When it comes to building design and operation, what role do engineers play in combating climate change?

When it comes to building performance, who has the biggest influence? Manufacturers who develop the equipment or designers who design the systems?

 “Refrigeration Commissioning Guide for Commercial and Industrial Systems” is now available from ASHRAE as a free download.

A revised ASHRAE standard will aim to provide the minimum requirements for health care ventilation systems in order to accomplish environmental, infection, and odor control.

With functional changes and occupant productivity driving the need to commission existing facilities, ASHRAE says it is developing a guideline that addresses the commissioning process.

Major revisions for design and measurement of comfortable spaces have been included in a newly published 2013 standard from ASHRAE.

All six of ASHRAE’s certification exams will be given as part of ASHRAE’s 2014 Winter Conference, Jan. 18-22, at the New York Hilton in New York, NY.

ASHRAE is seeking papers for a conference focused on research in building design and system technologies for energy efficiency.

High plug loads and rapidly advancing IT technology make data center applications significantly different from their commercial building counterparts, according to ASHRAE.