ANSI/AMCA Standard 500-L-23 establishes uniform methods of testing air leakage, air performance (pressure drop), water penetration, resistance to wind-driven rain and wind-driven-sand, and operational torque.
The conference in Austin, Texas, which drew 240 building industry professionals, included keynotes, paper presentations, seminars, vendor demonstrations, panel discussions, and debates from more than 90 presenters.
This year’s Student Design Competition focused on the design of a new laboratory building: a large single-story building with a rooftop penthouse located in Cairo, Egypt. In the Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge, students designed a portable IAQ health meter to detect contaminants in spaces and display the levels of different toxins.
ASHRAE Standard 241, Control of Infectious Aerosols, establishes minimum requirements for reducing the risk of the transmission of airborne pathogens, such as the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19.
The award will fund the Energy Code Official - Training & Education Collaborative, which will increase energy code enforcement activities through training designed for building energy code officials.
The standard applies to new and existing buildings and major renovations and provides requirements for many aspects of air-system design, installation, operation, and maintenance.
More than 2,050 HVACR industry professionals attended ASHRAE's 2023 conference in Tampa, Florida. New leadership for 2023-24 was introduced, and a new IAQ standard addressing infectious aerosols was adopted.
Ginger Scoggins, P.E., will serve as ASHRAE's 2023-24 president. She is president and owner of Engineered Designs Inc., a consulting engineering firm in Cary, North Carolina.
