CEAC-2022-06-June

Events
2022 Building Performance Analysis
Conference and SimBuild
September 14-16, 2022
Chicago, IL
ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA will jointly host the annual Building
Performance Analysis Conference & SimBuild for 2022. The
theme of the conference, “Better Buildings, Less Carbon:
Supporting the Transition to A Clean and Just Climate” focuses
on improving the decision-making process through the
application of simulation and modeling over the entire building
life cycle. Practitioners, vendors, researchers, utility and
government officials, and owners will address the practices
of energy modeling and building performance simulation
using existing simulation tools, software development, and
future simulation research and applications.
The anticipated conference program consists of keynote
speakers, invited speakers, a call for papers, a call for presentations
and, of course, the 8th ASHRAE LowDown Showdown.
About This Year’s ASHRAE LowDown Showdown
Each year of the LowDown Showdown competition, participating
teams take on a new challenge in building performance
analysis. For 2022, the question “How low can you
go?” refers to operational energy, operational carbon emissions,
embodied/emitted carbon, and water consumption. In
parallel, the competition also asks “How well can you do?”
in terms of indoor environmental quality.
The 2022 LowDown Showdown model building is a new K-5
elementary school for 450 students, located in Albuquerque,
N.M. The proposed structure requires educational spaces,
office spaces, support spaces, indoor common spaces — for
eating and assembling — and indoor and outdoor physical
activity spaces. The model building ultimately should provide
appropriate spaces for both elementary education as well as
community uses, and that can be adapted to future challenges
and changes. The challenge in the design of this proposed
building is to minimize carbon emissions, related to both
operation and construction materials, while providing exceptional
indoor environmental quality and creating a structure
that is both adaptable and durable. Come see the variable
solutions engineered by today’s industry experts!
For more information and registration, visit the events page
at ashrae.org.
2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference
June 22-26, 2019
Kansas City Marriott and Kansas City Convention Center
Kansas City, Mo.
ASHRAE is headed back to Kansas City for the 2019 Annual
Conference, hosted by the Kansas City Chapter — the
6th-oldest ASHRAE Chapter — and Region IX. ASHRAE members
are cordially invited to take part in this event, which will
be rich in educational and networking opportunities, as well
as fun.
The conference, which kicks off ASHRAE’S 125th year, will
take place at the historic Muehlebach Hotel (now part of the
Kansas City Marriott) and the Kansas City Convention Center,
in the heart of downtown — two blocks from the city’s free
streetcar line and the bustling entertainment district. The
event begins with a welcome party at the National World
War I Museum and Memorial. ASHRAE last visited Kansas
City in 2003, and ASHRAE General Chair Blake Ellis asserts in
his recent welcome address to members that every tour will
highlight a location that is new or that has been renovated
since the 2003 conference.
For more information or to register for the 2019 ASHRAE
Annual Conference, visit
www.ashrae.org/conferences/annual-conference.
Process Heating & Cooling Show
June 15-16, 2022
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
Rosemont, Ill.
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The inaugural Process Heating & Cooling
Show to be held June 15-16, 2022, at the Donald E. Stephens
Convention Center, Rosemont, Ill., will bring together executives
who are responsible for heating and cooling processes
from a cross-section of industries, including oil & gas,
electronics, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, packaging
and plastics, and many more. The event will offer a vibrant
exhibit hall, exceptional education, and dynamic networking
functions. For more information, visit
www.heatingcoolingshow.com.
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