Health care HVAC systems serve facilities in which the population is highly vulnerable and exposed to elevated risks of health, fire, and safety hazards, notes ASHRAE. A new manual from ASHRAE provides guidance in addressing these issues.
Registration is now open for the free ASHRAE webcast, “Assessing Building Energy Performance—From Principles to Practice,” scheduled for April 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT.
ASHRAE recently unveiled its ASHRAE Event App, available free of charge for both iOS and Android devices. The app features vital information for those attending the society’s winter conference.
ASHRAE is seeking input on revisions to data centers in the 90.1 Energy Standard Scope. Addendum cs to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010 is open for advisory public review now through Feb. 3.
ASHRAE announced a call for abstracts for IAQ 2013, “Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings.” The conference will occur Oct. 15-18, 2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Winners of the 2013 AHR Expo Innovation Awards have been announced. Representing a broad cross-section of the HVACR market, the winning entries were selected in 10 categories and represent the most innovative new products among the thousands that will be displayed at the expo.
ASHRAE has announced the latest edition of the principal book in its Datacom Series of publications, which includes four new data center classes that can enable fulltime economizers for a number of applications in many climates.