Purdue University has issued a call for papers in conjunction with its three concurrent HVACR conferences in July 2012. They are the 21st International Compressor Engineering Conference, 14th International Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Conference, and 2nd International High Performance Buildings Conference.
An updated tool from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is designed to provide a user-friendly interface to predict thermal comfort, based on the Society’s standard for thermal environmental conditions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 25 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2010 earned EPA’s Energy Star, up from 21 percent in 2009.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) announced that public comment is being sought on the proposed allowance of an additional default value to the ventilation rate procedure in ASHRAE’s IAQ standard.
The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the United States fell substantially in 2010 and into the first half of 2011, according to a report released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
According to a report from Pike Research, HVAC innovation over the next five years will be driven by building owners’ desire to cut costs through more efficient energy use and pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.