{"id":56029,"date":"2019-11-06T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T20:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=56029"},"modified":"2020-02-26T09:29:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T14:29:21","slug":"technical-program-for-2020-ashrae-winter-conference-is-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/technical-program-for-2020-ashrae-winter-conference-is-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Program for 2020 ASHRAE Winter Conference is Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The technical program<\/a> for the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Conference<\/a>, to be held Feb. 1\u20135, at the Hilton Orlando is now available online and in ASHRAE 365. Registration for the conference provides entry to the co-sponsored AHR Expo<\/a>, held Feb. 3-5, at the Orange County Convention Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conference\u2019s technical program offers over 100 technical\nsessions, 300 speakers, and more than 150 PDHs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith changing energy, economic and environmental concerns at the forefront of building decisions, a focus on emerging approaches and advanced concepts of addressing those concerns have become more crucial to building professionals,\u201d says conference chair, Melanie Derby. \u201cThe 2020 ASHRAE Winter Conference technical program will present cutting-edge methods and practices on a wide-range of topics to provide solutions to these contemporary\u00a0building-related concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The five-day event includes eight conference\ntracks, selected to represent areas of focus common among ASHRAE membership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An anticipated track at this year\u2019s conference,\u00a0Big Data and Smart Controls,\u00a0will examine the use of big data, advanced algorithms, occupancy-based control strategies, data mining and other analytical techniques to automate buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another new conference track showcases ASHRAE\u2019s leadership role in the development of standards and guidelines that are used to shape codes. The track, Standards, Guidelines and Codes, will include topics such as the standards development process, the use of standards to help mechanical systems in buildings survive disaster and linking Standard 100<\/a> with Standard 90.1-2019<\/a>, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conference tracks include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASHRAE will offer three Residential Buildings mini-tracks and three Refrigeration and Refrigerants track sessions at the AHR Expo on Monday, Feb 3. These sessions offer AHR Expo attendees updates on pertinent topics and are free to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI)<\/a>\u00a0will offer four full-day seminars and 17 half-day short courses during the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PDH\u2019s are available to attendees who attend any\nof the technical sessions or ALI courses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Apply by Jan. 10, to sit for an\u00a0ASHRAE Certification exam<\/a>. Exams will be administered on Feb. 5, in these key fields Building Operations, Commissioning, Energy Assessment, Energy Modeling, Healthcare Facility Design, High-Performance Building Design, and HVAC Design, a new program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ASHRAE President Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng. will provide an update on the 2019-20 society theme, \u201cBuilding for People and Performance. Achieving Operational Excellence,\u201d at the President\u2019s Luncheon on\u00a0Monday, Feb. 3. Major contributors to the ASHRAE RP Campaign will also be recognized at this lunch. For complete conference and expo information, download ASHRAE 365, or visit the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Conference<\/a> and the AHR Expo<\/a> websites. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The technical program for the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Conference, to be held Feb. 1\u20135, at the Hilton Orlando is now available online and in ASHRAE 365. Registration for the conference provides entry to the co-sponsored AHR Expo, held Feb. 3-5, at the Orange County Convention Center. The conference\u2019s technical program offers over 100 technical sessions,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Technical Program for 2020 @ashraenews Winter Conference is Announced","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[201],"tags":[1962,24323,10848,1291,9494,13065],"ppma_author":[48882],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNew ALI courses include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n