UO ASHRAE "Ducts" Branch

June 2, 2024 UO ASHRAE Student Branch Celebrates 25 Years!
Ice cream bar delivery by officers to design studios with good wishes for design review week.

Sunday, May 5th depart Onyx parking lot @ 11:30 am, tour begins @ 2:00pm

Join Josh Salinger, design-builder, CPHB/CPHC of the Damascus Passive House https://birdsmouthpdx.com/projects/damascus-passive-house/view/ to learn about design, details, and construction!

Sign up here: https://forms.office.com/r/SgTn2MYDVV

Driving/carpool options and info will be sent to everyone who signs up.

Join us on this tour with Jeff Madsen, Assistant Director of Engineering and Utilities Systems. The tour includes special entry to see the building systems at the home of strategic research clusters centered around interdisciplinary and integrative research missions with a view to the systems that support ventilation, air quality, and monitoring. The tour will meet at the lobby entrance of Tykeson Hall and is open to all!

Wednesday April 17^th, 2024

12:00 – 12:50 pm

20 spots available

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/Evr7qgFXsT

UO ASHRAE Student Branch hosts LEED Workshop with Jenni Huynh (MARCH ’17) sustainability consultant, teaches about LEED (other rating systems),  sustainable design, and career; the impacts of the built environment and ways to slow down climate change. Special thanks to 26 students in Eugene and Portland who spent a fast 3 hours on a sunny weekend to prepare to take the exam! Shout out to our officers for setting up the event.

Three Oregon ASHRAE Chapter Scholarships this year were for students in the Architecture program at University of Oregon. is an undergraduate student pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture with a minor in Spanish. She is particularly interested in combining sustainability and design through the integration of ecological and mechanical systems.

Lindsay Smith is a graduate student pursuing her Master’s Degree in Architecture. Lindsay has a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) designation and has her sights set on the LEED exam coming up in the spring of 2024. Past projects show her dedication to working with mechanical HVAC&R systems to optimize human comfort.

Maria Camila Coronado Cabrera is a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in Architecture, looking into thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools. Her research investigates how the relationships between facility maintenance & operations, occupants, and the physical environment of the classroom create adequate IAQ and thermal conditions. With fieldwork spanning multiple countries, states, and environments, her research will bring insight into the technical and human aspects that create comfortable and healthy environments for students and teachers.

Come join our winter term mechanical room tour!

Limited spots, all the duct fun!

Mark your calendars! The UO ASHRAE Student Chapter will be hosting a LEED Green Associate Workshop on Saturday, February 24th from 9am – 12pm in Lawrence Hall 206.

This in-person training will be hosted by building performance analyst and sustainability certification expert Jenni Huynh. It will include information and study materials – everything you need to obtain LEED Green Associate certification and more!

This event will be $30 for ASHRAE members; $45 for non-members (become an ASHRAE member here) and is open to all students. Bring friends!

Registration is open! Sign up here.