February Meeting, Monday, February 9, 2026, 4:30-7PM
Location: Basso at Cheshire – 7036 Clayton Ave, St. Louis, MO 63117
Register Early – HERE! Registration closes one week before the meeting. (if you register for IN-PERSON, and do not show the chapter will request a $25 donation)
ASHRAE St. Louis Chapter February 2026 Meeting – The R in ASHRAE
Please join us in person or virtually for the St. Louis Chapter February Meeting. This meeting is focused on Refrigeration, where we will identify refrigeration impacts in different industries and what refrigeration is being used in today’s projects. We hope you all enjoy this interactive presentation that focuses on the ever changing refrigeration used in our developing industry. We encourage you to bring a young engineer in from your office to help continue to grow our strong ASHRAE chapter. Dinner and two (2) PDHs are provided by attending the event. Active ASHRAE St. Louis Members, and full-time students Cost $0.00. Non-Members Cost $25.00.
Date:
February 9, 2026
4:30pm – 7:00pm
EVENT SCHEDULE:
4:30 PM– 5:00 PM Registration & Networking
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Defining Refrigeration
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Industrial Refrigeration Today
Location:
The Cheshire – Basso & Virtual/Online
7036 Clayton Ave
Clayton, MO 63117
BIO
Dan Baseler and Zach Epple will co-present the February presentations. Dan Baseler is President at Paragon Engineered Products an industrial refrigeration Manufactures Representative. Dan is the son of Rich Baseler where he grew up around refrigeration as his father was executive at Alco Valve (17 or more patents of control valves and system components) and then VP of LV Flieter Co (Frick Factor) and VP of industrial refrigeration at Hussmann. Dan worked with his dad in his early years when Rich was building ice rinks and industrial refrigeration systems much like Rich worked with his dad (Ben) who was a 562 Pipefitter working for National Refrigeration (Vilter) in the 30’s and 40’s. Dan came to work with Paragon in 1996 and as Rich transitioned to more permanent retirement Dan soon took over now almost 30 yrs of industrial refrigeration applications at Paragon. To continue the family tradition, Zach Epple (Dan’s Stepson) has joined the Paragon team in 2019. Zach Epple is a 2017 graduate from MO S&T at Rolla with BS in Mechanical Engineering. Zach enjoyed the conversations with Rich and Dan and was exposed to many trips with Dan to jobs sites in his early life. Zach did an Internship/ Co-Op at Murphy company, Internship at Cannon Design, and later almost 2 years working at Vestal Engineering as a Mechanical Engineer. Zach joined Paragon in 2019 to build his knowledge in the refrigeration market and continue the success of the family legacy.
Topic #1: Defining Refrigeration
Learning Objectives
- Review how refrigeration impacts the following industries
- Consumer
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Understanding when to split between commercial and industrial
- Defining Loads
- Estimating Loads
- Finding the right system
- Finding the right application
Topic #2: Industrial Refrigeration Today
Learning Objectives
- Ammonia: Low Charge Systems, Direct Expansion (DX), Recirculated – 3:1 vs 1.2:1, Flooded, CPR
- CO2: Transcritical vs Sub-critical, Cascade, DX RecirC, Volatile Brine
- Considering Options for each Refrigeration
- Considering Construction Pressure for each Refrigeration
- Considering the Code Impacts for each Refrigeration
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2 PDH
