ASHRAE Global Decarbonization Efforts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP)

COP 29 | COP 28 | COP 27 | COP 26

Since 1995, countries from around the world belonging to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have convened annually to discuss and measure progress on combatting climate change at The Conference of the Parties (COP). ASHRAE has taken part in COP since 2021 sharing information on the solutions, standards, and opportunities ASHRAE provides to address decarbonization of the global built environment.

COP 29
Baku, Azerbaijan | November 11 - 22, 2024

PANEL AT AMERICA IS ALL IN ACTION CENTER
Friday, November 15, 2024 2:30–3:30 PM AZT | 5:30–6:30 AM EST
The panel will be livestreamed and recorded, available to watch at no charge.
Check back to watch the event later this month.

Leveraging Standards for Buildings and Construction to Achieve Clean Energy Goals

In the fragmented and often nationalized world of standardization, US-developed international standards and building codes are sometimes overlooked by jurisdictions around the world seeking ways to achieve safer, greener, more resilient buildings. These internationally applied building codes and standards, developed through WTO-compliant processes by globally-relevant, US-based organizations are science-based, innovative and ideally suited to provide mitigative and adaptive solutions to engineered buildings worldwide. Learn from standards developers based in the US about how national and local governments around the world have used their tools to achieve climate goals along with innovation and resilience in the built environment.
Co-hosted by International Code Council and U.S. Green Building Council.

Panelists:

Teresa Cendrowska, Vice President, Global Cooperation, ASTM International
Dean Frank, Executive Director, NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence
Jim Wolf, ASHRAE Presidential Member
Dr. Oday Hatim Al Buhamad, Director-Standards & Metrology, Gulf Standardization Organization

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COP 28
Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | November 30-December 12, 2023

OFFICIAL BLUE ZONE SIDE EVENT
Friday, December 8th 2023 15:00-16:30 GST
Design Thinking, Global Standards, & Integrative Solutions for a Net Zero Built Environment

The built environment accounts for roughly 40% of energy related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Design thinking can offer integrated solutions for equitable & resilient zero-carbon communities. Consensus-based standards are needed for design, operations, & accountability across a building’s lifecycle to decarbonize the sector. This side event, organized by The American Institute of Architects (AIA), ASHRAE, the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA), the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd. (IVL) and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will discuss how we can embed, replicate and scale up design solutions and consensus based global standards to achieve goals to achieve sustained reductions in GHG emissions.

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COP 27
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | November 6–18, 2022

OFFICIAL BLUE ZONE SIDE EVENT
Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Planning, Design and Development in the Global South: The ‘How To’ for People + Planet

This side event, organized by Architecture 2030, ASHRAE, and the International Network of Women Engineers + Scientists (INWES), set out design and construction guidelines, with regional examples, for equitable and resilient development to meet GHG emissions reduction targets. 2022-23 ASHRAE President Farooq Mehboob and 2022-23 ASHRAE Treasurer were among the multidisciplinary group of leading industry practitioners who spoke at this event.

Left to Right: Imen Makhlouf, Engineer, INWES; Noella Nibakuze, Design Director, MASS Design; Kotchakorn Voraakhom, Chair, IFLA Climate Change; Dennis Knight, 2023-23 ASHRAE Treasurer; Lisa Richmond, Senior Fellow, Architecture 2030; Farooq Mehboob, 2023-23 ASHRAE President; Aamena Desai, Senior Urban Designer, Arup. Photo courtesy of Architecture 2030.

Building Industry Steps Up to Address Climate Change

Leading up to COP27, ASHRAE, along with 24 of the world’s leading building industry organizations issued a statement to government representatives pledging to assume a leadership role in decarbonization efforts in the built environment. Watch as 2022-23 ASHRAE President Farooq Mehboob, Fellow Life Member ASHRAE, reads from the statement. Learn more.

Translations of the Written Statement:
French | German | Portuguese | Spanish | Swedish

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COP 26
Glasgow, Scotland | October 31–November 12, 2021

OFFICIAL BLUE ZONE SIDE EVENT
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

65% by 2030 / ZERO by 2040: Top 200 Global Firms and Organizations Lead With 1.5°C Climate Actions

This side event, organized by Architecture 2030 and ASHRAE , highlighted ways in which signatories of the 1.5°C COP26 Communiqué are responding to the urgency of the climate crisis and specific actions to decarbonize the built world and meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C carbon budget. The importance of the building community’s participation in addressing the climate crisis was emphasized.

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ASHRAE Global Decarbonization Efforts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP)

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Building Industry Steps Up to Address Climate Change