Technical sessions sponsored/cosponsored by this TC at the Summer Tampa Meeting are listed below. See you there!
Past technical sessions sponsored/cosponsored by this TC can be found here dating back to Long Beach 2017
Monday, June 26, 2023Seminar 23: Future Proofing our Built Environment through Global Collaboration Seminar: Presentation 1: Built Environment Standards in the Global South: The African Experience |
Tuesday, June 27, 2023Debate 2: College of Fellows Debate: Engineers Have An Obligation To Decarbonize Decarbonization is the hot (no pun intended) topic rolling through the design, construction and operations arenas of the built environment. The world is at the precipice of irreversible climate change. Engineers are at the heart of built environment, not just in design, but in the manufacture and operation of buildings and crucial infrastructure and the equipment and materials used to construct them. Reducing our societal carbon footprint is essential to pull back from this precipice. Engineers have an obligation to decarbonize. Yay or nay? Come hear the College of Fellows debate! Moderator: Lawrence Spielvogel |
– The decarbonization of buildings is of paramount importance, and there are many pathways to achieve net-zero. However, electrification is not always practical for all buildings and climates, and it doesn't always reduce CO2 emissions. Therefore, carbon capture should be considered as part of the solution. This seminar presents three technical approaches to capture building CO2: from combustion exhaust (boilers, furnaces and power generation); from incoming natural gas supply, producing clean a burning hydrogen fuel; and as CO2 direct air capture from the HVAC systems. All three opportunities will be presented in this comprehensive and cohesive seminar on carbon capture. Seminar: Presentation 1: Reducing Carbon Emissions with Carbon Capture with Utilization or Storage: Techno-Economic Analysis |
Wednesday, June 28, 2023The ASHRAE TRP-1814 started in 2018, and it took the project team 4 years to complete the project due to COVID and other challenges. This project will help ASHRAE maintain its leadership position by developing energy standards and other publications targeted to commercial buildings that will help engineers, designers, contractors and owners build and operate progressively more energy-efficient facilities that deliver acceptable indoor environmental quality. The project final report is submitted and approved by PMS and sponsoring TC 2.8 in December 2022. Presentation 1: Common Factors to Secondary Schools That Meet or Exceed Ashrae Standard 90.1-2010 |
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