ASHRAE Winter Conference to discuss façades, energy savings
Building façades play an important role in energy savings, and ASHRAE will address the topic at its Winter Conference, Jan. 18-22, in New York City.
“Façade design is a vital aspect of building, largely controlled by architects as per wishes of building owners,” said seminar chair Kent Peterson, P.E. “However, based on experience of design of several green buildings, it has been found that façade optimization can help reduce as much as 40% of building energy. This becomes an important aspect in developing economies wherein decisions are generally based on first cost with little importance to life cycle cost. Emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China will add over 100 billion sq ft in the next two decades. So better understanding of facade design will go a long way in preserving ecological balance in the world.”