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ASHRAE Recognizes Outstanding Achievements

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:37:21 +0000

Numerous awards and announcements are being made during ASHRAE's 2011 Winter Conference being held this week in Las Vegas.

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ASHRAE Applauds Federal Training Law Signing

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:48:09 +0000

Federal legislation recently signed into law will provide training for federal building personnel in the areas of building operations and maintenance, energy management, safety, and design functions.

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ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 Available as Free Download

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:38:32 +0000

Through a funding contract with the Department of Energy, copies of the I-P edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, are being offered as a free downloadable PDF as of October 22, 2010.

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ASHRAE Publishes Updated Refrigerant Safety Standards

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:14:43 +0000

The 2010 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards have been published as a package with 14 new refrigerant blends added.

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Cooling Tower Study Results Released

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:23:11 +0000

New research supported by ASHRAE indicates that non-chemical devices (NCD) marketed to control the growth of biological agents may not materially reduce biological growth.

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ASHRAE Competition Gives Students Practical Experience

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:57:58 +0000

Engineering practices such as building information modeling (BIM), geothermal, and combined cooling, heating, and power were highlighted in the winning entries in the 2010 ASHRAE Student Design Competition.

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ASHRAE Prompts States To Meet Current Building Energy Codes

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:41:14 +0000

As of June 2010, the building codes of 14 states and four territories do not meet the requirements in 90.1-2007. A total of $5 million from the DOE is available to be awarded for up to 20 states.

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ASHRAE, NEMA Partner on Smart Grid Model Standard

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:20:10 +0000

The proposed standard will coordinate with work by the North American Energy Standards Board to develop a basic energy usage data model and create a facilities data model that provides additional energy usage data elements for commercial and industrial buildings.

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New 2010 ASHRAE Ventilation Standard Passed

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:25:31 +0000

New requirements regarding natural ventilation, exhaust systems, and the IAQ Procedure are included in the newly published 2010 version of Standard 62.1.

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ASHRAE President Recognized by Congressional Caucus Coalition

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:40:48 +0000

Recognizing his lifetime commitment to sustainable building practices, ASHRAE President Gordon Holness has been recognized with the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition (HPBCCC) Award.

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Protocols for Performance Measurement Offered by Leading Building Groups

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:47:25 +0000

Protocols are developed at three levels for each of six performance categories: energy, water, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting, and acoustics.

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What’s Your Building EQ?

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:30:37 +0000

Engineers across the country have begun assessing the energy use of selected buildings as part of a pilot program designed to encourage the building industry to cut energy use and costs.

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IGCC Hearings Slated for August; Comments Due 5/14/10

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:42:17 +0000

Public comments, which can be submitted until this Friday, May 14, will serve as the agenda for the hearings.

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Energy Efficiency Spending Rebounds

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:59:05 +0000

A survey of more than 1,400 North American executives and managers responsible for making investments and managing energy in commercial buildings found that planned investment in energy efficiency is expected to rebound in 2010.

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BACnet Adds Language Options

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:09:27 +0000

BACnet approved final publication of eight addenda to the ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135, A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks. BACnet has also embraced UTF-8, which will fully takes advantage of its compatibility with the existing ANSI/ASCII character set.

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ASHRAE Publishes Update to Principles of HVAC

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:59:56 +0000

The new resource contains the most current ASHRAE procedures and definitive, yet easy to understand, treatment of building HVAC systems, from basic principles through design and operation.

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Standard 189.1 Code for High Performance Green Buildings

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:58:01 +0000

The goal of Standard 189.1 is to provide significant energy reduction over that in ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 (with a broader scope than Standard 90.1)and suggest minimum requirements for the siting, design, and construction of high performance, green buildings.

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AEDG for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:43:05 +0000

This latest guide focuses on energy saving strategies for small healthcare facilities up to 90,000 square feet in size, including acute care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, critical access hospitals, and inpatient community hospitals.

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Building Energy Labeling Pilot Program Launched

Anne Vazquez — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:04:45 +0000

The Building Energy Quotient Program has been launched by ASHRAE along with building industry groups and government agencies.

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ASHRAE, IES Look to Change Standard 90.1

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:43:03 +0000

Requirements to “lighten up” energy use and costs through fenestration, parking lot lighting, and other proposed measures are being recommended for Standard 90.1.

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ASHRAE Headquarters Receives Highest LEED Certification

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:55 +0000

The Society’s office building in Atlanta, GA, which underwent a major renovation in 2008, is one of only six buildings in the state of Georgia to receive a LEED Platinum rating,

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Introductory BIM Guide Released by ASHRAE

Heidi Schwartz — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:09:42 +0000

An Introduction to Building Information Modeling is available as a free download from FacilityBlog.

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Datacom Contamination: Stopping It Before It Starts

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:15:40 +0000

While particle and gaseous contamination resulting from dust and dirt can lead to unexpected shutdowns of critical IT equipment, the connection between contamination and hardware failures is often overlooked.

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Existing Buildings Highlighted at ASHRAE Summer Meeting

Heidi Schwartz — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:01:30 +0000

“The vast majority of buildings that will exist in the year 2030 exist today,” said Gordon Holness, ASHRAE president. “If we are to have a material impact on overall energy use, it is through renovation of existing building stock.

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IFMA, ASHRAE Collaborate on Energy Efficiency Issues

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:59:11 +0000

The memorandum of understanding calls for sharing resources and collaborating on projects, publications, sustainability research, and educational offerings. ASHRAE and IFMA will also work together on legislative and regulatory issues through their Washington, DC, offices.

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