A team of ASHRAE volunteers led a highly successful building campaign to garner support for the renovation project. Thirty-one corporate donors committed more than $9.7 million in monetary support and gifts of equipment and services.

The 2021 ASHRAE Winter Virtual Conference, which will include a mixture of live, pre-recorded and on-demand sessions, will take place Feb. 9–11, 2021.

Also included is guidance formulated to help designers retrofit and plan for the improvement of indoor air quality and to slow the transmission of viruses via the HVAC systems as well as new guidance on student health facilities, laboratories, athletic facilities, residence halls, and large assemblies, lectures and theaters.

The award recognizes excellence in volunteer, leadership and service to the organization’s technical committees, technical groups and technical research groups.

ICC announced the publication of the 2021 International Plumbing Code (IPC) and International Mechanical Code (IMC). 

Awards are scheduled to be presented at the 2021 ASHRAE Winter Conference, which will be held Jan. 23-27, in Chicago.

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems on disease transmission in healthcare facilities, the workplace, home, public and recreational environments.

The five-day conference included eight conference tracks, tours, social events and a keynote message from former NASA astronaut and author, Mike Massimino.

ASHRAE installed its 2019-2020 president, executive committee officers and directors during its 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference, June 22-26, in Kansas City, Mo.

Implementing a water management program is probably the most daunting and crucial task of ASHRAE 188. Fortunately, there is a formulaic process for doing so, illustrated below.