Highlighting the importance of finding balance in design, this year’s American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) Winter Conference will focus on zero-energy design and greening the industry. The program will include paper-related sessions, application-oriented, non-paper seminars, and open discussion forums.

Lynn G. Bellenger, president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and Bill Neudorfer, president of the National Environmental Balancing Bureau, have distributed a letter to their respective association’s members informing them that ASHRAE and NEBB are discussing a possible merger of the two associations.

Perspectives on design styles and experiences from around the world were shared by nearly 2,000 built environment industry professionals at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) 2011 Annual Conference.

Fulton Companies, the global manufacturer of steam, hydronic, and thermal fluid heat transfer products, hosted an open house and tour for members of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc.

The grant will provide seed funding for novel research considered to have the potential to significantly advance the state-of-the-art in HVACR.

ASHRAE is working to define one metric to move the building industry toward producing net-zero energy buildings by 2030.

Commercial and high-rise residential buildings, including federal buildings, must now meet requirements in ASHRAE/IESNA’s 2007 energy efficiency standard.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) announced that it is awarding over $74,000 in scholarship money for the 2011-2012 school year.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), along with HVACR, architecture, interior design, and building construction industry colleagues, will host the seventh International HVAC Cold Climate Conference.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) announced that public comment is being sought on the proposed allowance of an additional default value to the ventilation rate procedure in ASHRAE’s IAQ standard.