Best sellers at the ASHRAE Bookstores included the
Pocket Guide I-P; “HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and
Clinics,” 2nd edition; “Cold-Climate Buildings Design
Guide;” Guideline 0-2013, The Commissioning Process;
Standard 188-2015, Legionellosis: Risk Management for
Building Water Systems; “HVAC Simplified;” and the
“Design Guide for Tall, Supertall, and Megatall Building
Systems.”
The
Conference’s Technical Program ranked high in
attendance, with new tracks focused on design-build
practices and residential systems. Individual
top-attended sessions in the technical program were
related to Cooling with the Sun: Solar Thermal Cooling;
Energy Submetering Fundamentals: Benchmarking,
Baselining and Beyond!; The Impacts of Operable Windows
on Building Performance; Highlights from the 24th IIR
International Congress of Refrigeration; The Internet of
Everything: How Smart and Connected Sensors Will
Transform the HVAC Service Industry; HVAC Pumps: New ECM
Motor and Control Technologies; Indoor Air Quality and
Energy Efficiency: Measurement and Analysis of Multiple
Approaches; Back to Basics: The Science, Application and
Art of Load Calculations; Integrating Cutting-Edge
Technology: Renewable Energy and Thermal Energy Storage;
and Hydronic Systems: Doing More with Less.
Also offered were a combined 20 Professional Development
Seminars and Short Courses from ASHRAE Learning
Institute. The most popular Short Course offerings were
Variable Refrigerant Flow Systems; Complying with
Standard 90.1: HVAC/Mechanical; and Designing
High-Performance Healthcare HVAC Systems. The
Professional Development Seminars that drew the highest
number of registrations were Energy Modeling Best
Practices & Applications; Commercial Building Energy
Audits; and Commissioning Process for New & Existing
Buildings.
The
2016 ASHRAE Annual Conference takes place in St. Louis,
Mo., June 25-June 29, 2016. The 2017 ASHRAE Winter
Conference takes place Jan. 28-Feb. 1, Las Vegas, Nev.,
with the AHR Expo being held Jan. 30-Feb 1.
ASHRAE,
founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human
well-being through sustainable technology for the built
environment. The Society and its more than 54,000
members worldwide focus on building systems, energy
efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and
sustainability. Through research, standards writing,
publishing, certification and continuing education,
ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. More
information can be found at
www.ashrae.org/news.
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