Presenter: Sheila Hayter | 2017-2018 ASHRAE President Elect

NREL/PR-7A40-70043
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ASHRAE Overview

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Mission: To advance the arts and sciences of heating, 

ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve 

humanity and promote a sustainable world.

Vision: ASHRAE will be the global leader, the foremost 

source of technical and educational information, and the 

primary provider of opportunity for professional growth in 

the arts and sciences of heating, ventilating, air 

conditioning and refrigerating.
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ASHRAE Overview

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• Founded in 1894

• 56,500+ volunteer 

members in more than 

130 countries

 6,000+ student 

members

 15 regions

 183 chapters

 300 student branches

• Industry Classification

 Consulting engineers 

 Contractors 

 Manufacturers 

 Manufacturing representatives

 Government, health and education 

 Design build 

 Architects 

• U.S./Canada (45,000+)

• Global (12,000+)
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What We Do and How We Do It

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What We Do

• Serve as pipeline for technical 

information to members, 

chapters and companies

• Create standards and technical 

guidelines to serve built 

environment

• Offer continuing education for 

industry professionals

• Serve as networking tool for 

industry professionals

How We Do It

• 27 standing committees 

• 130 standards and guidelines 

committees

• 100+ technical committees

• 300+ publications

• Six certification programs

• 100+ educational courses

• Research
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Standards

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ASHRAE Standard 189.1-2014, Standard for the Design of 

High-Performance Green Buildings

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• Standard 189.1 provides total building 

sustainability guidance for designing, 

building and operating highperformance green buildings

• Has broader scope than Standard 90.1

• Partners with the International Code 

Council (ICC) for the International Green 

Construction Code (IgCC)

• Single resource on green buildings “IgCC

powered by 189.1” to be published in 

summer 2018
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• Beneficial for those in design, 

construction, installation, 

commissioning, operation, 

maintenance and service of centralized 

building water systems and 

components

• Standard 188 establishes minimum 

legionellosis risk management 

requirements for building water 

systems

• This is the foundation of the CDC’s 

Toolkit entitled “Developing a Water 

Management Program to Reduce 

Legionella Growth and Spread in 

Buildings”

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ASHRAE Standard 188, Legionellosis: Risk Management for 

Building Water Systems
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• Standard 90.4 was designed to 

ensure only the most inefficient data 

centers are non-compliant

• Is aggressive but has very achievable 

mechanical and electric efficiency 

requirements that save agencies 

money

• Data centers are often the largest 

energy users at an agency

• Works in concert with Standard 90.1

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ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2016, Energy Standard for Data Centers
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ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016, Energy Standard for Buildings Except LowRise Residential Buildings

• Standard 90.1 is a benchmark for 

commercial building energy codes

• ASHRAE has set forth efforts to 

address plug load reduction and help 

design teams account for them when 

evaluating building loads with 

Standard 90.1

• “Regulated loads” are no longer 

included in a summary of energy 

savings in the Standard 90.1 revision in 

2016

• Plug loads will continue to be a critical 

component in achieving Advanced 

Energy Design Guides
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Extending Our Community

• ASHRAE 2017 Building Performance Analysis Conference: September 

27-29, 2017 – Atlanta, GA. 

• 2017 Developing Economies: November 10-11, 2017 – Delhi, India.

• 2018 ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR Expo: January 20-24, 2018 –

Chicago, IL. 

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