ATLANTA — ASHRAE is poised for a busy year in 2019. At its 2019 Winter Conference in Atlanta, the 56,000-member engineering association introduced a lengthy agenda that included renovation of a new net-zero world headquarters, the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Pakistan HVACR Society (PHVACR), a pledge to prepare building professionals for the challenges and opportunities of designing efficient and grid-responsive buildings within the changing energy sector, and more.

The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) has selected the fourth round of clean-tech and energy efficiency startup companies to join the program.

The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that $1 million is available to large real estate portfolio owners to support operation of net zero buildings.

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Danfoss and Pennsylvania State University at Philadelphia conducted a workshop to explore the impact of energy storage on U.S. resilience and the United Nations net-zero carbon buildings program.

ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA have announced a call for papers for the 2018 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild.

Danfoss hosted its 29th EnVisioneering Symposium last month in Washington.

The last day to save on 2017 ASHRAE Annual Conference registration fees is Monday, June 12.  

Eight teams in the second annual ASHRAE Lowdown Showdown worked to find the right dose of designing and modeling to get a health care facility to net zero or below.

Thirty specific energy savings measures across all building types and climate zones resulted in cutting energy use by nearly half, according to results of newly approved research funded by ASHRAE.