May 2014

Online Courses - $199 ($259 non-members), 2-part: $339 ($459)

Evaluation Methods for High-Performance Green Buildings - May 7

Energy Modeling Best Practices and Application - May 12

New eLearning Courses: 2 hour, on-line course, $42 for 12-month access ($50 for non-members)

 - Standard 189.1-2011—Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)

 - Humidity Control Design: Basic Principles, Loads and Equipment

 - Building Information Modeling (BIM) 

 - Standard 189.1-2011 for High Performance Green Buildings – Energy Efficiency

DId you know that there are currently over 130 individual courses, 18 course packages and 6 more Libraries?  These can offer Continuing Education Credits between 2 hours and 320 hours, all at your our pace.

http://elearning.ashrae.org/ 

There are also the Fundamentals Courses for self-directed learning, or let the Board know, and we can offer a course for a group. ( https://www.ashrae.org/education--certification/self-directed-or-group-learning )

Topics include:

 - Air System Design

 - Building Operation, Maintenance, and Management

 - Heating and Cooling Loads

 - Heating Systems

 - Refrigeration

 - Steam System Design

 - Thermodynamics

 - Water System Design

·April 17, 2014, Webcast - FREE!:  Buildings in Balance: IEQ and Energy Efficiency - If you missed it, you can still download it.

 

·ASHRAE Learning Institute HVAC Design Training Sessions:

o   Level I – Essentials                   Level II – Applications:

§  June 9-11, 2014 – Atlanta      June 12-13, 2014 – Atlanta

  

·Technology Awards:

o One submission from our chapter, for St. Mary's School (mechancial design by Daniels-Wingerak Enginerring Ltd.)

 

·ASHRAE GreenGuide: Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable Buildings, 4th Edition is now released, with updated information on IEQ.

 

·Society Conferences:

o   June 28-July 2, 2014, ASHRAE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

o   September 10-12, 2014, ASHRAE / IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, Atlanta, GA.

o   October 2-3, 2014, ASHRAE, International Conference on Efficient Building Design: Materials and HVAC Equipment Technologies, Beirut, Lebanon.

o   January 24-28, 2015, ASHRAE Winter meeting / AHR Show, Chicago, IL.

o   June 27-July 1, 2015, ASHRAE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

o   January 23-27, 2016, ASHRAE Winter meeting / AHR Show, Orlando, FL.

o   June 25-29, 2016, ASHRAE Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO.

o   January 30 - Feb. 1, 2017 ASHRAE Winter meeting / AHR Show, Las Vegas, NV

o   January 22-24, 2018, ASHRAE Winter meeting / AHR Show, Chicago, IL.

Other CTT information:

The ASHRAE Indoor Air Quality Guide is available for free download at www.ashrae.org/FreeIAQGuidance.

The Indoor Air Quality Guide: Best Practices for Design, Construction and Commissioning provides strategies to achieve good IAQ using proven technologies and without significantly increasing costs.

Advanced Energy Design Guides:  More than 500,000 copies have been purchased or downloaded for free at http://www.ashrae.org/freeaedg.  Do you have your copy?

 

Ryan MacGillivray

ASHRAE Saskatoon

CTTc Chair