Top on the minds of some ASHRAE engineers during their meeting Jan. 14-16, 2002 in
Atlantic City, NJ, will be the casinos. Most will not be thinking about beating
the mathematical odds. Their main concern will be how to best address the
smoking environments within casinos and other hospitality venues.
ASHRAE has chosen to bring the debate over how ventilation in
smoking areas should be addressed in its publications, standards and other
design documents to a city that thrives on indoor hospitality.
The issue of whether ASHRAE should adopt a separate ventilation
standard for ventilating hospitality buildings or continue to address the
issue through the Society's flagship IAQ standard, Standard 62, is best
discussed by a broad and better informed audience, according to ASHRAE
President William Coad.