Knowledge Portal

View a complete list of all Technical Committees and find out more information on each one.

Technical Committees

Section 1 — Fundamentals and General

1.4 Control Theory and Application

1.5 Computer Applications

1.7 Business, Management & General Legal Education

1.13 Optimization

Section 2 — Environmental Quality

2.10 Resilience and Security

Section 7.0 — Building Performance

7.1 Integrated Building Design

7.2 HVAC&R Construction & Design Build Technologies

7.3 Operation and Maintenance Management

7.5 Smart Building Systems

MTG — Multidisciplinary Task Groups

MTG.BIM Building Information Modeling

MTG.EBO Effective Building Operations

MTG.CYB Cybersecurity for HVAC Systems and Related Infrastructure

ASHRAE Publications

Books Content

• 2019 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Applications, Chapter 60, Integrated Project Delivery and Building Design
• Content on integrated project delivery (IPD) and BIM in Zero-Energy and 50% Advanced Energy Design Guides series
• High-Performance Buildings Simplified has small sections on IPD, building information modeling (BIM), and the Internet of Things (IoT)
• Indoor Air Quality Guide Chapter 1 discusses IPD in detail; other chapters have sections on it
• The forthcoming Design Guide for Multifamily Residential Buildings discusses IPD in detail (Ch. 6)
• BIM Guide (Building Information Modeling Guide)
• ASHRAE GreenGuide, 5th ed. has content on BIM, smart building systems, big data, IoT
• ASHRAE Laboratory Design Guide, 2nd ed. has a small section on BIM (Ch. 18)
• Smart Grid Application Guide has brief mention of IoT

Articles and Papers

Journal articles are free to members; papers are available by subscription in the ASHRAE Technology Portal or individually by purchase in the ASHRAE Bookstore.

Business Cases for Improved Control and Internet of Things in HVAC/R
Today many machines in HVAC/R like pumps, fans or compressors have sensors and data interfaces included. Nevertheless, it is still an open question in many cases how those technical features can be used in business cases and contribute finally to the P&L (Profit & Loss) with a financial earning. Technology which is not supporting a business plan is mainly adding cost and not increasing the value generated by a product. In this paper, several proposals are presented on how sensors, data and interfaces (Internet of Things, Industrial Internet) can be used to generate value.

Conference:Conference: 2018 ASHRAE Winter Conference - Chicago, Illinois (January 20-24)
Authors: Christian Ellwein, PhD, Member ASHRAE
Pages: 8

Data Centers: Digital Revolution Impact, Part 2
The digitization of human beings will profoundly change everything about human life, the buildings we live and work in, and the integration of the two. Since everything we do as humans revolves around ourselves, it stands to reason that the digitization of humans could be the ultimate big data endeavor.

Authors: Donald L. Beaty, P.E.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 57, no. 2, February 2015
Pages: 58-61 (4 pages)
Publish Date: February 2015

Big Data Analytics in the Building Industry
This article examines some of the promises and perils of having large amounts of building data at the user's fingertips and how to use that data and statistical analysis tools effectively to support decision-making by energy professionals.

Authors: Michael A. Berger; Paul A. Mathew; Travis Walter
Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 58, no. 7, July 2016
Pages: 8
Publish Date: July 2016

Seminars

Seminars are available by subscription in ASHRAE Technology Portal

Seminar 15 : The IoT for Better Building Operation and Control

Conference: 2017 ASHRAE Annual Conference - Long Beach, California (June 24-28) — Long Beach
Conference Date: Sunday, June 25, 2017: 01:30 PM-03:00 PM
Chair: Michael Brambley, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, PNNL, Richland, WA, US

Seminar 20 : Fresh Insights on Building Automation: A Seminar by the YEA Group

Conference: 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada (January 28-February 1) — Las Vegas
Conference Date: Monday, January 30, 2017: 08:00 AM-09:30 AM
Chair: Joseph Kilcoyne, Member, P.E., SC Engineers, Inc., San Diego, CA, US

Seminar 11 : The Current State-of-the-Art for an Automated Pathway from BIM Building Models Direct to HVAC Heating/Cooling Load Calculations

Conference: 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference - Las Vegas, Nevada (January 28-February 1) — Las Vagas
Conference Date: Sunday, January 29, 2017: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
Chair: Reinhard Seidl, Non-Member, Taylor Engineering, Alameda, CA, US

Seminar 29 : Control Freaks and Internet of Things Geeks: The Future of Building Automation

Conference: 2018 ASHRAE Annual Conference - Houston, Texas — Houston
Conference Date: Monday, June 25, 2018: 09:45 AM-10:45 AM
Chair: Joseph Kilcoyne, P.E., Member, SC Engineers, Inc., San Diego, CA, US

Seminar 4 : Using Analytics and Big Data to Optimize Your HVAC Systems

Conference: 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference - Kansas City, Missouri — Kansas
Conference Date: Sunday, June 23, 2019: 08:00 AM-09:00 AM
Chair: David Lee, P.Eng., Member, Armstrong Fluid Technology, Toronto, ON, CA

Seminar 63 : The Force is Strong with this One: Facilitating Integrated Project Delivery

Conference: 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference - Atlanta, Georgia — Atlanta
Conference Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019: 08:00 AM-09:30 AM
Chair: Marianna Vallejo, Ph.D., Jacobs, Portland, OR, US

Standards & Guidelines

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Many ASHRAE standards are also available in a read-only format.

Read-only Standards

View a complete list of both published and proposed ASHRAE Standards and Guidelines, including the title, purpose and scope.

Complete list

Published Standards and Guidelines

ASHRAE Guideline 13-2015 – Published Guideline. (Supersedes Guideline 13-2013)
Specifying Building Automation Systems

ASHRAE Guideline 20-2010 (RA2016) - Published Guideline.
Documenting HVAC&R Work Processes and Data Exchange Requirements

ASHRAE Guideline 24-2015 - Published Guideline. (Supersedes ASHRAE Guideline 24-2008).
Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality In Low-Rise Residential Buildings

ASHRAE Guideline 29-2009 – Published Guideline.
Guideline for Risk Management of Public Health and Safety in Buildings

ASHRAE Guideline 32-2018 – Published Guideline. Supersedes ASHRAE Guideline 32-2012
Management for Sustainable, High Performance Operations & Maintenance

ASHRAE Guideline 36-2018 – Published Guideline.
High Performance Sequences of Operation for HVAC Systems

ANSI/ASHRAE 55-2017 – Published Standard. (Supersedes ASHRAE Standard 55-2013)
Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2016 – Published Standard. (Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2013)
Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2016 – Published Standard. (Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2013.)
Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2016 – Published Standard. (Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1- 2013)
Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2016 – Published Standard.
Energy Standard for Data Centers

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 105-2014  – Published Standard.
Standard Methods of Determining, Expressing and Comparing Building Energy Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135-2016 – Published Standard. (Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135-2012.)
BACnet - A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135.1-2019 – Published Standard. (Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135.1-2013).
Method of Test for Conformance to BACnet

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2018 – Published Standard. Supersedes ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015
Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems

ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES 189.1 (IGCC) – Published Standard.
Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 189.3-2017 – Published Standard.
Design, Construction and Operation of Sustainable High Performance Health Care Facilities

ANSI/ASHRAE/NEMA Standard 201-2016 – Published Standard.
Facility Smart Grid Information Model

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 209-2018 – Published Standard.
Energy Simulation Aided Design for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

ANSI/ASHRAE/ACCA Standard 211-2018 –  Published Standard.
Standard for Commercial Building Energy Audits

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 214-2017 – Published Standard.
Standard for Determining and Expressing Building Energy Performance in a Rating Program

Proposed Standards & Guidelines

GPC 42P – Proposed Guideline.
Enhanced Indoor Air Quality in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

GPC 43P - Proposed Guideline authorized February 5, 2020. SSPC 170 is responsible for the development of this guideline. 
Operations Guideline for Ventilation of Health Care Facilities

SPC 227P – Proposed Standard.
Passive Building Design Standard

SPC 208P, Proposed Standard authorized Montreal June 29, 2011.
Method of Test for Determining Hydronic System Balance Valve Capacity

SPC 223P - Proposed Standar authorized Las Vegas February 1, 2017. This Standard is being developed by SSPC 135.
Designation and Classification of Semantic Tags for Building Data

SPC 224P - Proposed Standard authorized Long Beach June 28, 2017. NIBS is a co-sponsor to this standard.
Standard for the Application of Building Information Modeling

SPC 227P – Proposed Standard authorized January 16, 2019.
Passive Building Design Standard

SPC 229P – Proposed Standard authorized November 15, 2019.
Protocols for Evaluating Ruleset Implementation in Building Performance Modeling Software

The ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI)

ALI offers a wide range of professional development seminars and short courses. ALI seminars/courses provide high-quality, authoritative and credible technical information, with all content developed through ALI’s peer-review process.

Integrated Building Design
This seminar will provide a working knowledge of the integrated building design process, explaining the basic concepts involved and outlining the fundamental application of this approach.

ALL SCHEDULED COURSES

eLearning on Demand

ASHRAE offers web-based training through its redesigned eLearning portal, including course packages and libraries on a variety of HVAC&R subject areas.

eLearning Courses

Building Information Modeling
This course shows the potential of BIM (Building Information Modeling) to improve the flow of data during planning, construction and operations, as well as improve a building's lifetime sustainability.

Integrated Design
This course explains how architectural decisions affect sustainable and green project goals.

All ELEARNING COURSES

Certification

ASHRAE certification programs were founded to meet the industry needs of today and provide value to thousands of built-environment professionals, employers and building owners.

For the past 100+ years ASHRAE has worked hard to earn and maintain a worldwide reputation for being the leader in HVAC&R design. ASHRAE certification programs serve to reinforce that reputation.

Certifications

Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP Certification):
Validates competency to model new and existing building and systems with the full range of physics; and evaluate, select, use, calibrate and interpret the results of energy modeling software where applied to building and systems energy performance and economics.

Building Commissioning Professional (BCxP) certification:
Validates competency to lead, plan, coordinate and manage a commissioning team to implement commissioning processes in new and existing buildings.

Certified HVAC Designer (CHD Certification)
Validates competency to do the following: Design HVAC systems to meet building/project requirements, including equipment, equipment sizing, load calculations, mechanical equipment room design, duct and piping design and layout, and develop HVAC plans for permit and construction.

High-Performance Building Design Professional (HBDP Certification)
Validates competency to design and integrate sustainable HVAC&R systems into high performing buildings.

For complete details and a full list of all ASHRAE Certifications:

All Certifications

CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers)

Society of Digital Learning
The Society of Digital Learning has been created to serve as a home for those professionals trying to digitize the built environment.  Resources and tools are available to bring awareness to the progress we’ve made in digital engineering, what challenges are still common and tools and solutions to these challenges.

Digital Engineering Training
This includes training on a variety of topics including Security Requirements, Common Data Environemnts and BIM executioning Plans (plus many more topics).  There’s a variety of levels so whether you’re new, or experienced in the digital environment, there’s an option for you.

LCI (Lean Construction Institute) Website

Transforming Design and Construction: A Framework for Change
A diverse set of practitioners collaborated to create the Transforming Design and Construction: A Framework for Change book based on the transformative projects and experiences of their Lean practices.

Target Value Delivery: Practitioner Guidebook to Implementation – Current State 2016
Target Value Delivery: Practitioner Guidebook to Implementation was collaboratively written by a team of more than 20 Target Value Delivery (TVD) practitioners to provide current state practical guidance to implementing TVD with a project team.

Don’t Conform, Transform!
If you are a leader who is looking to improve the process and outcomes of commercial construction projects, LCI’s Don’t Conform, Transform is the book for you. This book catches the voices, real-world wisdom and experience of Lean/IPD leaders who have mastered the philosophy and value of each practice described.

Target Value Design: Introduction, Framework & Current Benchmark
Target Value Design (TVD), referring to the application of Target Costing (TC) to the delivery of projects in the AEC industry, radically differs from what has become the traditional way of designing and making products. TVD is a method that makes customer constraints (on cost, time, location and others) drivers for design in pursuit of value delivery. This document introduces TVD by retracing its roots and describing why owners and, in fact, all project participants can benefit from using TVD

LCI Special Edition: This Is Lean
This is Lean gives an easily accessible, structured, and inspiring account and description of Lean. Most important perhaps is the value and effect of the joint development of the whole organization, and the structured way of working from co-workers to executives. Here are enormous benefits to gain both for co-workers, for the company and organization, and not the least for the customer.

NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratories)

Building Energy Science Research
Learn about what is currently being done to make your buildings more efficient in the areas of energy storage HVAC&R, and grid-interactive buildings.

Common Challenges in Commercial Buildings
Find more information from NREL on how to provide reliable and secure energy for your building, while achieving energy performance targets and maximizing your return on investment.  Look through common challenges to find an NREL team member who can help you.

Residential Buildings Group
NREL has a residential buildings group ready to help you bring energy efficiency technology and practices into the US home building and retrofit markets.

Data and Tools
NREL offers data and tools to help build energy-efficient and cost-effective buildings.

• BEOpt Building Energy Optimization Tool
• EnergyPlus
• Foresee
• OpenStudio
• ResStock Analysis Tool
• Technology Performance Exchange
• URBANopt

ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Building Technologies
ORNL is actively developing technologies to make buildings more efficient, cost-effective and secure. They have research areas in building envelopes, building system integration, building to grid design and equipment technologies.  They also have tools available to help with design in some of these areas.  Staff is available to answer questions at the site above.

SMACNA (Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association)

Championing the Virtual Design and Construction Approach
Leading members of the architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry are championing the virtual design and construction process—a change that is slowly but dramatically transforming the way projects are completed.

Virtual Design and Construction Practice: Benefits, Challenges, and Proven Strategies for AEC Team supports the Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) approach and offers insights into the growing use of virtual design on construction projects.