Building Materials and Building Envelope Performance
ASHRAE Technical Committee 4.4

Upcoming TC Meetings

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Subcommittee Meetings (Research, Program, Handbook, Standards)

Sunday, February 09, 2025

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Location: In-Person: Hilton Orlando, Lake George B (Lower Level) and Virtual
Meeting login information: https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/2551724 
TC 4.4 Research1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
TC 4.4 Program2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
TC 4.4 Handbook3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST
 TC 4.4 Standards and Liaison5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST
  
Main Committee Meeting

February 10, 2025

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Location: In-Person: Hilton Orlando, Lake Nona A (Lobby Level) and Virtual  

Online Link: https://events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Details/2551723  

 

 

 
TC 4.4 Building Materials and Building Envelope Performance2:30 pm- 4:30 pm EST
1. Membership Changes and Opportunities, Roll Call, Confirm Quorum – Mehdi Ghobadi2:30 pm
2. Chair’s Report – Alejandra Nieto2:35 pm
3. Section Head Report – Patrick Marks  2:40 pm
4. Review of Previous Meeting Minutes – Secretary, Leslie Scheppelmann2:50 pm
• Vote to approve 2024 Indianapolis Hybrid Meeting Minutes (https://3.basecamp.com/3106353/buckets/2553667/uploads/8265615789 
5. Program Subcommittee Report – Wahid Maref2:55 pm
6. Handbook Subcommittee Report – Hua Ge3:15 pm
7. Publications Subcommittee Report – Neil Freidberg3:30 pm
8. Research Subcommittee Report – Marcus Bianchi 3:40 pm
  • R&D opportunity – DOE initiative
 
8. Standards Subcommittee Report – Theresa Weston 4:10 pm
9. Old Business4:20 pm
10. New Business 4:25 pm
11. Adjourn4:30 pm
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Committee Chair

Alejandra Nieto
TC0404@ashrae.net

Committee Scope

TC 4.4 is concerned with the requirements and overall performance of the building envelope as it relates to: 1) heat, air and moisture related properties of building materials 2) fundamental heat, air and moisture transport processes of assemblies; 3) interactions with interior conditions and HVAC systems.

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Upcoming Society Conferences

ASHRAE 2025 Annual Conference
June 21-25, 2025
Phoenix, AZ

https://www.ashrae.org/conferences/2025-annual-conference-phoenix

Get on board with us!

If you would like to become involved with the committee, please attend one of our meetings that take place during the ASHRAE Annual and Summer meetings, or contact the Chair of the Committee. New members are always welcome!  Most of the work for the TC takes place during the subcommittee meetings, so please attend those meetings to get involved in the activities of the committee.

William B. Rose: Home and Garden Maven: NY Times article: If Winter Takes Aim at the Plumbing

William B. Rose made ASHRAE Fellow

Congratulations to William B. Rose, Research Architect at the Universality of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on being made an ASHRAE Fellow. The Fellow Grade of membership recognizes exceptional contributions which distinguish the member. Fellow ASHRAE is a membership grade that recognizes distinction in the arts and sciences of environmental technology and is earned through achievement as a researcher, designer, educator or engineering executive. Bill is a long time member and contributor to ASHRAE TC 4.4 especially as Handbook Chair and chapter reviser. Congratulations Bill.

 

Handbook Chapters

 

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Handbook of Fundamentals: Chapter 25

https://www.dropbox.com/s/f5gs69x95fqezml/HoF-CH25-Feedback.docx?dl=0