ASHRAE Region III CRC Registration is OPEN

July 19th, 2022

Associated Steam, Air & Hot Water is proud to be a supporter of the 2022 ASHRAE Region III CRC on August 18, 19 and 20, 2022

The Anthracite chapter is excited to host this year’s 2022 CRC with an IN-PERSON format at the Mohegan Sun Pocono Resort in Wilkes Barre, PA . Please use the link following for registration and additional information: https://anthraciteashrae.weebly.com/region-iii-crc-2022.html

Technical Development Sessions:

This year’s theme is “Decarbonization”. Technical sessions will be held in-person on Thursday with lunch and breaks provided for those in attendance. CEU’s will be provided. Keynote speakers include Steve Kujak, Erin McConahey, E. Mitchell Swann, John Pisklak.


The Regional Caucus (Chapter Delegates and Alternates only) will be held Thursday evening with the Regional Business Meetings (open to membership at large) held on Friday.
The welcome reception will be held at the Mary Stegmaier Mansion on Friday evening from 6:00 to 10:30 pm.


Highlights of the CRC will include the Presidential Luncheon on Friday, a Leadership Workshop on Saturday morning, and the Regional Awards Luncheon on Saturday afternoon. Joining us in-person for the CRC will be Dunstan Macauley, 2022-2023 Society Vice President, Ashish Rakheja, 2022-2023 Society Vice President, and Drury B. Crawley, Ph.D., Society Director at Large.

Schedule of events:


Thursday, August 18

* Registration 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
* Technical Session 1 8:00 – 9:30 am The Future of Refrigerants, Stephen Kujak
* Morning Break 9:30 – 10:00 am
* Technical Session 2 10:00 – 11:30 am The Carbon Context for Mechanical Engineers, Erin McConahey, ASHRAE Fellow, HDBP
* Lunch 12:00 – 1:00 pm
* Technical Session 3 1:00 – 2:30 pm Project Deliver Methodologies, E. Mitchell Swann
* Afternoon Break 2:30 – 3:00 pm
* Technical Session 4 3:00 – 4:30 pm Sustainable Data Center Cooling, John Pisklak
* Caucus Mixer 5:00 – 6:15 pm
* Caucus 6:15 – 10:00 pm
* Hospitality Room Open 9:30 – 11:00 pm

Friday, August 19

* Registration 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
* Breakfast 7:00 – 8:30 am
* Family Activities 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
* First Business Meeting 8:00 – 11:45 am
* Morning Break 9:30 – 9:50 am
* Presidential Luncheon 12:00 – 1:45 pm
* Second Business Meeting 2:00 – 5:00 pm
* Afternoon Break 3:15 – 3:30 pm
* Buses to Welcome Reception 5:15 pm first bus, 6:00 pm second bus
* Welcome Reception 5:45 – 10:30 pm – Mary Stegmaier Mansion
* Cocktail Hour 5:45 pm – Mary Stegmaier Mansion
* Dinner 7:00 pm – Mary Stegmaier Mansion
* Return Buses 9:30 pm first bus, 10:30 pm second bus
* Hospitality Room Open 9:45 pm – Mohegan Sun Hotel Room TBD

Saturday, August 20

* Registration 7:30 am – 12:00 pm
* Breakfast 7:00 – 8:30 am
* Leadership Workshop 8:00 – 10:15 am
* Morning Break 10:15 – 10:30 am
* Chapter Chair Training 10:30 – 11:45 pm: Historians, Secretary/Communications, Treasurers, Chapter Leadership, Student Activities
* Awards Luncheon 12:00 – 2:15 pm
* Chapter Chair Training 2:15 – 4:00 pm: Membership Promotion, CTTC, Research Promotion, Governmental Affairs, YEA
* Regional Officer Wrap-up 4:45 – 6:00 pm

A discounted room rate of $119.00 (plus taxes and fees) has been negotiated at the Mohegan Sun Pocono Resort, the area’s premier facility for meetings and conferences, complete with well-appointed rooms, swimming pool, beautiful conference amenities, and all within walking distance of Mohegan Sun Casino, racetrack and a multitude of dining options. You must register for this separately. Use the booking link https://book.passkey.com/go/ash0822 for your discounted rate by July 19, 2022, to receive the discounted rate. Please note reservations made after July 19, 2022, will be charged standard room rates at the time of booking, currently being listed at $309.00 per night. Mohegan Sun Pocono is an adult only resort. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to stay in the hotel. Please see link https://anthraciteashrae.weebly.com and click on REGION III CRC 2022 for nearby, family-friendly, hotels.

ASHRAE Region III is located in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States of America and includes 11 chapters and over 4,600 members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Southern New Jersey.

ASHRAE®, is an international organization of over 56,000 persons with chapters throughout the world. The Society is organized for the sole purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration for the public’s benefit through research, standards writing, continuing education and publications. Through its membership, ASHRAE writes standards that set uniform methods of testing and rating equipment and establish accepted practices for the HVAC&R industry worldwide, such as the design of energy efficient buildings. The Society’s research program, currently more than 100 research projects worth nearly $8 million, investigates numerous issues, such as identifying new refrigerants that are environmentally safe. ASHRAE organizes broad-based technical programs for presentation at it’s semi-annual meetings and co-sponsors the international Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration Exposition, the largest HVAC&R trade show in North America.

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