ATLANTA – A scholarship created in memory of Presidential Member Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, has been announced for the 2013-2014 school year.  The one-year $5,000 Lynn G. Bellenger Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving female undergraduate engineering student pursuing...

ATLANTA – To help support future generations of engineers, ASHRAE is awarding over $86,000 in scholarship money for the 2012-2013 school year.  "Engineers build our future, so we want to help build up future engineers," William Murphy, Ph.D., P.E., chair of the Scholarship Trustees, sa...

ATLANTA – A proposed standard to create smart facilities supporting a national smart grid effort is open for public comment.  ASHRAE and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) are jointly developing Standard 201P, Facility Smart Grid Information Model, which would provide a...

ATLANTA – ASHRAE has named 11 new Distinguished Lecturers who provide Society chapters with noted authorities and speak on relevant topics that impact the built environment industry.  This marks the 13th year of the Distinguished Lecturer Program, with over 1200 lectures given since the pr...

ATLANTA – A new student design competition from ASHRAE is focused on taking advantage of today's technology to provide simple, affordable solutions that benefit people around the world.  The 2013 Applied Engineering Challenge is for the design of a solar powered (or powered by another r...

ATLANTA – The heat wave in San Antonio, Texas, served to remind attendees at ASHRAE's 2012 Annual Conference of the Society's significant role in shaping the built environment.  Some 1,560 people attended the Conference, held June 23-27, in San Antonio, Texas, which saw temper...

ATLANTA – A full slate of online courses touching on a range of built environment topics is being offered by ASHRAE this fall.  The 11 ASHRAE Learning Institute courses provide professional development through in-depth information that is timely, practical and targeted to provide engineers...

ATLANTA – ASHRAE has announced a call for research papers for a newly created Research Summit to be held in conjunction with the Society's 2013 Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., June 22-26.  The presentation of research-related papers is a part of the overall Research Summit, which...

SAN ANTONIO – ASHRAE has installed new officers and directors for 2012-13 at its Annual Meeting being held here June 23-27.  The new president is Thomas E. Watson, P.E., Fellow Life Member, chief engineer, McQuay International, Staunton, VA.  His presidential theme is Broadening ASHRAE...

SAN ANTONIO – Sixty people were recogznied by ASHRAE for their contributions to the Society and the building industry at the Society's 2012 Annual Conference held here June 23-27.  The Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award, given to an ASHRAE fellow for continuous pre...

ATLANTA – Focuses on Research & Integrated Project Delivery: ASHRAE has announced a call for papers for its 2013 Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., June 22-26.  The conference seeks papers on current research worldwide; core HVAC&R applicatoins and systems; and, featured for th...

ATLANTA – A new handbook providing comprehensive treatment of smoke control technology is now available.  Published by ASHRAE in cooperation with the Society of Fire Protectoin Engineers (SFPE), the International Code Council (ICC) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the Ha...

ATLANTA – ASHRAE and the United Nations Environment Programme announced today a collaborative effort to develop and publish a new Guide for Sustainable Refrigerated Facilities and Systems.  This $400,000 project is being jointly funded by ASHRAE and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementa...

ATLANTA – Datacom technology has short product cycles and frequent equipment updates.  In contrast, datacom facilities and their HVAC systems typically have long life cycles.  This mismatch of cycles means that a datacom facility's design must be flexible enough to respond quickly t...

ATLANTA – New guidance on variable refrigerant flow is featured in ASHRAE's new 2012 Handbook volume.  The 2012 ASHRAE Handbook - HVAC Systems and Equipment discusses systems and the equipment that comprises them, including features and differences.  It is designed to help system...

ATLANTA – High Performance Building Week (May 14-19, 2012) gives special recognition to the health, safety and welfare impacts of buildings, along with the opportunities to design, construct and operate high performance buildings that reflect concern for these impacts.  HPB Week will highli...

ATLANTA – Public input is being sought into revision of an ASHRAE/IES standard that addresses retrofit of existing residential and commercial buildings to achieve greater energy efficiency.  Last year, ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) announced they were revising ANSI/A...

ATLANTA – Common definitions for terms found in ASHRAE standards and other publications can now be found at a new website from the Society.  The free ASHRAEwiki is located at www.ashraewiki.org and contains over 6,000 terms related to buildings with a particular focus on mechanical, envelop...

ATLANTA – A dose of guidance to help save energy in hospitals is prescribed by the newest Advanced Energy Design Guide (ADEG), written by a group of leading building industry organizations.  The AEDG for Large Hospitals is the fourth in the series, designed to provide recommendations for achi...

ATLANTA – An update on the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) - one of the United State's most essential building energy use surveys - is featured at a luncheon hosted by ASHRAE next month.  Tom Lecky, director of the Energy Information Administration...