{"id":33563,"date":"2017-02-08T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=33563"},"modified":"2019-07-11T14:06:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T18:06:54","slug":"ashrae-seeks-presenters-competition-teams-for-building-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/ashrae-seeks-presenters-competition-teams-for-building-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"ASHRAE Seeks Presenters, Competition Teams for Building Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
ASHRAE<\/a> is seeking presenters for its Building Performance Analysis Conference<\/a> as well as teams for its annual LowDown Showdown<\/a> modeling competition.<\/p>\n The ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference takes place Sept. 27-29, 2017, in Atlanta, Ga. The modeling competition is part of that event.<\/p>\n \u201cThis conference engages the design aspect of modeling and simulation,\u201d Dennis Knight, conference chair, says. \u201cOur goal is to serve practitioners with up-to-date best practices, work flows and processes required to plan, design, construct and operate low energy consuming, environmentally responsive and responsible, safe, secure and healthy buildings for human occupancy.\u201d<\/p>\n A call for presenters is now open for presentations that address topics of interest to practitioners, modelers and designers.<\/p>\n Also, the ASHRAE LowDown Showdown modeling competition returns for its third year. Participants will model an existing building that includes both office space and climate controlled archival warehouse space.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 2017 competition features two changes: it is now a competition vs. a challenge, and conference attendees can now form their own teams to retrofit an existing building.<\/p>\n