A newly published standard focused on the commissioning process, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 202, Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems, identifies the minimum acceptable commissioning process for buildings and systems.
This year, in addition to its Student Design Competition, ASHRAE also presented students with its new Applied Engineering Challenge, which invited them to design a portable refrigeration unit.
ASHRAE and the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)-USA have announced a joint conference that merges the IBPSA-USA SimBuild and ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conferences.
ASHRAE has awarded projects at Purdue University and Oklahoma State University with a newly created research grant, which provides funding for research having the potential to significantly advance the state-of-the-art in HVACR.