If you are interested, another public review draft of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA/USGBC Standard 189.1P is available for comment. This is a standard for high-performance green buildings. For additional information or to download a copy of the public review drafts, please visit the ASHRAE website at http://www.ashrae.org/technology/page/331.
For Release:
February 26, 2008
Contact: Jodi Dunlop
Public Relations
678-539-1140
jdunlop@ashrae.org
1791 Tullie Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
ASHRAE High-Performance Building Design Professional Certification Now Available
ATLANTA – ASHRAE’s new certification program provides the necessary training and tools for the design of high-performance buildings that live up to their performance capability.
Registration is now open for ASHRAE’s high-performance building design professional certification. The first exam will take place June 25 at ASHRAE’s 2008 Annual Meeting, June 21-25, Salt Lake City. Exams at testing centers around the world will become available in the fall. For more information or to register, visit www.ashrae.org/certification.
“This new certification program will allow practioners to demonstrate a well-rounded understanding and knowledge of how HVAC&R design is integrated into high-performing buildings to achieve the overall goal of sustainable practice used in green buildings,” Kent Peterson, P.E., ASHRAE president, said. “The program combines the criteria of ASHRAE Standards 90.1 (energy efficiency), 62.1 (ventilation) and 55 (thermal comfort) with the innovative approaches included in the Advanced Energy Design Guide series in an integrated design approach that strives to achieve practical, cost-effective high-performance building designs.”
The content of the exam includes sustainability concepts, HVAC and sustainable processes and environmental improvement programs and rating systems; energy analysis; indoor environment; controls and monitoring; benchmarking with performance metrics; water conservation, commissioning in sustainable construction; and operation and maintenance of high-performance buildings.
The high performance design professional certification is renewable every three years, and those certified must earn 45 professional development hours during that time.
“This program has been designed so that it is inclusive of global design approaches and tools,” Peterson said.
After a long, sustained drought of meetings, there will finally be a meeting this month. This month will begin a series of presentations covering LEED related topics. More information about this will be posted later.
This month's presentation will explore the potential LEED Energy Savings points available for a typical office building. Various building insulation values and HVAC equipment efficiency options will be modeled through computer simulations to determine potential energy savings above the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 energy standard. The presentation will also discuss the impact of lighting budgets and on-site renewable energy for energy reduction.
Our presenter will be Bill Hromada, P.E., partner in the consulting engineering firm, R.L. Millies and Associates, Inc. Bill has his BSME degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and has over 25 years experience in the HVAC industry. Bill has been past president for our Northern Indiana Chapter of ASHRAE.
Please invite anyone (wife, brother, mother, client, building owner, contractor, engineer, etc.). We are not an exclusive chapter. We hope that you can join us to contribute to the discussion.
Date: February 21
Lunch Meeting
Cost: $15
Check-in: 11:30 am - noon EST
Lunch / Program: Noon - 1:00 pm EST
Tippecanoe Place
620 W. Washington ST.
South Bend, IN
574-234-907
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Dinner Meeting
Cost: $20
Check-in: 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST
Dinner / Program: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Margaritas
19606 S. Burnham
Lynwood, IL
708-412-2650
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Please RSVP by Monday, February 18
Send an e-mail using the links are on the right.
Or, phone Tom Schneider at 574-232-6908 ext. 13 for the lunch meeting.
Or, phone Louis van Belle at 219-924-8400 for the dinner meeting.
Here is a good article from the Wall Street Journal that looks at a fuller accounting of what impacts biofuels may actually have on the environment.
ASHRAE has made the Advanced Energy Design guides available for free download. Following the prescriptive measures in the Design Guide for Small Office Buildings affords you an automatic 4 points in LEED-NC V2.2. If you are interested, go to www.ashrae.org/freeaedg.
