Fastrack, Aug. 12, 2009

August 12, 2009

FASTRACK Features

Sustainable Ventilation in High-Rise Office Buildings
By RON WILKINSON, PE, LEED AP, AKF Group LLC, New York, N.Y.

Building improvements are straightforward when the owner of a facility also is the occupant. The same cannot be said when, as in the case of many high-rise office buildings, the owner simply is the landlord, with dozens of tenants and spaces in various states and stages of occupancy. When it comes to energy, the tendency is for owners of these structures to charge tenants for all consumption and make no improvements. This is unfortunate, as opportunities for energy conservation — and, thus, carbon-dioxide (CO2) reduction — through the regulation of ventilation air abound, bringing with them money-saving and public-relations benefits for both owners and tenants. [MORE]

FASTRACK Calendar

Be Part of Something Bigger

As a component of the first-ever HVACR Week, HPAC Engineering's sixth annual Engineering Green Buildings (EGB) Conference and Expo exposes you to a multitude of events and activities. Your EGB 2009 registration – a bargain at just $595 – provides access to all of the following:

• Two days of EGB and/or Commercial HVACR Symposium (CHS) Sessions – pick and choose the sessions you’d like to attend from the 14 being offered. Visit www.egbconference.com or www.hvacrsymposium.com for details.

• Bonus Session sponsored by Autodesk – “Sustainable Design and Energy Retrofits”

• Caterpillar Financial Center Tour – qualifying “early bird” registrants have an exclusive opportunity to tour the first privately owned commercial building in Tennessee to be certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System.

• HVAC Comfortech Seminar Program – Two dozen individual sessions over four days cover business management, sales & marketing, service management, technical training, innovations, opportunities, and more! Visit www.hvaccomfortech.com for complete details.

• HVACR Week Exhibit Area – combining HVAC Comfortech, EGB, and CHS exhibitors, the HVACR Week exhibit floor will feature more than 130 companies displaying HVAC equipment, components, and services.

• HVACR Week Opening Keynote Event – Speaker, author, and entrepreneur Robin Crow presents “The Power of Service,” sponsored by Trane.

• HVACR Week Welcome Reception – Enjoy food and drinks at this kick-off event, sponsored by Emerson.

• HVACR Week Thursday Evening Extravaganza – Join other attendees and exhibitors at the Wildhorse Saloon for an evening of refreshments and live entertainment, sponsored by Rheem and LG Commercial Air Conditioning.

To register for EGB, visit www.egbconference.com/registration/


FASTRACK News

DOE Announces Funding For Federal Energy-Efficiency Improvements

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $20 million in high-end technical assistance to federal agencies to help ensure the widest possible implementation of leading-edge energy-efficiency technologies across the federal government. Under President Obama, the federal government is committed to leading a transformation to a low-carbon emission future. To assist federal agencies in achieving this goal, DOE's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) will make available the technical expertise from DOE's National Laboratories for projects, such as cool roofs, greenhouse-gas reductions, renewable energy, smart grids, zero-energy homes, sustainable buildings, and energy and water retrofits. [MORE]

Danfoss EnVisioneering Symposium Addresses Climate and Energy Policy

More than 60 HVACR industry professionals convened in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 24 at the 11th Danfoss EnVisioneering symposium to discuss new climate-change legislation, the role of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants and the rapidly changing energy landscape. [MORE]

Daikin AC Names New President

Akinori (Andy) Atarashi has been named president of Daikin AC (Americas) Inc. Daikin AC offers North America air-conditioning and heating solutions for residential and commercial applications. [MORE]

AMCA International Approves Revision To Publication 311

The Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International Inc. has approved the July 2009 revision to AMCA Publication 311, “Certified Ratings Program—Product Rating Manual for Fan Sound Performance,” and is providing a program for certifying a product’s sound performance for rating. Products that can be licensed by AMCA to bear the AMCA Certified Ratings Seal are centrifugal fans, axial fans, power roof ventilators, air curtains, agricultural fans, and other air-moving devices within the product scope of AMCA. [MORE]

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Hybrid design and documentation for MEP engineers is a method of using a combination of 2D, 3D and BIM solutions to efficiently and effectively deliver project requirements. In this webcast, we will discuss how to best integrate the benefits of a model based design approach using Autodesk’s core MEP engineering products and supporting solutions to help you to best deliver an MEP engineering BIM project. Register Now!

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