Kitchen Ventilation
ASHRAE Technical Committee 5.10

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TC 5.10 is responsible for this chapter in the ASHRAE HVAC Applications Handbook volume:
Kitchen Ventilation
This chapter focuses primarily on commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) systems in restaurants and institutional food service facilities, and incorporates the research and experience (including all steps of the design process) amassed by TC 5.10 over the past two decades. Although a brief section on residential kitchen ventilation has been retained, only minor updates have been incorporated over the history of this chapter. Given ongoing debate on residential range hood performance, TC 5.10 anticipates sponsoring research to provide a basis for enhanced design of residential kitchen ventilation (RKV) systems.

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TC 5.10 sponsored the following sessions in Orlando:

Wednesday, January 27, 9:45 AM-10:45 AM
FORUM 4 (INTERMEDIATE): What Can We Do to Manage CKV Odor and Keep our Favorite Restaurant from Becoming an Unwelcome Neighbor?
Co-sponsors: TC 2.3 and TC 4.3
Chair: Russell Robison, Member, Gaylord Industries, Tualatin, OR
With the increasing trend of mixed-use development allowing for greater housing variety and density, the collision of residential, commercial, cultural and institutional are starting to collide. This forum focuses on presenting the challenges in managing commercial kitchen exhaust odor in mixed-use developments.

Wednesday, January 27, 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
SEMINAR 69 (INTERMEDIATE): The Future of Demand Control Kitchen Ventilation (DCKV) and the Impact of Recent Significant Changes to Relevant Codes and Standards
Chair: Michael Watz Jr., P.E., Member, Greenheck Fan Corp, Schofield, WI
This seminar describes case studies of integrating Demand Control Kitchen Ventilation (DCKV) with energy management system (EMS). In addition, the session covers changes related to DCKV in California Title 24 and ASHRAE 90.1 and updates to UL 710 Exhaust Hoods for Commercial Cooking Equipment and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 154 Ventilation for Commercial Cooking Operations.

1. Integrating DCKV with EMS: A Field-Study Perspective!
Don Fisher, P.Eng., Life Member, PG&E Food Service Technology Center, San Ramon, CA
2. The Role DCKV Plays within the Energy Efficiency Goals of ASHRAE 90.1, California Title 24 and the Model Codes
Richard T. Swierczyna, Associate Member, Food Service Technology Center, San Ramon, CA
3. Impacts of Changes in Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Codes and Standards—with a Focus on UL710, "Exhaust Hoods for Commercial Cooking Equipment"
Dwayne Sloan, UL LLC, Research Triangle Park, NC
4. Recent Updates to ASHRAE Standard 154 "Ventilation for Commercial Cooking Operations"
Stephen Brown, Member, LC Systems Inc, Louisville, KY

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TC 5.10 is sponsoring this on-going project:

1631-RP: COUNTERTOP COMMERCIAL APPLIANCE EMISSIONS
The research will ensure that ASHRAE increases the expertise it currently maintains in providing design guidance for commercial kitchen ventilation systems. This knowledge is crucial for directing future revisions of the handbooks, design guides, codes, and standards that impact kitchen ventilation when deciding if an appliance should be unhooded or hooded.

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TC 5.10 is cognizant for the following standard:

Standard 154: Ventilation for Commercial Cooking Operations

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