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VOL 2, No.6, November - December 2015

e-NEWSLETTER From our Editor

Gerardo Alfonso, webmaster

We are beginning a new year and completing 2015, a year of uncertainty in the global economy, characterizad by

instability in the markets in a short period of time. Our Region XII is not stranger to this phenomenon and

countries like Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil are affected by a Exchange rate against the dollar against steadly

rising. This devaluation causes an increment in domestic prices (inflation) that hinder the sustained growth of

local economies, and the transfer of investors to countries with better forecast is what is known as the swallow

movement of capital. Our HVAC&R industry is not stranger to this phenomenon and we think both inevitable

adjustment in spending at central government and in privates companies.

The economic environment is accompanied by the notorious climate phenomenon of El Niño very accentuated in

some parts of the continent. Countries like Colombia and Venezuela have entered into crisis of power generation

due to the decrease in rainfall that is a mian source of energy for electric power (hidro electric power

generation).

We must be aware of our responsability in handling refrigerants that directly affect the environment and make

that the adaptability of humans and their survival look threatened in the near future.

According to this scenario our next Winter meeting takes place in our Region XII, in Orlando, Fl. This is a great

opportunity not only to hsare with our peers in the association, but to improve our skiks in the industry. I invite

you to actively participate in order to make this meeting the best in the history of ASHRAE.

Remember that Society has a website with some resources in Spanish at society level where we have published

some news we have translated http://www.ashrae.org/ashraeenespanol

I want to thank the people who follows us on the social media and I want to invite those who does not follow us

to join this effort. This is a easy way to be up to date about our chapter activities in Facebook, twitter y linkedIn.

This e-newsletter is a summary of the activities of our chapter during November and December, 2015.

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2015-11-03 22:04:42

DESIGN BUILD SESSIONS OFFERED BY ASHRAE AT AHR EXPO

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – Four sessions focused on design build are being offered for free at the AHR Expo as part of the ASHRAE 2016 Winter Conference.

The Conference takes place Jan. 23-27, Orlando Hilton, while the ASHRAE co-sponsored AHR Expo takes place Jan. 25-27, next door at the Orange County Convention Center. To register for the ASHRAE Conference, which includes free access to the Expo, visitwww.ashrae.org/orlando. Information about the Expo can be found at www.ahrexpo.com.

The Technical Program features eight tracks, some 100 sessions and more than 300 speakers. It runs Sunday, Jan. 24 through Wednesday, Jan. 27, and offers over 200 Professional Development Hours, as well as Continuing Education Units, which can be applied toward a Professional Engineering license in many states, including the state of Florida.

Four sessions are being offered at no cost at the AHR Expo. The three seminars and one workshop are all part of the Design Build track.

“ASHRAE is always looking for opportunities to improve the Technical Program, and at the same time, to include the theme of the Society president,” Jennifer Leach, Conference chair, said. “ASHRAE President David Underwood spent much of his career as a design-build contractor and suggested the Design Build track. Offering these programs at the Expo is a win-win given its close proximity to ASHRAE Conference at the hotel next door. ASHRAE gets an opportunity to reach out to its contractor members and engineers now have another reason to attend the Expo.”

The sessions are:

Don´t Call it a Comeback! The New and Improved Design-Build Survival Guide, 11 a.m.- noon, Tuesday, Jan. 26. ASHRAE published its “Survival Guide to Design-Build” in 2004. Since that time, the design build delivery method has exploded. In this seminar, speakers provide a first look at the new, improved and updated Design-Build Survival Guide.

Avoiding Pesky Pitfalls Integrating Seismic and Sound Control, 1-2 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26. This session addresses the advantage of integrating seismic compliance and sound control early in the design build process. Design of building systems for seismic, wind, sound and vibration control generally occurs later in the project, with the feeling that it is not essential to the design of the HVAC, controls, electrical or other system. However, when this seemingly non-essential item is overlooked, the cost to meet code compliance and/or owner demands often becomes more than budgeted. Speakers discuss how to avoid these pitfalls.

Design-Build for DDC: Yes, It Works! No, It Doesn’t! A Healthy Debate by Two Experts, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26. Those who recommend design build for every situation need to be careful. When it comes to direct digital controls (DDC), design build may not be the best solution. Some general contractors claim that the controls subcontractor is no different than the drywall subcontractor, and if a design build delivery method works for one, it should work for all. One speaker in this session feels strongly that a design build scenario is the best solution for today’s DDC systems, while the other speaker begs to differ.


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e-NEWSLETTER How Does the Criterion Engineer’s Role

Affect the Design Build Contractor’s and Design Build Engineer’s Roles during All Phases of a Design Build Project?, 3:45-5:15 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26. Building owners often retain a criterion engineer to establish the initial design criteria for a project. The engineer creates documents that are handed off to a design build contractor. After this, the role of the engineer can vary. This seminar discusses issues that can arise as the owner and design build contractor interpret the bridging documents and how open or closed a line of communication is with the engineer during all phases of a design build project.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 54,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. More information can be found at www.ashrae.org/news.

2015-11-10 21:33:05

NEW COURSE ON LEGIONELLA STANDARD AMONG ASHRAE 2016 WINTER CONFERENCE COURSES

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – Guidance on how to reduce the risk of Legionnaires’ Disease via a recently published standard will be shared in a new course from ASHRAE at its 2016 Winter Conference. The course is one of 20 courses being presented at the Conference and AHR Expo.

“We’ve already seen the real-life application of this standard when sections of it where adopted by the New York City Council following a deadly outbreak there,” Bill Pearson, course instructor who serves on the Standard 188 committee. “This course is designed to help prevent future outbreaks by showing the industry how to navigate the standard.”

The Conference takes place Jan. 23-27, Orlando Hilton, while the ASHRAE co-sponsored AHR Expo takes place Jan. 25-27, next door at the Orange County Convention Center. To register for the ASHRAE Conference, which includes free access to the Expo, visitwww.ashrae.org/orlando.

ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) is offering 20 high-quality, authoritative Professional Development Seminars and Short Courses. ALI courses provide

training with real-world experiences for immediate application. Attendees can earn continuing education credits. For more information or to register, visit www.ashrae.org/orlandocourses.

The new half-day Short Course, ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 – Successfully Managing the Risk of Legionellosis, focuses on ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 188-2015, Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems, which establishes the minimum legionellosis risk management requirements for the design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance and service of centralized building water systems and components. Michael Patton, a member of the Standard 188 committee, also is an instructor of the course.

Attendees will learn how to use and comply with the standard; where Legionella propagates and who is at high risk for legionellosis; how to create a workable Legionella water management plan; and the responsibilities of project engineers and designers.


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e-NEWSLETTER The five full-day Professional Development Seminars being offered are:

Commercial Building Energy Audits Commissioning Process in New & Existing

Buildings Designing HVAC Systems to Control Noise &

Vibration Energy Modeling Best Practices and

Applications (Co-sponsored by IBPSA-USA) Operations and Maintenance of High-

Performance Buildings

The 15 Half-Day Short Courses are:

Laboratory Design: The Basics and Beyond Troubleshooting Humidity Control Problems Understanding & Designing Dedicated

Outdoor Air Systems Variable Refrigerant Flow System Design &

Application Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Applications: Best

Practices Application of Standard 62.1-2013

(ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2010, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality): Multiple Spaces Equations & Spreadsheets

Building Demand Response & the Coming Smart Grid

Energy Management Best Practices Avoiding IAQ Problems Commissioning Process & ASHRAE

Standard 202 (ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 202-

2013, Commissioning Process for Buildings and Systems)

Complying with Standard 90.1-2013 (ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings): HVAC/Mechanical

Evaluation and Control of Legionella in Building Water Systems

Exceeding Standard 90.1-2013 to Meet LEED Requirements

IT Equipment Design Evolution & Data Center Operation Optimization

Designing High-Performance Healthcare HVAC Systems


2015-11-19 20:56:38

ASHRAE ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION; APPLIED ENGINEERING CHALLENGE

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – Heat – whether in designing a building in Qatar or a temporary structure for heat illness victims – was the focus of two ASHRAE competitions challenging students in their engineering skills.

The 2015 Design Competition focused on a three-story classroom and office building in Doha, Qatar,

while for the Applied Engineering Challenge, students were required to design a collapsible portable conditioned shelter for treatment of heat illness victims. Thirty-nine teams representing 10 countries entered the events.

First place recipients in the HVAC System Selection are from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Team members are Brianna Brass, currently seeking a





e-NEWSLETTER Master’s of Architectural Engineering degree, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Matthew Easlon, Feinschule Hagwon, Gwangju, Korea; Mary Kleinsasser, currently seeking a Master’s of Architectural Engineering degree, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ben MacKenzie, mechanical engineering intern, Affiliated Engineers, Madison, Wis.; and Rachel Obenland, currently seeking a Master’s of Architectural Engineering degree, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The faculty advisor is David P. Yuill, Ph.D., P.E., while industry advisors are Joe Hazel, P.E., HFDP, Specialized Engineering Solutions, Omaha, Neb., and Dan Karnes, Leo A. Daly, Omaha, Neb.

After comparing HVAC system options, the team chose a water source heat pump system utilizing a closed seawater loop field. The system had the lowest life cycle cost of the three systems considered. The seawater loop field provides a sustainable energy source with a low environment impact. Comfort and indoor environmental quality are easily maintained due to the adjustability of the system within the building.

The system showed a 44 percent energy improvement over the baseline. It is projected to cost $3.8 million over a 50 year period, which is $695,000 less than a variable air volume air handling system with thermal ice storage option and $220,600 less than fan coil units with a dedicated outside air system and thermal ice storage option.

First place recipients in the HVAC Design Calculations also are from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Team members are Kristin Hanna, currently seeking a Master’s of Architectural Engineering degree, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Garrett Johnson; Mark Wilder, mechanical intern, M.E. Group, Omaha, Neb. The faculty advisor is David Yuill, Ph.D., P.E.

To address the peak cooling load of 157 tons, students designed a thermal ice storage system, which allows the chiller size to be reduced to 100 tons while still meeting load. Although the ice storage system adds initial cost, it is shown to reduce life cycle cost because of the reduction in initial cost for

the chiller and reduction of energy used during peak demand hours throughout the cooling season.

The team also designed a creative condenser water heat rejection approach, using several decorative fountains on the school grounds. The approach is unusual but has been implemented in the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Heat and mass transfer calculations show that a total of 240 square meters of fountains will be required.

First place in the category of Integrated Sustainable Building Design goes to a team from Portland State University. Team members are Krestina Aziz, architectural designer, Otak, Portland, Ore.; Adam Buchholz, estimator, Johnson Air Products, Portland, Ore.; Nicole Dunbar, mechanical designer, Mazzetti Inc., Portland, Ore.; Lee H. Han, mechanical engineer, PAE Consulting Engineers, Seattle, Wash.; Joel Joiner, project manager, Hydro-Temp Mechanical, Wilsonville, Ore.; Osman Sarper Kucuk; Blake Reynolds, mechanical designer, Interface Engineering, Portland, Ore.; Natalie Sherwood, mechanical designer, Interface Engineering, Portland, Ore.; Huy Tran, CLEARRresult, Portland, Ore.; and Alex Wilson, graduate student, Portland State University. The faculty advisor is Huafen Hu, Ph.D.

The team worked to integrate site location, building orientation, envelope components and mechanical systems to achieve a building approaching net zero energy. The building site was chosen on the basis of wind direction, public transportation and proximity to the Persian Gulf to take advantage of any naturally cooled air. For mechanical system design, they chose a combination or radiant beams with a dedicated outdoor air system, energy recovery ventilators and thermal storage.

Low flow plumbing was selected to reduce the building’s reliance on the energy intensive desalinated water available in Doha. Shading and orientation also played an important role due to the high solar gain the region. Solar generation was chosen for a source of renewable energy.

For the Applied Engineering Challenge, students were required to design a collapsible portable




e-NEWSLETTER conditioned shelter that can be assembled in the field to assist in the treatment of a victim of heat illness, including heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

The first place Applied Engineering Challenge recipients are from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: Miren Aizpitarte, project engineer, Critchfield Mechanical Inc., San Jose, Calif.; Cinthya Mendez, mechanical engineer, Western Allied Mechanical, Menlo Park, Calif.; Julia Stone, mechanical facilities engineer, Intel, Chandler, Ariz.; and Willis Tang, design engineer, ACCO Engineered Systems, Glendale, Calif. Their faculty advisor is Jesse Maddren, Ph.D., P.E.

The team chose a pentagonal structure with an airbed and chilled pad inside. The structure was cooled by a portable air-conditioning unit with an evaporative cooling option for dry climates. The tent walls, doors and roof are thinly insulated, and also feature air gaps and layers of nylon shading material. There also is a clear plastic observation window.

The portable, conditioned structure will effectively treat victims of heat exhaustion, heat cramps and heat rash on job sites. Design criteria were

developed to ensure that construction workers, who are the target audience, would be comfortable in the structure for an extended period of time.

The projects will be shared at the 2016 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Jan. 23-27, Orlando Hilton, Orlando, Fla. Also taking place at that time is the ASHRAE co-sponsored AHR Expo, Jan. 25-27, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando.


2015-11-25 22:02:14

ASHRAE AND IBPSA-USA SIMBUILD 2016 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PRESENTERS

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – The ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference has announced a call for presenters.

The co-organized conference takes place Aug. 10-12, 2016, Salt Lake City, Utah. To submit an abstract or for more information, visit www.ashrae.org/simbuild2016.

“The practical application of modeling buildings includes a broad range of professional services requiring an equally broad range of expertise, knowledge, skills and tools. This call for

presentations addresses these practitioner needs,” Dennis Knight, conference chair, said.

Modeling is useful throughout a building’s life cycle from analyzing individual elements and assemblies at the beginning stages of design through measuring the performance of a building after it is constructed and using calibrated models to improve performance.

While energy may be the single-most highly visible form of modeling, it is clear that practitioners face many other requirements, such as occupant comfort (acoustics, thermal and visual), indoor environmental quality, sustainability, resilience, life safety, system



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e-NEWSLETTER design, component selection, documentation, code compliance, utility incentives analysis, and building performance rating and labeling programs, to name a few.

“This expanded scope of work facing modelers combined with integrating tools like BEM and SIM with BIM describe the challenges facing practitioners today. Through the call for presenters and invited speakers, the conference aims to provide ways to address these common concerns.”

With a goal to address the lifecycle of buildings, the overall theme for the conference is “Using Simulation to Improve Building Performance from Planning and Design to Construction, Operations and Retrofit."

The conference seeks practical application presentations on the following building modeling topics:

Energy efficiency HVAC component modeling and load

analysis Urban scale modeling Lighting and daylighting Optimization Computational fluid dynamics Data exchange and interoperability Energy auditing Life cycle cost and economic analysis Model calibration and validation Automation and scripting Weather data for modeling Occupant comfort Heat, air, moisture modeling Uncertainty analysis Big data applications for large scale

simulations Standards, organization, best practices and

workflow for BEM and SIM Documenting existing conditions in BIM using

photographs, laser scans and point clouds for use in BEM and SIM applications

Modelers, software developers, architects, engineers, building owners and other practitioners are invited to submit presentation proposals on these

topics. Presentations addressing case studies, workflow and process, cloud-based solutions, and challenges and work arounds are encouraged.

“These presentations should address the practices of building modeling using existing tools,” Knight said.

Abstracts (400 or less words in length) and a 100-word promotional abstract are due Feb. 3, 2016. Papers are not required for accepted presentation proposals.

To submit an abstract or for more information, visit www.ashrae.org/simbuild2016.

A call for papers recently closed with more than 200 abstracts received. Abstracts are currently being reviewed, and authors of accepted papers will present at the conference as well.

The conference will cover two-and-a-half days and will be preceded by two days of optional training seminars and short courses.


IBPSA-USA is the United States regional affiliate of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). The mission of IBPSA-USA is to advance and promote the science of building simulation in order to improve the design, construction, operation and maintenance of new and existing buildings in the United States.


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e-NEWSLETTER 2015-12-03 09:22:19

PROPOSED ASHRAE/ACCA STANDARD FOR ENERGY AUDITS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – While energy audits are vital to ensuring energy efficient buildings, the audit industry has been largely unstructured. Work products that are labeled energy audits vary greatly in scope, rigor and quality.

A proposed standard from ASHRAE and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) would bring order to the “Wild West” of the energy audit industry.

ASHRAE/ACCA Standard 211P, Standard for Commercial Building Energy Audits, is open for public comment until Jan. 4, 2016. To comment or learn more, visitwww.ashrae.org/publicreviews.

Standard 211P will establish consistent practices for conducting and reporting energy audits for commercial buildings.

“The standard has the potential to make a huge impact on completing energy saving projects in existing buildings,” Jim Kelsey, chair of the Standard 211P Committee, said. “Currently there is no standard that defines what constitutes an energy audit. Most practitioners in the energy audit industry are trying to do the right thing for their clients by finding projects and quantifying energy and cost savings in energy audits. However, without a consistent standard, we have seen the quality and approach to energy auditing vary widely throughout the industry. Without standardization, it’s been the Wild West out there – anyone who carries a clipboard and a camera can call themselves an energy auditor and their report an energy audit. What we hope to accomplish with this standard is to set appropriate minimum criteria for what approaches are expected, what information should be in an audit, and how that information is communicated to the end client.”

The standard will define the procedures required to perform Energy Audits Levels 1, 2 and 3; provide a

common scope of work for these audit levels for use by building owners and others; establish standardized industry practices; and establish minimum reporting requirements for the results.

“One new area that I’m excited about in the standard is electronic data exchange for audit results,” Kelsey said. “In this version, we’ve adopted standardized reporting formats that are consistent with new tools to make it easy to transmit results to cities and agencies. This approach has several benefits to the energy world. First, consistent reporting enables energy auditors to streamline their processes. Currently, it is common for different customers to require different reporting formats which leads to a lot of customization for each job. Secondly, standard formats allow us to convert audit results to common data formats (such as BuildingSync XML). This makes it easier for cities, for example, to import audit results to a common database, rather than each agency requiring auditors to manually enter their results in the city’s platform.

ASHRAE first addressed audits in 2004 with its publication Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits (1st Ed), which introduced the concept of ASHRAE Energy Audit Levels 1, 2 and 3 as a shorthand for designating the depth of an energy audit. That concept is now commonly used in the commercial building sector. In 2011, a second edition, which added guidelines for best practices in energy audits, was published.

These books have been widely adopted, cited by rating programs and in cities like New York and San Francisco where local ordinances require energy audits for certain buildings.

“However, the books were written as guides, not in code-enforceable, standard language,” Kelsey said. “With the new standard, we will hone the clarity of those audit level definitions and make enforcement


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e-NEWSLETTER clearer, and potentially broaden the adoption of the ASHRAE audit levels.”

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 54,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification

and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. More information can be found at www.ashrae.org/news.

2015-12-05 22:02:16

FIRST BUILDING WITH BEQ LABEL IN COLOMBIA

The General Direction of Bancolombia s the first building in Colombia that certifies their energy consumption practices through the new program for energy labeling of buildings, BEQ, from ASHRAE.

Fuel consumption per kilometer helps us decide which car to buy, the nutrition labels on foods help us to plan a healthy diet. However, what indicator shows us how our buildings use energy and what is the way to make it more efficient.

BEQ is a program of energy labeling of buildings developed by ASHRAE, which establishes standardized procedures to certify the energy performance of buildings, both in the design stage (with the BEQ-design certification) and in its operation phase (with the bEQ- operating) certification.

´BEQ-design´ describes the amount of energy you will use in a building, based on its independent power design and standard conditions of occupation and use of the building. This certification goes hand in hand with ´BEQ-in operation, consisting of an alphabetical classification describes the level of energy efficiency which operates the building, it uses real data of energy consumption. The certifications ´BEQ-design´ and ´bEQ- in operation´, are independent, and therefore can be obtained separately or jointly.

The challenge practices of certifying building energy consumption logo Bancolombia had the support of

ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), ASHRAE - Chapter Colombia, Bancolombia, Sodexo (building operator Bancolombia) , ACAIRE (Colombian Association of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) and CSL (Commercial and Services Larco), who accepted the initiative formulated from ASHRAE in the United States for the first certification process BEQ (Building Energy Quotient) in Colombia.

This certification process began with a preliminary field assessment work, conceptual design of the building and ended with a tour of inspection. It was led by Engineer Ross Montgomery, certified engineer ASHRAE in "Evaluation and Performance of Buildings" and supported by ASHRAE Colombia chapter members, engineers José Luis Correa and Fabio Clavijo, Gabriel Gonzalez (Administrator Sodexo), and team members CSL.

The headquarters of the General Direction of Bancolombia building located in Medellin - Colombia (see Photo 1), received the ´BEQ-operating´ certification with the classification of A-, confirming the excellent operational practices in energy use the building and classified as ´very good´. Both the classification and their corresponding descriptions are shown on a label (see Photo 2), so that the public can easily understand the characteristics of building energy efficiency when making decisions about investment in real estate.




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e-NEWSLETTER "The main objective of the program BEQ is to promote buildings more energy efficient and give owners more control on energy costs," said ASHRAE President, David Underwood, who also concludes that "For the consumer understand the characteristics of energy use in a building is the first and most critical step in identifying and implementing measures to economically reduce energy usage and cost. Overall, ´BEQ-design´ and ´BEQ-operating´ close the gap between potential and actual energy performance of a building. "

The headquarters of the General Direction of Bancolombia building is the first in Colombia and one of the first in the region, which will use the BEQ classification not only as an indicator of their energy use and what you can do to control it and to improve it, but also as useful information for decision making by owners, building operators, tenants and potential investors.

Showing the level of energy consumption is already mandatory in the USA, in the states of California and Washington; particularly in the cities of Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas; Boston, Mass; Philadelphia, Pa; City of New York, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif; as well as in Australia and some countries of the European Union.

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ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 50,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. More information can be found at www.ashrae.org/.

More information about bEQ can be found at www.buildingenergyquotient.org or contact ASHRAE Colombia http://colombia.ashraechapters.org/.

Unofficial english translation by Gerardo Alfonso - Ashrae Colombia Chapter

Photo 1 Building headquarters of the General Direction of Bancolombia, Medellin - Colombia.

Photo 2 Energy rating label, in operation, the building of Bancolombia.



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2015-12-11 07:45:25

ASHRAE EXTENDS PAPER DEADLINE AND ANNOUNCES CALL FOR PRESENTERS FOR IAQ 2016 CONFERENCE

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – A call for papers for the IAQ 2016 Conference, “Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices,” co-organized by ASHRAE and AIVC, has been extended until Dec. 14, 2015.

The conference will take place Sept. 12-14, 2016, in Alexandria, Va., at the Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria. To submit an abstract or for more information, visitwww.ashrae.org/IAQ2016.

The conference is the 18th in the ASHRAE IAQ series since its inception in 1986 and the 37th AIVC conference. The program will focus on current and emerging definitions of indoor air quality and how they are – or could be – implemented in government policies and in standards for the design and operation of buildings and other indoor environments used worldwide. IAQ 2016 will also highlight best practice solutions that go beyond existing minimum requirements.

Authors are invited to submit papers on the following topics and others appropriate to the Conference theme:

Definitions and metrics o Perception vs. performance o Monetization of IAQ o DALY (disability adjusted life years)

and related approaches o Task performance/productivity o Integrated IEQ metrics

Regulatory vs. voluntary compliance for achieving IAQ

IAQ certification programs Low energy/high performance buildings and

IAQ IAQ in sustainable building programs Interactions: IEQ, climate change, energy

efficiency Monitoring

o Sensors and big data o Post occupancy evaluations

Best practices o Case studies with data o Design, construction, operation o Commissioning

Ventilation and infiltration o IAQ, energy and moisture impacts o Mechanical and natural ventilation

performance o IEQ and natural ventilation o IAQ and building/ductwork

airtightness Residential IAQ standards and policies IAQ in Developing Economies

IAQ in mobile environments: aircraft, trains, ships, motor vehicles

Abstracts are due Dec. 14, 2015. Upon acceptance, papers are due March 28, 2016.

Call for Presentations Abstracts are invited for presentations and sessions that address the conference theme.

Session proposals must include a 400 word overall abstract and titles and speaker information for presentations. Session format is flexible and may be panel discussion with short framing presentations or a group of longer format presentations. Target session length is 60 or 90 minutes.

Individual presentation proposals require a 400 word abstract and a 100-word “promotion” abstract. Accepted individual presentations will be organized into sessions by the Steering Committee. Full length conference papers are not required for accepted presentations and sessions, but presenters must agree to recording of their presentation with slides and voiceover.


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e-NEWSLETTER Presentation and abstracts are due March 7, 2016, and notifications of acceptance will be sent on March 28.

The conference program will include internationally acclaimed keynote speakers, original peer reviewed papers and the latest in indoor environmental quality control, plus invited speakers, workshops and panel discussions. A call for presenters will be announced after the call for papers closes. Invited speakers and keynote speakers will be announced.

The Indoor Air Quality Association and the Indoor Environmental Quality Global Alliance are partnering organizations.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 50,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification

and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. More information can be found at www.ashrae.org/news.

AIVC (Air infiltration and Ventilation Centre) is the IEA information center on energy efficient ventilation. In recognition of the significant impact of ventilation on energy use, combined with concerns over indoor air quality, the International Energy Agency (IEA) inaugurated the AIVC in 1979. The AIVC offers industry and research organizations technical support aimed at optimizing ventilation technology. The AIVC offers a range of services and facilities, including comprehensive database on literature standards, and ventilation data. For more information, visit www.aivc.org.

2015-12-18 15:40:41

ADDITION OF SUBCLASS 2L REFRIGERANTS PROPOSED FOR ASHRAE REFRIGERANT SAFETY STANDARD

By Jodi Scott - Ashrae. ATLANTA – Industry input is being sought into a proposal to modify portions of ASHRAE’s refrigeration safety standard to incorporate subclass 2L flammability classifications.

Addendum d to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15-2013, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems, is open for public comment until Jan. 18, 2016. To comment or learn more, visitwww.ashrae.org/publicreviews.

Standard 15 specifies safe design, construction, installation, and operation of refrigeration systems.

The 2010 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 34-2013, Designation and Safety Classification of Refrigerants, added an optional Subclass 2L to the existing Class 2 flammability classification of

refrigerants. This change was intended to separate single component and blended refrigerants that are difficult to ignite and sustain a flame, from other Class 2 (and Class 3) flammable refrigerants.

“The expectation was that some of the Class 2L refrigerants would be commercialized and used as substitutes for Class A1 refrigerants that are in use today,” Dennis Dorman, chair of the Standard 15 committee, said. “Refrigerants in use today may come under regulatory pressure due to their relatively higher global warming potential (GWP). But to do this without major economic impact, Class 2L would have to be safely applied without the stringent application limitations imposed by Standard 15 on other flammable refrigerants. In other words, in order to be broadly applied, Class 2L refrigerants would need to be treated more like Class 1 than Class 2 or Class 3.”



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e-NEWSLETTER At the start of its deliberations, the committee discovered that there was almost no science to support rules changes, let alone relaxation, of Class 2 requirements, according to Dorman. In July 2011, a first public review of the proposed addendum was made available with numerous comments received. Since that time, the committee has been addressing the technical issues identified from that review.

Dorman noted that Standard 15 covers the full range of applications from residential to commercial to industrial applications. As such, there is an unusual degree of complexity in considering appropriate rules for each.

Now, after almost four years of research and other supporting activities conducted by industry partners, the committee has much of the technical information to support proposed rules changes to Standard 15. “With this public review, we are seeking suggestions for new, unusual or potentially controversial elements of the proposed addendum, which the committee believes would benefit from increased

public input prior to finalizing the draft for its first formal public review,” he said. “Additionally we want to make sure that we do not overlook important safety aspects that may come from various users of the standard, both domestic and international.”


2015-12-20 08:55:05

GUIDANCE ON LOW GWP REFRIGERANTS PRESENTED AT ASHRAE WINTER CONFERENCE

Ashrae. ATLANTA –As climate change talks in Paris conclude with signing of a historic agreement, countries with high ambient temperature characteristics are looking ahead to next-generation low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, which take into account environmental impact, performance, safety and costs.

Such countries with high dependency on refrigeration and air-conditioning applications are mainly located in the Middle East and particularly in the Gulf region. Those countries have traditionally been recipients of globally proven refrigeration technologies.

“This trend is witnessing a change lately with movement of regional industry to enhance its

research and selection capacities but it remains framed with what is commercially available worldwide in terms of the raw materials,” Walid Chakroun said.

The challenges of hot countries infinding refrigerant alternatives for the widely used HCFC-22 in residential air-conditioning will be discussed in a seminar chaired by Chakroun at the ASHRAE 2016 Winter Conference, which takes place Jan. 23-27, Orlando, Fla. The ASHRAE co-sponsored AHR Expo is being held Jan. 25-27, next door at the Orange County Convention Center. To register for the ASHRAE Conference, which includes free access to the Expo, visitwww.ashrae.org/orlando.

The Technical Program features eight tracks, some 100 sessions and more than 300 speakers. It runs






e-NEWSLETTER Sunday, Jan. 24, through Wednesday, Jan. 27, and offers over 200 Professional Development Hours, as well as Continuing Education Units, which can be applied toward a Professional Engineering license in many states, including the state of Florida.

The seminar, “Evaluating Low-GWP Refrigerants for Air-Conditioning Industry in High Ambient Temperature Countries,” is sponsored by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the UnitedNations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Chakroun, who serves as ASHRAE’s representative to UNEP, noted thatmost of governments in the region have started to apply new energy efficiency requirements for air-conditioning equipment. Known as Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS), these standards will certainly have impact on the choice of refrigerant as well as design and operating characteristics of air-conditioning units. Meeting those conditions for high-ambient climates is another challenge for countries with air conditioning consuming 50 to 60 percent of their domestic power supply, according to Chakroun.

As a response to the above issues, UNEP and UNIDO designed and launched a regional project, known as PRAHA, for assessing the feasibility of low-GWP alternatives. The project aims to practically assess next-generation low-GWP refrigerants taking into account energy efficiency, environmental impact, performance, safety and cost.

The project involves partnerships of 13 international/regional technology providers and equipment manufacturers, seeking to independently assess and evaluate the techno-economic feasibility of low-GWP refrigerants in comparison with existing commercially available refrigerants, such as HCFCs and HFCs for different domestic and medium size commercial air-conditioning applications.

Speakers will discuss the outcome of these tests and a comparison of the results, which by no means

endorse any of the tested refrigerants, but shed light on possible workable refrigerant alternatives for high ambient operation, Chakroun said. Other aspects of the project deal with economics, technology transfer and the challenges to deploy low-GWP alternatives, including recommendations of further required investigation.

Additional sessions at the ASHRAE Winter Conference that address low GWP include:

Refrigerant Advances Evaluating Low-GWP Refrigerants for Air-

Conditioning Industry in High Ambient Temperature Countries

Making the Commercialization of Low-GWP Refrigerants a Reality

Highlights from the 24th IIR International Congress of Refrigeration

Improving the Efficiency of Low-GWP Commercial Refrigeration Systems

Compression Challenges for Low-GWP Refrigerants

Trending Research and Advances in Simulation






e-NEWSLETTER 2015-12-27 10:07:24

WINTER MEETING: IT IS OUR TIME TO SHINE!

Letter from the Director and Regional Chair:

WE ARE REGION XII and it’s our time to shine! The upcoming ASHRAE Winter and AHR Expo in our Region – we are the hosts! Not only that, we have grown! With the addition of several student branches we now have a new Chapter in Chile! Currently, Region XII now has 12 Chapters and 10 Sections and more than 2,600 members (almost 100 members more than last year at this time!). These Chapters and Sections represent most of Florida, South and Central America and the Caribbean. This expanse of our Region allows us to not only share the technology of ASHRAE, but our culture, our history, our languages and passion of sustainability. We have mentored each other, traveled great distances to collaborate and have volunteered countless hours of time and expertise to not only represent Region XII, but to truly advance the arts and sciences of HVAC & R.

The Region’s strongest membership growth stems from the hard work of the South American Chapters (Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia). This is because of their synergies with similar Alliance Societies such as ACAIRE, AAF, AGBC and ABRAVA. I am proud to share that members of these chapters have also translated many ASHRAE documents to Spanish at https://www.ashrae.org/about-ashrae/espanol-about-ashrae-. Finally, Society has responded to our requests, the Spanish Translation of ASHRAE Standard 170-2013 Ventilation of Health Care Facilities is now available in digital and print from in the ASHRAE bookstore on an individual copy basis. What’s even more exciting is the collaboration of technical documents and design guides into Spanish and shared within the region.

Our Chapters also share Distinguished Lecturers, keynote speakers and participate in each other’s social events such as golf, clay shoots and fishing tournaments. The Chapters have exchanged ideas about fundraisers, joint meetings and how to build a successful student activities. Just last year, our

Region introduced two new Student Branches: Brazil (San Paulo University) and FTC/Kissimmee – (Space Coast) and UCF has won SECOND PLACE for the 2014-2015 Student Design Competition in the Design Calculation category.

During the 2015-2016 Society Year, we will focus on endorsing ASHRAE’s new strategic plan and help to promote our International growth, the adaptability of ASHRAE Standards and continue to expand our educational tools. In fact, ASHRAE has chosen Miami to host a Society endorsed and provided HVAC Fundamentals Course in April 2016.

Finally I want to thank the volunteers both at the Chapter and Society level. I am so proud to call Region XII my own, to walk in the footsteps of past DRCs and work with many of my ASHRAE mentors and friends.

Sincerely,

Jennifer A. Isenbeck, PE, LEED BD+C, ASHRAE CPMP

Past Region XII Directors and Regional Chairs:

J. Wesley Floreth 1979-1983

James H. Carroll, Jr., PE 1983-1986

Alberto J. Sanchez, PE 1986-1989

Ronald J. Kessner, PE 1989-1992

Thomas H. Williams 1992-1995

Raymond E. Patenaude, PE 1995-1998

Rex E. Noble, Jr., PE 1998-2001

Suzanne LeViseur, PE 2001-2004


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e-NEWSLETTER Robert B. Risley 2004-2007

Ross D. Montgomery, PE 2007-2010

William W. Malphus 2010-2013

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 54,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air

quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. More information can be found at www.ashrae.org/news.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015 - 2016

President: Jose Luis Correa

President Elect: Jose Luis Correa

Refrigerartion: Juan G. Mahecha

Grassroot Gov: Luis G Almanza

Historian: Gerardo Alfonso

Research Promotion: Hugo Salinas

Membership Promotion: Gerardo Alfonso

Technology Transfer: Fabio Clavijo

Students Activity: Camilo Botero / Juan G. Mahecha

NEXT TECHNICAL EVENTS

WINTER MEETING: Orlando, January 23 - 27, 2016

AHR EXPO: Orlando, Fl. Enero 25 - 27, 2016

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