Maine ASHRAE September Meeting at Ri Ra Portland

Join us for the first Maine ASHRAE monthly dinner meeting of the 2023-2024 ASHRAE year. This will be a great event to kick off the new ASHRAE year into!  Great topic, great speaker, and a great location!  For those who have never been- Ri Ra is right on the Portland Harbor!  This event is limited to 40 tickets due to event space limits, please sign up!

Ri Ra - 72 Commercial St Portland, ME    Doors open for 5pm, Dinner and presentation for 6pm!

Bruce Lindsay is the guest lecturer for this event, traveling from North Carolina to present on Thermal Energy Storage.   Bruce received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and contunued his education to receive  Master of Science in Energy Resources at the University of Pittsburgh.

He has been involved in thermal energy storage research, engineering, sales, and operation for over 30 years working for numerous organizations in the United States.

In 2022, Trane Technologies reached out to ask Bruce to lead their thermal storage business, since acquiring CALMAC ice tanks in 2017, seeing the need to offer energy storage as the electric grid transformed from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Bruce now serves as ASHRAE Program Chair for TC6.9, Thermal Storage, and as Region XII Refrigeration RVC, and was honored to be named an ASHRAE Life Member. He is also active in the Association of Energy Engineers, Association of Energy Service Professionals, and US Green Building Council.  We are quite excited to have Bruce in front of us to pass down some valuable tools & knowledge.

Also in Attendance will be ASHRAE Region 1 Director and Regional Chair; Steven Sill. Steve will be coming down from central New York State to spend the evening with our chapter!  We are excited to host Steve at our headline ASHRAE Event!

A dinner buffet is included as a part of your registration, there will be a cash bar with a multitude of local beers and other beverages.