have escaped. Fifteen or 20 minutes more would have made a
big difference.”
The formation of the committee comes as some experts have raised questions about
the safety of high-rise buildings in major fires and amid debate by civil engineers of how
to design with fire and potential collapse in mind.
“In light of new types of threats to our buildings it is certainly appropriate to do a
review of our building codes,” said Richard Tomasetti, a leading engineer. “We are
moving in the direction of seeing to what extent we can anticipate unexpected threats.”
New York is one the few cities to maintain its own code, and any revision of the
massive tome is likely to be contentious. Some in the building community say the city
should follow New York State and adopt the widely used International Building Code.
Others say the city should speed-up the approval process. Still others say state and
federal buildings should comply with city code.
The review, however, will be limited to safety issues, the city official said, focusing
on standards for a building’s ability to withstand catastrophe.
It will look, for example, at requirements adopted by earthquake-prone areas.
The current fire protection requirements will be reviewed, including the type of fire
retardant on columns, sprinkler systems, alarm and communication systems.
The code review will examine evacuation requirements in buildings, including
standards for number of exits, number and width of stairways and elevators.
Also, the standards for venting smoke from stairways and elevator shafts will be
reviewed, and whether to require laminated or shatter-proof glass on windows.
The panel also will examine “floors of refuge,” or floors with extra concrete and
independent ventilation and power where people can wait for rescue.
“All of these suggestions have to be weighed,” the official said. “They all have their
own pluses and minuses.”
Vincent Dunn, a retired fire chief, said the panel should consider increasing
fireproofing requirements, and limiting open-floor areas that tend to help fires spread.
He also suggested that the requirements of floor thickness should be examined.
“The trend in high-rise construction has been toward making everything of a lighter
weight so a building can go higher,” he said. “It’s always been an economic decision.”
What do you think? Can the New York Chapter
play a role in the redevelopment?
Letters to the Editor will be welcome.
Email to Dick Koral:
rkoral@nyctc.cuny.edu.
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Treasurer: Thomas Matonti
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Dick Koral
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Jonathan Harkness (2000-2001), Thomas Matonti (1998-99), Jack Davidoff (1997-98),
Fred Goldner (1993-96), Peter Kraljic (1991-92), George Kritzler (1989-90), Alfred
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Sheldon Liebowitz (1978-80)
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