When the ASHRAE energy conservation standard was first published in 1975, the society provided training to chapters across the nation on its requirements. "Energy was a relatively new issue," Lawrence Spielvogel, P.E., a former trainer and former chair of the energy conservation standard committee, said. "People were hungry for any information they could get."
Now, some 25 years later, with Standard 90.1-1999 established by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) as the commercial building reference standard for state building codes, ASHRAE again plans to offer training on the standard—this time, aimed at code officials. The "train-the-trainer" program will provide training for ASHRAE chapter representatives, who in turn, will train code officials and other interested persons in their local geographic area.