Registration for ASHRAE’s 2015 Winter Conference, which will be held Jan. 24-28 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, is open.
- Systems and Equipment
- Fundamentals and Applications
- Industrial Facilities
- Large Buildings: Mission Critical Facilities and Applications
- Energy Efficiency
- Life Safety
- Design of Energy and Water Efficient Systems
- Hospital Design and Codes
The program includes sessions on cold-climate design, tall buildings, hospital and cleanroom design, and data centers.
The ASHRAE Learning Institute is planning 20 professional-development seminars and short courses. Among them are courses on ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 202, Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality. Training topics include commissioning, energy management, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy, energy-efficient data centers, health-care facilities, building energy audits, the coming smart grid, and ground-source heat pumps. To register, go to www.ashrae.org/chicagocourses.
Attendees will be able to earn professional-development hours and continuing-education units.
On Jan. 28, ASHRAE will offer administration of all six of its certifications: Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP), Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP), Commissioning Process Management Professional (CPMP), High-Performance Building Design Professional (HBDP), Healthcare Facility Design Professional (HFDP), and Operations & Performance Management Professional (OPMP). To register, go to www.ashrae.org/certification.
The keynote speaker for the opening plenary session will be adventurer Aron Ralston, subject of the Oscar-nominated film “127 Hours.” During a hike into a remote area of Utah’s canyon country in April 2003, Ralston accidentally dislodged a boulder that crushed and pinned his right hand. Five days and seven hours later, he freed himself by amputating his right forearm with a dull knife.
Also offered as part of the conference will be technical tours, including of a net-zero Walgreens store, a brewery, and McCormick Place.
For more information and to register for the conference, go to www.ashrae.org/chicago.
The ASHRAE co-sponsored International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) will be held Jan. 26-28 at McCormick Place. For more information and to register, go to www.ahrexpo.com.