Historical
2020–present
THE CHAPTER TODAY
Chapter Presidents
- 2020–21 Jerry Burstedt
- 2021–22 Chris Pollow
- 2022–23 Tom Simenc
- 2023–24 Tim Johnson
- 2024–25 Kahlil Williams
- 2025–26 Andee Morton
The chapter meets monthly at the University of Idaho Water Center, runs the Technical Conference each spring and the golf tournament each June, and has added a cornhole tournament and a Top Golf social to the calendar. In 2026 the chapter moved its website from StarChapter to a new idahoashrae.com built on WordPress and ChapterOps.
This page was compiled from the History Lesson column in The Hot Air Diffuser, the chapter newsletter, 2007–2019. Every issue is available on the Chapter Archive; past meetings since 2012 are on the Chapter Meeting Archives.
From the record
- The record for this decade is still being compiled. If you have photos, programs or memories from any year, send them to the chapter.
2010–19
NEW VENUES, NEW TRADITIONS
Chapter Presidents
- 2010–11 Carl Marcum
- 2011–12 Cory Law
- 2012–13 Randy Reed
- 2013–14 Dennis Fox
- 2014–15 Brad Acker
- 2015–16 Russ Pratt
- 2016–17 Casey Huffaker
- 2017–18 Mike Jones
- 2018–19 Dan Russell
- 2019–20 Wes Stanfill
Meetings moved from Friday to Wednesday during the 2010–11 year. The chapter launched a new website in 2012, hosted the Region IX CRC in Boise in 2013 under Randy Reed, and started the annual bowling tournament in 2015 as a fundraiser for K-12 and STEM outreach. In 2017 the chapter won the Region IX Man Mile Award for the first time since 1989, and Steve Hardy retired after fourteen years as chapter historian — the History Lesson column he wrote for the newsletter is the source of most of this page. By 2019 the chapter was meeting at the University of Idaho Water Center.
From the record
- Feb 2010 — Ery Djunaedy, Integrated Design Lab: daylighting and energy modeling
- Feb 2011 — John Rimer, McKinstry: the commissioning agent’s role
- Oct 2011 — Tour of the renovated State Capitol
- Mar 2012 — Tour of Payette Brewing
- Sep 2012 — Tour of the WinCo Distribution Center’s food refrigeration
- Dec 2012 — David Curtis, Idaho Board of Professional Engineers: the proposed master’s-or-equivalent licensure requirement
- Dec 2013 — Gaylen Atkinson and Tony Sutton: net-zero buildings
- Mar 2014 — John Gunnerson, City of Boise: the municipal geothermal system
- Feb 2015 — First annual bowling tournament
- May 2018 — Bradley Harr, Summit Environmental: indoor air quality workshop
2000–09
CODES, LEED AND THE TECH CONFERENCE
Chapter Presidents
- 2000–01 Ben Kohler
- 2001–02 Greg Hobbs
- 2002–03 Preston Nance
- 2003–04 Matthew May
- 2004–05 Tony Sutton
- 2005–06 Bob Tikker
- 2006–07 Arden Davis
- 2007–08 Xenon Long
- 2008–09 Jeff Fulcher
- 2009–10 Spencer Shepard
The chapter hosted the Region IX Chapters Regional Conference in August 2000. Idaho’s adoption of the International Codes and the state energy code ran through the programs of the early 2000s, LEED arrived mid-decade, and the annual Technical Conference — the fifth was held in February 2008 — became the chapter’s largest event. Meetings moved from the DoubleTree Riverside to Louie’s in Meridian in 2005 and then to the Idaho Power Building in 2006. Tours took members to Micron, Swan Falls, Idaho Cold Storage, the Norco air separation plant, the Boise geothermal wells and St. Luke’s Meridian.
From the record
- Oct 2000 — Craig Holmes, IdaTech: fuel cell technology
- May 2001 — Jack Rayne, Boise City: adopting the International Codes
- Sep 2002 — Design/build panel: architect, developer, engineer, contractor, counsel and surety
- Dec 2002 — Jack Lemley: building the Eurotunnel
- Dec 2003 — Mike Purcell: commissioning case studies from southwestern Idaho
- May 2004 — Kent Johnson, Boise Public Works: the Geothermal Heating District, with a tour of the supply wells
- Feb 2005 — Bruce Poe: LEED certification
- Mar 2006 — Victor Goldschmidt: the history of air conditioning
- Dec 2007 — Paul Kjellander, Idaho Office of Energy Resources: “Idaho’s Energy Future”, jointly with USGBC
- Dec 2008 — Ice cream made with liquid nitrogen
1990–99
CFCs, CODES AND A NEW HOME
Chapter Presidents
- 1990–91 Scott Richardson
- 1991–92 Ken Tewksbury
- 1992–93 Richard Kartchner
- 1993–94 Roger Albers
- 1994–95 Bruce Cleveland
- 1995–96 Jon Mason
- 1996–97 Chuck Keene
- 1997–98 not yet recorded
- 1998–99 Brent Robertson
- 1999–2000 Ben Strawn
Terms reconstructed from the newsletter’s History Lesson column.
The decade opened with the refrigerant transition — CFC recovery, R-123 as the replacement for R-11, and the compressor makers’ response to the phase-out — and closed with Y2K. Meetings moved from the King’s Table to Edwards Restaurant in Garden City in 1993 and to the Red Lion Riverside (later the DoubleTree) in 1994, the chapter’s home for the next decade. The annual golf tournament at Centennial Golf Course in Nampa appears in the record from 1992, and the first combined meeting with AIA was held in March 1999.
From the record
- Nov 1991 — Panel on hydroelectric dams and fish migration with Idaho Power, Chinook Northwest and the Governor’s office
- Mar 1992 — Randy Shuman, J.R. Simplot: ammonia refrigeration for the frozen food industry
- Oct 1992 — Howard Van Boerman: refrigeration design for the Salt Lake City bobsled run
- Feb 1993 — Paul Clausen, Copeland: the regulations eliminating CFC refrigerants
- Dec 1993 — ASHRAE Standard 90.1-1989 program
- Mar 1994 — Darrell Fugate, St. Alphonsus: two-stage evaporative cooling after a year in service
- Oct 1995 — Ken Baker, Idaho Department of Water Resources: the new state energy codes
- Nov 1996 — Jan Packwood, Idaho Power: energy deregulation
- Dec 1998 — Yamas Controls: the Y2K date problem and building controls
- Nov 1999 — Norco: cryogenics, with a liquid nitrogen demonstration
1980–89
THE FOUNDING DECADE
Chapter Presidents
- 1980–81 Keith Robertson
- 1981–82 Ron Later
- 1982–83 Mike Wisdom
- 1983–84 George Richardson
- 1984–85 Lee Longson
- 1985–86 Dave Asmus
- 1986–87 Adrian Fannin
- 1987–88 Phil Terrell
- 1988–89 Pat House
- 1989–90 Dave Musgrove
Idaho Chapter 135 was chartered on September 12, 1980, after a year of organizing by Keith Robertson and the southern Idaho members who had been driving to Utah chapter meetings. Eighty-six people attended the charter meeting. Through the decade the chapter met on the second Friday of the month, at the Royal Fork and then, from late 1985, the King’s Table Restaurant. The 1985–86 year brought the first Chapters Regional Conference hosted in Boise, a Spring Fling at Eagle Hills Golf Club in May 1987 is the earliest social outing in the record, and Pat House won the Region IX Man Mile Award in 1989.
From the record
- Feb 1985 — Marilyn Schuler, Boise Redevelopment Agency: prospects for downtown development
- Sep 1985 — Chuck Mickelson, Boise City Engineer: the Boise City Geothermal Project
- Oct 1985 — Panel on labor and the construction industry with the AFL-CIO, the Freedom-To-Work Committee and State Public Works
- Nov 1986 — Design-build versus conventional delivery, a panel moderated by Dave Musgrove
- Jan 1987 — Wayne Dorband, Snake River Associates: the asbestos hazard
- Sep 1987 — John Beal, Idaho Department of Water Resources: geothermal reserves of the Boise aquifer
- Apr 1988 — Marv Benner, Honeywell: indoor air quality and radon
- Sep 1989 — ASHRAE slide show on ozone depletion and CFCs
- Nov 1989 — Panel on system commissioning, moderated by Roger Albers