The outside temperatures that week hovered near 88 degrees F and the trade winds were blowing at a steady 15 to 20 mph - perfect, if you like that sort of thing. Indoors at the 2002 ASHRAE Annual Meeting held in Honolulu, IAQ topics heated up the meeting agenda still more.
From discussion of how to avoid being sued for IAQ negligence, to a soul-searching look at whether energy Standard 90 and IAQ Standard 62 are together responsible for today's air quality mess, the meeting got some engineers uncomfortably hot under the collar.