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ASHRAE Announces Fall 2014 Online Courses

Aug. 15, 2014
A new course, “Building Demand Response and the Coming Smart Grid,” will be presented Sept. 29.

ASHRAE Learning Institute recently announced its Fall 2014 series of online courses, which includes a new course, “Building Demand Response and the Coming Smart Grid,” which will be presented Sept. 29.

The other 13 courses are:

  • High-Performance Building Design: Applications and Future Trends, Sept. 8.
  • Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Applications: Best Practices, Sept. 10.
  • Complying With Standard 90.1-2013, Sept. 15.
  • Evaluation Methods for High-Performance Green Buildings, Sept. 22.
  • Fundamental Requirements of Standard 62.1-2013, Sept. 24.
  • District Cooling and Heating Systems: Central Plants, Oct. 6.
  • Healthcare Facilities: Best Practices for Design and Applications, Oct. 8.
  • Maximizing Customer Benefits Using Key Electric Utility Products, Oct. 13.
  • Combined Heat and Power: Creating Efficiency Through Design and Operations, Oct. 20.
  • Design of Commercial Ground Source Heat Pumps, Oct. 22.
  • Energy Efficiency in Data Centers, Nov. 3.
  • Commissioning for High-Performance Buildings, Nov. 5.
  • Exceeding Standard 90.1-2013 to Meet LEED Requirements, Nov. 12.

The courses are instructor-led. Participants earn continuing-education credits and qualify for professional-development hours for each course completed.

For more information, go to www.ashrae.org/onlinecourses.

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