Section 2.0 — Environmental Quality

Scope
Technical Committee 2.1 is concerned with the interactions of human physiology and psychology with the built environment, and their impacts on comfort, health, well-being and performance.

Ralph G. Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award

TC Website:
https://tc0201.ashraetcs.org/

Scope
Technical Committee 2.2 is concerned with the relationships of environmental conditions, as altered by air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating and ventilating systems, to the growth, health, and reproduction of plants and animals.

TC Website:
https://tc0202.ashraetcs.org/

Scope
Technical Committee 2.3 is concerned with the nature of trace gaseous contaminants; the measurement of their properties; their effects on living things and materials; the means of removing unwanted contaminants from gases; and the effectiveness, energy usage, and economy of such purification equipment. The TC scope covers all aspects of odor technology, including odors which are produced by volatile particulate contaminants, but excludes purely physiological or psychological aspects of gaseous contaminants such as toxicology and odor perception (these are the province of TC 2.1). TC 2.3 is concerned with the effects of gaseous contaminants on the quality of air supplied to and exhausted from enclosed spaces and with the sources of gaseous contaminant pollution within such spaces.

TC Website:
https://tc0203.ashraetcs.org/

Scope
Technical Committee 2.4 is concerned with the nature of particulate contaminants, both solid and liquid; the measurement of their properties; their effects on living things and materials; both solid and liquid; the means of removing unwanted particulate contaminants from gases; and the evaluation of the effectiveness, energy usage, and economy of such purification equipment.

TC Website:
https://tc0204.ashraetcs.org/

Scope
Technical Committee 2.5, Global Climate Change is concerned with the impact that activities of the HVAC&R industry may have on the global environment, including climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion.  This TC enhances ASHRAE member awareness of these impacts and coordinates activities and planning for the Society to address these issues. This includes identifying factors within the scope of the HVAC&R industry, which may impact favorably or unfavorably, the global environment and the role that ASHRAE serves.

TC Website:
https://tc0205.ashraetcs.org/

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Technical Committee 2.6 is concerned with the fundamental scientific and engineering principles of sound and vibration, particularly as applied to the design and performance of the built environment. .

TC Website:
https://tc0206.ashraetcs.org/

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Technical Committee 2.7 is concerned with fundamental scientific and engineering design principles for the resilient design of HVACR equipment and building mechanical/electrical/plumbing service systems for resistance to natural hazards including seismic, wind and flooding.

TC Website:
https://tc0207.ashraetcs.org

Scope
Technical Committee 2.8 is concerned with the environmental, social and economic impacts of buildings, including effects on ecosystem sustainability and the well-being of building occupants. The committee works to enhance awareness of these issues and the resiliency needed to adapt to a changing climate. Building impacts of concern include, but are not limited to, environmental impacts of energy and water production, conversion, delivery and use; availability of energy resources; pollution of air, water, and soil; and encroachment on sensitive habitats.

NOTE: TC 1.10, Energy Resources and TG2.BIE, Buildings' Impact on the Environment merged during Tech Weekend, 2002. This merger created TC 2.8, Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability.

TC Website:
https://tc0208.ashraetcs.org/.

Scope
TC 2.9 is concerned with all aspects of equipment and systems that utilize ultraviolet radiation to destroy or deactivate chemical and/or biological air and surface contaminants in HVAC systems and indoor spaces, including, but not limited to, effectiveness, safety, maintenance and economics.

TC Website:
https://tc0209.ashraetcs.org/

Scope:
TC 2.10 is concerned with fundamental scientific and engineering design principles for the resilience of the built environments subjected to extraordinary events including mitigating consequential damages, remediation, and recovery.

Website:
http://tc0210.ashraetcs.org

Scope
TG2.RAST is concerned with advancing the knowledge, effectiveness, and safety of Reactive Air and Surface Treatment and associated technologies for air cleaning and surface disinfection. This TG will be responsible for Photocatalytic Oxidation, Ionization, Hydrogen Peroxide, and other associated or new technologies not specifically covered by another TC. In particular, devices using only ultraviolet radiation to destroy or inactivate biological air and surface contaminants in HVAC systems and indoor spaces are not included.

TC Website:
https://tg2rast.ashraetcs.org

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ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.1
Physiology and Human Environment

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.2
Plant and Animal Environments

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.3
Gaseous Air Contaminants and Gas Contaminant Removal Equipment

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.4
Particulate Air Contaminants and Particulate Contaminant Removal Equipment

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.5
Global Climate Change

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.6
Sound and Vibration

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.7
Seismic, Wind and Flood Resistant Design

ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.8
Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability

ASHRAE Technical Committee, 2.9
Ultraviolet Air and Surface Treatment

ASHRAE Technical Committee, 2.10
Resilence and Security

ASHRAE Technical Committee, 2.RAST
Reactive Air and Surface Treatment

TG 2.IAQMP is concerned with indoor air quality monitors that present data in buildings relevant to IAQ performance. This TG will develop guidelines as to the proper design of an IAQ monitoring strategy. Also performance characteristics among devices can vary. This TG will also determine required performance characteristics for these devices to be used in buildings.