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ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.6
Sound and Vibration Control

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Patrick Marks

Johnson Controls Incorporated
631 South Richland Avenue
York, PA 17403

(717.771.7890

Current Membership

Committee Bylaws

ASHRAE TC 2.6 Mission Statement

TC 2.6, Sound and Vibration Committee is concerned with the fundamental scientific and engineering principles of acoustics and vibration, particularly as they are applied to problems of sound and vibration associated with air conditioning, heating, ventilating, and refrigeration systems. It is our mission to sponsor, collect, and distribute information that will enable ASHRAE members and their associates to design and build quiet and vibration-free buildings. Our priorities are:

1) To develop and continuously improve noise control prediction methods;

2) To publish the best methods for the control of noise and vibration due to the operation of heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, and ventilating systems;

3) To understand and communicate sound measurement methods, sound rating methods, and acceptable noise criteria; and

4) To disseminate the results of research through programs, publications, articles, and books

Committee Structure

Office	Current Office Holder
Chairperson	Patrick Marks, Johnson Controls, Inc
Vice-Chairperson	Dr. Lilly Wang, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Secretary	Patrick Schoof, Intertek Laboratory
Executive Committee	Includes the committee officers and the heads of the standing subcommittees.
Standing Subcommittees & Chairpersons	Committee Functions
Publications and Handbook Steve Wise Wisse Associates	Prepares and maintains the sound and vibration chapters of the ASHRAE Fundamentals and Applications Handbooks. Oversees publication of the products of TC 2.6 sponsored Research. Oversees editing and publishing of TC 2.6 Website Publication permanent task groups include: Webpage: Neil Moiseev – Shen, Milsom, & Wilke, Inc, Webmaster Fundamentals Jonathan Weinstein, Industrial Acosutics Company Chapter: Editor Applications Richard Peppin,, Scantek, Inc Chapter. Editor
Programs Bill Rockwood The Trane Company	Organizes forums, seminars and symposiums; collects abstracts and papers from program speakers; and develops program ideas for future meetings.
Research Curt Eichelberger Johnson Controls, Inc	Oversees the development of TC 2.6 sponsored research: Submits annual research report; reviews research topic acceptance requests, edits and reviews work statements, evaluates unsolicited research proposals and work statements, participates actively in research discussions, and provides critical, technical review of works in progress through project monitoring subcommittees (PMS) for each research project.
Standards Richard Peppin, Scantek	Oversees standards developed by the Committee. Updates all standards as required. Coordinates their activities with other pertinent Technical Committees in ASHRAE.
Operations Unfilled	Oversees the structure of all activities and operations of the Committee. The Operations task groups include Awards, Membership, Liaison, Long Range Planning, Publicity, and Bylaws.
ASHRAE Learning Institute Coordinator Mark Schaffer, Shaffer Acoustics	Coordinates ASHRAE Learning Instutute Programs with TC 2.6 Sound & Vibration

Subcommittee Organization

Meetings are chaired by Subcommittee chair or vice chair. The point of the meeting is to get reports from task groups and subcommittees and initiate new activities where needed. Anyone from anywhere who is willing to contribute may be a member of the Subcommittee. All interested parties may attend Sub-committee meetings and may contribute to the proceedings by putting forth their contributions through one of the sub-committee members and when the Sub-Committee Chair opens the floor to non-members of the Sub-Committee members. In cases where consensus cannot be reached through discussion, normal TC 2.6 voting procedures will be used.

Task groups are expected to have a finite lifetime. Subcommittees are expected to have a long lifetime. The Executive Sub-Committee consists of the Chairs of the standing Sub-Committees and others as designated by the TC 2.6 Chair.

Executive Subcommittee and Standing Members

Position	Duties
TC2.6 Chair	Chairs main meeting and the Executive Sub-committee meetings. Provides links among TC2.6 Subcommittees
TC2.6 Vice Chair	Aids TC Chair and runs meetings if TC or SC Chair is absent.
Secretary	Handles TC correspondence and prepares minutes
Publications Chair	Oversees all activities of Publications Sub-Committee. Appoints Task group chairs for specific writing and editing tasks.
Research Chair	Oversees all activities of the research sub-committee and the Research Oversite Panels for the various ongoing TC 2.6 Research Projects. Coordinates the prepration and submissions of RTARs and Workstatements.
Public Webmaster	Edits and publishes TC2.6 Public Web site
ASHRAE Learning Institute Coordinator	Acts as liaison and coordinator between the ASHRAE learning Institute and TC 2.6 Sound and Vibration Control

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