Green Building

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Green Building

• Creating sustainable and high performance
  buildings.

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ASHRAEs Commitment to Sustainability

• Engineering the world we live in through
  improving office settings for increased
  productivity to emerging technology guidelines
• Maximizing efficiency and effectiveness while
  minimizing environmental impacts
• Studying and understanding the systems and needs
  of buildings through Research

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ASHRAE Research Goals

• Maximize the actual operational energy
  performance
• Progress toward Advanced Energy Design Guide
• Significantly reduce energy consumption for
  HVACR
• Support the development of ASHRAE energy
  standards
• Increase the understanding of energy efficiency
  and environmental quality
• Support the development of improved HVACR
  components for all building types
• Ensure energy use is at appropriate levels for
  building size, location, and use

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Current Research Projects

• (1607-RP) - Design and Utilization of Thermal
  Energy Storage to Increase the Ability of Power
  Systems to Support Renewable Energy Resources
• (1627-RP) - An Evaluation of the Actual Energy
  Performance of Small Office and K-12 School
  Buildings Designed in Accordance with the 30
  ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guides
• (1633-URP) - Data and Interfaces for Advanced
  Building Maintenance and Operation

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Current Research Projects Continued

• (1651-RP) - Development of Maximum Technically
  Achievable Energy Targets for Commercial
  Buildings (Ultra Low Energy Use Building Set)
• Grant-in-Aid - Occupants Number and Behavior can
  have Large Effects of Building Energy Use
• Grant-in-Aid - Integrating thermal energy storage
  into hybrid solar assisted heat pump sytems for
  residential houses in cold climate

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How You Can Help!

• These initiatives, projects, and goals would not
  be possible without individuals and companies who
  have chosen to support ASHRAEs commitments with
  financial contributions.
• We need your support as well!
• Please visit www.ashrae.org/contribute to donate
  to ASHRAE Research today.