ASHRAE announced the winners of its 2018 ASHRAE Student Design Competition and Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge. The competitions recognize outstanding student design projects and encourages students to become involved in the design of energy-efficient HVAC systems. 

Mayor Muriel Bowser was presented with the honor by Mahesh Ramanujam, president and CEO of the council, at an event on the steps of Dunbar High School, the highest rated LEED-certified school in the United States.

Registration is now underway for the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers’ 2018 annual conference June 23-27 in Houston.

There are dozens of data center cooling methods. But multitenant, shared location data center operator Involta LLC said it believes its HVAC design team has developed one of the industry’s most efficient concepts. 

The study authors site the continued use of fossil fuels to provide heating as driving the green HVAC trend.

HARDI members collected and recycled almost 371 pounds of mercury in the 2017 Big Man on Planet contest.

ASHRAE has been given an award from a United Nations environmental program.

HVAC construction contractor Wiegmann Associates and general contractor Arco Beverage completed an $18 million expansion and renovation of Chesapeake, Virginia-based Hoffman Beverage’s 217,392-square-foot beer distribution center and office.

Qualified homeowners can receive low-flow shower heads, high-efficiency light bulbs, programmable thermostats, HVAC equipment and duct sealing.

The upcoming Eastern Energy Expo has a new sponsor.