The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has developed guidance on mitigating potential health risks during reopening of buildings closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ASHRAE 2019-2020 president talks about leading the organization through the coronavirus pandemic and how the HVAC industry should be thinking about its sustainable future.

HVAC filters, along with other strategies, help to reduce virus transmission while removing other air contaminants that may have health effects.

"The recent escalation in the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 is alarming on a global scale,” says 2019-20 ASHRAE president Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng. 

I recently received a somewhat anxious call from a friend in the sheet metal industry. He won a nice duct order, but his submittals were being rejected because he needed to provide published performance data for his duct fittings. 

Organized from ASHRAE’s Global Training Center in Dubai, nine courses have been scheduled in four cities for the remainder of 2019.

Over the course of 30 years, ASHRAE has awarded over $2 million in scholarships. 

Forty two teams competed and 26 were judged at Society level.

The ASHRAE Winter Conference features eight conference tracks, tours, social events and a keynote speech from retired NFL referee Ed Hochuli.

Doorway air curtains were approved in June 2019 as alternatives to vestibules on most commercial building entries in the upcoming ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019 “Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low Rise Residential Buildings.”