ALI Continuing Education Courses In Conjunction with ASHRAE's 2008 Annual Meeting |
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If you plan to attend the ASHRAE Annual meeting, you may click here to register using the meeting registration form. The ASHRAE meeting offers additional educational and professional opportunities. Professional Development Seminars (PDSs)Saturday, June 21Complying with Requirements of ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, contained many changes from its previous versions. The newest version of the standard was published in June 2007. This course provides an overview of the requirements of the new standard with emphasis on changes from the previous version. Practice in use of an available spreadsheet will be included as a closing exercise. Attendees receive a discount toward the purchase of ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 and User’s Manual. Complying with ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 This course is targeted at design professionals, code officials and building owners. Since 1989, ASHRAE Standard 90.1 has been the benchmark for commercial building energy codes in the United States and a key basis for standards in more than 15 countries around the world. The 2004 version of Standard 90.1 included significant changes from the previous versions, such as reducing the number of climate zones from 26 to 8, refining a number of HVAC provisions, improving stringency of lighting power requirements, and adding an appendix with new, more flexible rules when using 90.1 for LEED certification. This course presents an overview of the 2004 Standard, the addenda that are added in the 2007 version, the Standard’s requirements, and methods for compliance. In addition to the course manual, attendees receive a discount toward the purchase of Standard 90.1-2007 and the Standard 90.1 User's Manual. Short CoursesSunday, June 22Introduction to Green Buildings and Sustainable Construction This course presents the basic principles related to sustainable construction and green buildings. Included is a review of the integrated approach to buildings and systems necessary to achieve green/sustainable buildings, developments and projects. Key elements for success in achieving green projects are covered, including the requirements of LEED. The course details what is green and what motivates green projects in today's market, and includes a review of case studies from a wide array of green building projects. These include a residential development, dormitory, supermarket, warehouse and office buildings. Attendees receive a discount toward the purchase of the ASHRAE GreenGuide, 2nd Edition. Monday, June 23Natural Ventilation This course explains the various methods by which natural ventilation can be achieved, including successful examples. The course describes the calculation techniques with worked examples, ranging from simple manual calculations and spreadsheets, through to more sophisticated techniques, such as computational fluid dynamics, salt bath modeling and physical (scale) model testing. Options for hybrid solutions are described, including recent innovative schemes that have used the natural ventilation strategy throughout the year with added cooling in summer. The course follows the CIBSE Applications Manual AM10, Natural Ventilation in Non-Domestic Buildings, Attendees receive a discount on the purchase of this publication. Solar Applications for C&I Facilities This course provides the information necessary to develop active solar systems for commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities and the location of additional resources necessary to prepare detailed designs and evaluations of solar applications. The course presents specific information required for the design and selection of solar system type, configuration and components including collectors, storage tanks, piping, pumps, controls, heat exchangers and heat transfer fluids. The course provides information on the evaluation of the economics of solar applications, available tax credits, incentives and green tags. Tuesday, June 24Energy Management in Existing Buildings This course reviews the energy management principles prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 100. Working through that standard, the instructor makes a point-by-point review of the organizational hurdles that building operators are likely to face. The discussion suggests strategies for making sure that energy management efforts don’t fall short of their potential. Attendees can think of the workshop contents as “tools” needed to get the front office support they need to make their facilities sustainable through energy management. |
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