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Welcome to ASHRAE Toronto Chapter
Greetings!
Tips and Guidance for Real World Commissioning Challenges from ASHRAE
In conjunction with CMX/CIPHEX 2010, ASHRAE is offering a full-day seminar covering building commissioning.
The seminar will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Commissioning Process in New and Existing Buildings full day seminar focuses on how the building commissioning process can be applied cost-effectively and covers the fundamentals of the process through each step of a project. The seminar also will cover commissioning documentation, including an overview of commissioning specifications.
How You Benefit:
Learn the commissioning process and how its application differs in existing facilities and new construction
Learn how the commissioning process can improve the built environment, reduce environmental impacts through responsible resource utilization, improve the quality of design and construction, and raise the professional reputation of the entire commissioning team
 Bill McCartney, CPMP
(Isotherm Engineering Ltd)
Mr. McCartney a partner with Isotherm Engineering Ltd. He has 44 years' experience in the HVAC&R industry and holds a Trade Certification as a Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic. He has been involved in commissioning nearly 100 projects from schools, to large commercial projects. Included in this list are long term health care facilities, numerous water treatment/sewage facilities, police headquarters, prisons, hospitals, sports complexes, universities, high density high-rises and many LEED projects. Bill is a past president of the Ontario Refrigeration Contractors Association and of the Canadian Refrigeration Air Conditioning Contractors Association; a voting member of several technical and project committees for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers; and is ASHRAE Commissioning Process Management Professional certified.
When: Friday, March 26,2010
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Center,
255 Front St., W. Toronto, Ontario
Cost: $419 ($349 ASHRAE member)
Lunch and course materials are included
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Notice of Meeting
Theme: Government Affairs Night
Monday March 1, 2010
Tour
4:20 PM (Separate Registration)
Toronto City Hall 100 Queen St W
Dinner
Cocktails at 5:30 PM
Dinner at 6:30 PM
Toronto Board of Trade
100 King St W
Dinner Speaker and Topic
Delivering building energy efficiency programs to meet customer needs
Almost 60% of the City of Toronto's greenhouse gases are a result of energy use in buildings. How can local government deliver building energy efficiency programs in buildings to meet needs of both internal and external customers?
Since 1996, Better Buildings Partnership (BBP) is an innovative program managed by the Energy Efficiency Office at the City of Toronto to encourage and facilitate a reduction of emissions that arise from consumption of energy in institutional, multi-family, commercial and industrial sectors. The City of Toronto program helps building owners and developers achieve high energy efficiency through retrofit projects (existing buildings) and proactive design (new construction).
Since 2004, the Energy Retrofit Program managed by the Energy and Waste Management Office has implemented turnkey energy efficiency measures for over 200 City-owned buildings such as civic centres, arenas, community centres, police and fire stations, and Exhibition Place buildings.
Our dinner speakers are Elena Gruia, Dragos Paraschiv, and Angelo Poto, leaders within the City of Toronto's Energy and Waste Management Office, Energy Efficiency Office, and Better Buildings Partnership. Their presentation will introduce the audience to opportunities and challenges encountered with energy efficiency programs followed by success stories in City owned buildings.
As Project Manager for the Energy & Waste Management Office, City of Toronto, Elena Gruia assumes responsibility for Energy Retrofit Projects in City owned facilities. Elena's experience includes the development and management of several multi-million dollar energy management projects with the Ontario Government. Elena coordinated with public utilities, building operators and tenants to ensure optimum operation of HVAC equipment and establish maintenance procedures. In her capacity as a Project Manager at the City of Toronto, Elena works with all levels of government in developing strategies, implementing policies, standards and conservation initiatives provincially, nationally and internationally.
Dragos Paraschiv assumes responsibility for program operations and technical services related to the BBP programs. Dragos' experience in energy efficiency include several European Union projects in the field of energy management, where he was responsible for the development of community energy management plans and pilot projects implementing energy efficiency measures with high potential of replication. Working for a Canadian ESCO as a Senior Energy Engineer, Dragos was involved in the design of commercial mechanical systems, as well as central plants retrofit projects. Dragos has gained experience in all aspects of Energy Performance Contracting including auditing, design, contract administration and program management. Dragos' current role with the City of Toronto includes providing consultation to participants in City of Toronto Energy Efficiency programs, and maintaining working relationships with consultants and government authorities associated with these programs.
Angelo Poto leads in the delivery of the City of Toronto's Better Buildings Partnership. He is responsible for the development and implementation of energy efficiency and conservation projects in the HealthCare Sector. Prior to rejoining the Energy Efficiency Office, Angelo spent a number of years in the Water Efficiency Group of Toronto Water. His work there focused on project development for water efficiency projects in institutional, commercial and industrial market segments and he helped numerous ICI clients implement projects.
The first segment of the presentation will focus on BBP's opportunities, challenges and mechanics of delivering a financial incentive program to a fast-paced and results-driven business sector that demands such a program to respond and move at the speed of business in order to be successful. The second segment focuses on the positive impacts that have been achieved in City of Toronto Facilities through the Energy Retrofit Program. The presentation will review completed retrofits and how programs such as the BBP played a part in their success.
An open discussion will follow the presentation.
Tour Information:
City Hall was built in the 1960's when energy efficiency was not a concern. Please visit the facility and receive a guided tour the many energy efficiency improvements which have been made over the years. An Example is connection of the facility with Enwave's Deep Lake Water Cooling System (DLWC). DLWC will reduce electricity consumption by approximately 1.9 million kilowatt hours annually and will reduce CO2 by 325 tonnes (a 75 percent reduction in CO2 emissions as compared to conventional chillers.) City Hall also purchased green/renewable power from Bullfrog Power for 2009 and plans to do the same for 2010. The purchase of 19 million kWh of green power will result a reduction of over 4,000 tones of CO2.
On May 2, 2007 over 65 planners, environmentalists, engineers and specialists participated in a charrette to dialogue on City Hall and energy efficiency. The event was co-sponsored by the Clinton Climate Initiative. The outcome of the charrette was that City Hall could, in the future, achieve a net zero carbon impact and thereby become a showcase for sustainability and energy efficiency but that significant investment would be required to achieve this.
In May 2008 the City of Toronto signed an agreement with Toronto Hydro Energy Services Inc. to undertake some of the energy saving measures discussed at the charrette. During the tour, a number of the future measures will be reviewed.
The tour is located at Toronto City Hall at 100 Queen St W in downtown Toronto.
Participants are asked to meet at 4:20 p.m. at the ground floor rotunda, near the information desk.
We ask that you pre-register for the tour at your earliest convenience online or through Sabrina. There is a maximum of 40 registrants for the tour, which will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
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February Meeting Pictures:
Antonio Figueiredo on the reception desk for the joint meeting with Hamilton and Toronto Chapters.
Robyn Ellis Board of Governor with dinner speaker Mr. Gordon P. Sharp Chairman of Aircuity Inc.
Vice President Michael Khaw with Arash Habibollahi a student from Ryerson University who talked about the student events on the ASHRAE Orlando trip.
Mr. David Underwood P.Eng. Past President of the Toronto Chapter ASHRAE was nominated as a "Society Vice President" at the Orlando ASHRAE Society Meeting in January. |
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Membership Promotion
Membership Drive Contest - March through May 2010
Toronto Chapter Members
Bring as many guests as you can to the March, April and May dinner meetings for a chance to win a $100.00 gift certificate to The Keg Steakhouse.
A draw ticket will be entered in your name for each guest you bring to the final three meetings of the 2009-2010 year. The more guests you bring, the greaterer your chances of winning.
All tickets will be will be entered into the draw to be held at the May Dinner Meeting. The gift certificate will be awarded at the May meeting.
I encourage each of you who have not yet joined to become a Toronto Chapter Member and a committee volunteer.
Alan J. Porter, P.Eng.
Membership Chair-Toronto Chapter |
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Research Promotion
Hello!
To those that have contributed in 2009 - THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
We need all of your help to acheive our investment goal for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. Dont forget that your investment goes to researching the science behind our industry. A lot of this research gets completed in Canada and we therefore see around twice the investment come back into Canadian institutions and firms. Your support is sincerely appreciated.  Airex
HTS Engineering Ltd
Yorkland Controls Ltd
Mr T David Underwood
Mr Karol Goldman
Mr Jasani M Vallabhadas, PE
Mr H Robert Bach, PE
Mr Thomas E Zsenaty
Dr Eric Z Nejat
Hidi Rae Consulting Engineers Inc
Mr Miodrag M Premovic
Mr Michael Loughry
Klimatrol Environmental Systems Ltd
Mr Lyle W Norrie
Ms Robyn Ellis
Mr Samuel Blackley
Mr Ashish A Saxena
Mr Allard C Vegter
Mr David A Benedetti
Mr Michael J Wadham
Mr Michael E Khaw
Mr David J Sage
Mr Jeff Jaffer
Mr Antonio Figuerido
Mr Dragos Paraschiv
Mr Enzo Iantorno
Some of you have chosen to invest with ASHRAE Research online recently. If you are planning to invest with us, I encourage you to visit our ASHRAE Toronto website and go here ASHRAE - Donate . It is safe, quick and easy.
Thank you for your support so far this year and I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Kind regards, Allard Vegter, P. Eng., LEED AP Toronto ASHRAE Research Promotion Chair 416 674 6744, ext227 allardv@eficoncepts.com |
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Region II PAOE Update
The following table describes the measurement of our chapter activities relative to the other chapters in our Region. This measurement tool is developed annually in the listed categories by the society president for the direction of all chapter activities across the society, so we at the grass roots are all pulling in the same direction. Toronto chapter has usually been awarded a Presidential Award of Excellence at the annual CRC (chapters regional conference)
| 2009-2010 Presidential Award of Excellence (PAOE) |
| Chapter |
Member
Promotion |
Student
Activities |
Research
Promotion |
History |
Chapter
Operations |
Chapter
Tech
Transfer |
Total
PAOE
Points |
| Quebec |
310 |
5825 |
1115 |
300 |
315 |
450 |
8315 |
| Montreal |
100
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0 |
655 |
125 |
395 |
425 |
1700 |
| Ottawa |
0 |
0 |
625 |
350 |
100 |
675 |
1750 |
| Toronto |
350 |
2943 |
355 |
250 |
870 |
325 |
5093 |
| Hamilton |
425 |
500 |
405 |
360 |
0 |
100 |
1790 |
| Halifax |
0 |
0 |
385 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
385 |
| London |
0 |
0 |
365 |
0 |
0 |
100 |
465 |
| NB / PEI |
120 |
110 |
1185 |
160 |
405 |
555 |
2535 |
| Windsor |
0 |
880 |
354 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
1384 | Remember to notify one of your Board of Governors members if you or someone you know reviews an ASHRAE Society handbook chapter to make sure Toronto is awarded the resultant PAOE points! |
Young Engineers In ASHRAE  
The Young Engineers in ASHRAE Toronto Chapter is currently working on adding a YEA section to the ASHRAE Toronto Chapter website. All the information regarding YEA Toronto will be published there once the update is completed. We are hoping to have this section of the website completed sometime in February 2010, so keep your eyes open.
Last October some of the Toronto YEA members attended a tour of Canada's Wonderland. During the tour they were able to view some of the HVAC systems that are in operation at this site. The YEA members were shown the chiller plant, pumping stations and some of the air handling equipment that was being used for the main building. Most of the equipment was installed in the early 80's and very little had changed since the original installation. It is not very often that one will get to go behind the scenes at Canada's Wonderland so we were very thankful to them for hosting us and allowing us to see what type of HVAC equipment they had on the site.
After the tour the YEA members went on some of the rides braving the near freezing temperatures and pouring rain. I must say that although some of the rides proved to be scary the weather on that particular night was definitely more frightful. Thank you to all those that attended and the YEA committee hopes that you learned something and had a good time. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events this year.
YEA Calendar of Events
Pub Crawl (January 2010)
We invite all the YEA members and those ASHRAE members that are interested in participating in a traditional pub crawl to come downtown for our second annual YEA pub crawl. We will be visiting various establishments in the downtown core all within stumbling distance of one another. So take the TTC down and join us for a social evening where you can meet your fellow ASHRAE members in a more social atmosphere. Please watch the YEA section of the Toronto ASHRAE website and our Facebook group for details on this event.
York Campus Tour - (Thursday February 18, 2010)
This tour will be an educational tour for those YEA members that would like to visit the York Campus to see their central plant operations. There will be a presentation prior to the tour that will explain the operations of the plant and the HVAC systems present on the campus. This tour will be organized by Greg Rushby and more information will be available as the date approaches.
Go Carting - (Thursday March 18, 2010)
Two locations are currently being reviewed and a location will be decided upon in early 2010.
Earth Rangers Facility Tour (Thursday April, 15, 2010)
The Earth Rangers Facility is an impressive building that houses many unique HVAC applications and systems. The goal of the Earth Ranger program is to educate children and provide them with the necessary tools to have a measurable impact on the natural world and to be able to influence their own future. The YEA members will be able to visit a LEED facility where sustainability can be seen in both the building's design and daily operations. Greg Rushby will be planning this tour and details will follow in 2010. |
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ASHRAE GOLF TOURNAMENT
 Mark Your Calendar Now!
Thursday June 3, 2010
Registration forms will be available soon. All golf tournament details will be posted on the ASHRAE Toronto website once they have been finalized. Remember winter will soon be gone and we are looking forward to seeing you at this year's ASHRAE golf tournament. |
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Student Activities
Students in the Toronto Chapter
A Glance at Past Events...
January 2010: ASHRAE Winter Conference
Orlando 2010
This year the Toronto Chapter provided funding to 13
students to attend this year's ASHRAE Winter Conference 2010 in Orlando,
Florida
from January 23rd
to 26th, 2010. Students had the
opportunity to attend a technical tour of the Florida Hospital's
new wing, attend the yearly Student Breakfast event, participate in committee
meetings and forums, network with student members and young engineers from all
over the world and attend the annual AHR
Expo 2010, held in the Orange County Convention Center. Students really enjoyed
their short break from school to participate in this ASHRAE sponsored event.
Students from the Toronto Chapter [Left to Right: Miroslav Vidic (Ryerson), Jean-Michele Parle(Ryerson), Pierre Mikael(Ryerson), Arash Habibbolahi(Ryerson), March Ottavino (Student Activities Chair), Vaspan Gutta (Sheridan), Meta Syvongsa (Ryerson), Parzan Marolia (Ryerson) and Ashley Desouza (Ryerson)] from the Toronto Chapter congregate outside the beautiful Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida before attending the yearly Student Breakfast event.
Seneca Students [Left to Right: Troy White, Jaime Gonsalves, Eddie Wood, Robyn Ellis (CTTC Chair), Ivan Fernandes, Filimon Tsionas (Faculty Advisor), ASHRAE Society Representative] accept their 2009 ASHRAE Student Design Competition Award at the yearly Student Breakfast event.
 Toronto Chapter Students Members [Left to Right: Vaspan Gutta, Khalil Al-Mougharbel, Arash Habibbolahi, Meta Syvongsa and Jean-Michele Parle] attending the AHR Expo 2010 held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
Central cooling towers viewed at the Florida Hospital technical tour in downtown Orlando, Florida. Its not often that Canadian engineers get to install cooling equipment adjacent to palm trees...
February 2010: Air Canada Center Technical Tour & Raptor's Game Event
On February
10th, 2010, 30 student members of the Toronto
Chapter had the opportunity to participate in the yearly Air Canada Center
Technical Tour and Raptor's Game event. As the second busiest entertainment complex
in North America, a distant second to New York City's Madison Square Garden, the ACC hosts
over 240 sporting and entertainment events per year. Seating over 20 000
visitors at any given event, the importance of highly robust and versatile
mechanical systems is crucial to the comfort level and atmosphere prepared for
the many athletes, musicians and dedicated fans. Facilitated by Clayton Smith
and Brian Leslie of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, this technical tour included
a detailed overview of the ACC's building systems, including: main air-handling units, dessicant wheel
de-humidification, building automation and controls, ice-making refrigeration
and reverse osmosis water-filtration. Students were provided a guided tour through
the ACC's mechanical spaces, control rooms and seating and entertainment areas,
while being educated about facility equipment, system selection and design
decisions by Brian Leslie - an ACC facilities guru. Students got the chance to walk-through the newly
constructed $48M, four-level glass foyer which houses a breathtakingly massive
50 foot by 30 foot outdoor high-definition game screen. After the tour,
students got to watch the much anticipated basketball game, where our very own
Toronto Raptor's squashed the Philadelphia 76er's - 104
to 93. Thanks to Clayton and Brian for making this event possible - we look forward to doing this again next year!
A glance at the Raptor's home basketball court from the grand stands at the Air Canada Center.
Group of 30 Student Members of the Toronto Chapter attentively listening to technical tour guide Brian Leslie (furthest right) of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.
A Look at Upcoming Events...
March 2010: Technical Tour Honeywell Building Solutions
Canadian Headquarters
With the assistance of Rick Paterson of
Honeywell Energy Solutions Canada, students of the Toronto Chapter will have
the opportunity to tour Honeywell's state of the art, LEED certified
headquarters in Markham, Ontario. Scheduled to
take place at the end of March, 2010, students will have the ability to truly
appreciate the many challenges involved in designing, constructing and maintaining
a green, mixed-use facility within a highly-populated, urban setting. A fully
functional LEED Silver development, this 68,000 square foot facility houses
over 400 highly talented and innovative Honeywell Building Solutions
masterminds. Students interested in attending this event should continue to
visit the Toronto Chapter website (www.TorontoASHRAE.com) for more
details.
Becoming a Student Member
To become an ASHRAE Society and Toronto
Chapter member, students may contact:
Marco Ottavino, Student
Activities Chair (Toronto Chapter) at
marco.ottavino@gmail.com.
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ASHRAE Toronto Meetings 2009-2010:
CTTC Schedule For Toronto Chapter
2009-2010 CTTC Program Schedule
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| Month |
Location & Theme |
Speaker & Topic |
December
12/7/2009 |
Woodbine Racetrack
Decemberfest & Awards Night |
Awards Presentation by Allard Vegter |
January
1/4/2010 |
Paradise Banquet Hall
Refrigeration Night |
Ron Vogl
CFC Phaseout Schedule |
February
2/1/2010 |
Holliday Inn Oakville
Membership Night |
Gordon Sharp
Chairman of Aircuity |
March
3/1/2010 |
Tour @ City Hall; 100 Queen St. West
Dinner @ Toronto Board of Trade;
100 King St. West
Government Affairs Night |
Elena Gruia, Dragos Paraschiv,
& Angelo Poto
City of Toronto |
March
3/25/2010
to
3/27/2010 |
Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building
Sustainability at CMX/CIPHEX |
Gordon Holness - Society President
Sustaining Our Future by Rebuilding
Our Past - Energy Efficiency in Existing
Buildings - Our Greatest Opportunity
for a Sustainable Future |
April
4/5/2010 |
Tour TBA - Sanofi Pasteur
Research Promotion Night |
Sanofi Pasteur Speaker TBA
Innovation at the new Pharmaceutical
R&D Facility |
May
5/3/2010 |
Central Location & Tour TBA
Life Members/Past Presidents |
Speaker TBA
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute -St. Michael's Hospital | *This schedule is for planning purposes and subject to change. |
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ASHRAE Toronto Chapter Officers 2009-2010
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Table Tops
Want a great Place to Introduce new or improved products?
Consider a Tabletop display at our monthly meetings.
Contact Robyn Ellis
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ASHRAE.org
SOCIETY
NEWS
Commissioning Webcast - April 21, 2010, 1pm - 4pm EDT
Why do I need Commissioning? Why should Commissioning start in the design phase? How can I avoid or reverse building performance decay? How does Commissioning improve ROI? Get answers to these questions and tools to commission your next building by participating in the ASHRAE Webcast, "Right from the Start-Commissioning for High Performing Buildings." Register and access this free webcast via the Internet on April 21, 2010, from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT. The program is sponsored by ASHRAE's Chapter Technology Transfer Committee with support from the ASHRAE's High Performing Buildings Magazine.
Online registration begins March 2nd at www.ashrae.org/Cxwebcast.
Three (3) Professional Development Hours (PDHs) or three (3) AIA Learning Units (LU's) may be awarded to viewers who complete the "Participant Reaction Form" online by April 30, 2010.
Chapters may also earn 100 Presidential Award of Excellence (PAOE) points for hosting the webcast.
Information about the program and a media kit to assist chapters with promotion are available at www.ashrae.org/Cxwebcast. Please watch for updates via ASHRAE Insights and www.ashrae.org.
If you have questions, call (678) 539-1200 or email ashrae-webcast@ashrae.org.
ASHRAE Celebrates National Engineers Week
ATLANTA -Engineers don't just shape our buildings and infrastructure; they help shape our world.
The Atlanta-based American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is a partner in the National Engineers Week program (Feb. 14-20), a celebration of the contributions that engineering makes to our society and encourages engineering as a career path among young students by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. For specific information about the program, please visit www.EWeek.org.
"National Engineers Week showcases how our profession truly engineers the world we live in," ASHRAE President Gordon Holness, said. "From buildings to manufacturing and transportation, engineers have been behind so many modern-day marvels. ASHRAE is proud to be involved in this program and celebration."
ASHRAE has twice served as lead organization in National Engineers Week. The last time, in 2003, ASHRAE launched the New Faces of Engineering program as part of the weekly celebration.
The New Faces program promotes the accomplishments of young engineers across various disciplines by highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on public welfare. The program targets those age 30 and younger. Engineering associations, societies and government groups nominate candidates each year, from which 15 are selected for recognition in USA Today.
ASHRAE's New Face for 2010 is Aaron Smith, a mechanical engineer at M&R Engineering, Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Smith has travelled the world bringing engineering to isolated communities, from wind project in northern Alaska, to solar energy projects in Nicaragua. Smith also wrote a bilingual construction manual based on the photovoltaic assembly techniques and organized an educational workshop on solar ovens. Other recent projects include a maintenance facility and a farmers' market that incorporate geothermal heat pumps with solar thermal assist, wind turbines, in-floor radiant heating, natural ventilation and dedicated outdoor air systems with energy recovery.
The New Faces of Engineering will be featured in USA Today on Tuesday, February 16.
Several events will take place in conjunction with National Engineers Week, including Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Feb.20) and the Future City Competition.
Now in its 18th year, the competition attracted 33,000 middle-school students during the 2009-2010 school year from a record-breaking 1,100 schools in diverse regions across America to work with teachers and volunteer engineers to envision the future in large, tabletop models of cities of tomorrow. The teams presented their Future Cities before engineer judges at regional competitions in January. First place teams from qualifying regional competitions won a trip to Washington for the Future City National Finals, February 15-17. For more information, visit www.futurecity.org. ASHRAE will be presenting special awards for sustainability and indoor air quality.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.
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