NY Times Obituary - 2017

Founder's Story Richard "Dick" Koral Richard Lee Koral was a native New Yorker who became to many the “father of energy conservation” in NYC multi-family housing. He was one of the original founders of our NYC AEE chapter and a long-time member of the Board. Many of us miss him greatly and owe him a great debt of gratitude. His obituary from 2017 in the NY Times is printed in the insert. This web page is hosted in recognition of his work and as a living tribute to its continuing relevance and usefulness. An educator at heart, Dick used what he had learned as an editor and publisher of technical journals in establishing the Apartment House Institute (AHI) at CUNY’s NYC College of Technology (“City Tech”) in the mid-1970s. From here he led an important long-term effort, one of the first in the city, to spread the gospel of energy efficiency and its concrete practices. It was both timely and ahead of its time. He became a trusted teacher and advisor to the nascent housing coop movement, where board members with little or no property management experience were faced with many hard decisions. Even though an ardent unionist – a union organizer earlier in his life - he recognized that a large portion of building superintendents remained un-organized, without access to union training benefits and to address this he organized the Supers Club that eventually grew to become the Superintendents’ Technical Association. He was a beloved teacher. But he was also a thorough documenter. As he taught classes – and encouraged others to do so -- he developed them as AHI bulletins, work supported by the NYS Energy Office, the precursor of NYSERDA. This series covers the basics of energy use and conservation, still pretty much what one needs to know when starting out in this field. We have assembled what we believe is a full collection of these training modules and are most pleased to make them available freely to all who might want to use them. We think Dick would like this. We hope it will carry on his work and pay some small honor to him. 01/ Data Sheets data sheet no 0- table of contents data sheet no 1- how to calculate savings from roof insulation data sheet no 2- maintaining a daily boiler log data sheet no 4- How much Insulation data sheet no 6- Heat Emissions of cast iron radiators data sheet no 8- Typical Solar Investment Proposal data sheet no 10- Budgeting Fuel and Electricity by Months data sheet no 11- Approximate Cost, Longevity and Savings of Various Energy Conservation Measures data sheet no 12- A quick estimation of fuel efficiency data sheet no 13- Performance of various light sources data sheet no 14- Energy Savings Diagram data sheet no 16- Energy-Saving Interior Accessories For Windows data sheet no 17- Fuel Data data sheet no 18- Heat, hot water repair form data sheet no 19- Start-up of oil, gas , gas or oil space heating system boilers data sheet no 20- Service and maintenance of oil, gas, gas or oil space heating system boilers data sheet no 21- cleaning fire-side surfaces of oil, gas, gas or oil space heating system boilers data sheet no 24- weather stripping windows data sheet no 26- reducing oil firing rate by reducing nozzle size data sheet no 28- heat wasted by high inside temperature data sheet no 29- cost of energy sources compared data sheet no 30- Pipe insulation data sheet no 32- Estimating the size of the new boiler data sheet no 33- Energy bookkeeping data sheet no 34- gauging chart for fuel oil tanks data sheet no 35- Electronic Ballasts data sheet no 36- All introduction to boilers and burners data sheet no 37- No-Cost Fuel Saving Tips ​ 02/ Modules Module 1A- Boiler Room Operation Procedures; One Pipe Steam Module 1B- Boiler Room Operation Procedures Two-Pipe Steam Module 1C- Facilities for good Maintenance Module 3 -Test on Steam Distribution System Balancing Module 3- Steam System Balancing for Heat Distribution Module 5- Heating System Prevention and Water Treatment Module 7- Heating System Controls Module 8- Multifamily Domestic Hot Water Generation and Distribution Module 9- Thermal window installation, maintenance and repair Module 10- Electricity and Lighting Module 11 Review Questions + Answers Module 12- Performance contracting Module 13- Testing the boiler for combustion efficiency