ASHRAE Shaping Tomorrow’s Built Environment Today

Who We Are

• 53,000 volunteer members in over 130

countries

– More than 5,000 student members

– More than 170 chapters

– More than 250 student branches

– More than 7,500 young professional members

• Consulting engineers, contractors,

manufacturers, manufacturing

representatives, architects and students

What Makes Us Different • Global membership

• Members create our technologies

• Leader in the HVACR industry for technical advancements

• One of few HVAC&R organizations in world with own research program

“Modern air conditioning systems protect

the health, comfort and productivity of

occupants. Unfortunately, they consume

a lot of energy while providing these

benefits. When these systems are not

operated properly, the energy they use

can increase by 50% or more.

Elimination of non-value producing

energy helps protect our environment

while saving building owners money.”

-ASHRAE Presidential Member William Harrison

•Standards and Guidelines •Certification •ASHRAE Headquarters

Standards and Guidelines

ASHRAE Standard 202P, The

Commissioning Process for Facilities and

Systems

– Purpose: identify the minimum acceptable

commissioning process for buildings and

systems.

– Scope: provides procedures, methods, and

documentation requirements for each phase

of a project delivery from pre-design through

occupancy and operation phases

Standards and Guidelines • Provides guidance on

optimizing O&M of buildings to achieve lowest economic and environmental life cycle cost: – safe, productive indoor

environments – low economic life cycle cost

– low energy, water and resource use

– low impacts on the environment

• Applies to all buildings

Standards and Guidelines

• Guideline 0-2005, The Commissioning Process,

describes process capable of verifying a facility

and its systems meet the owner’s project

requirements

• Guideline 1.1-2007, HVAC&R Technical

Requirements for the Commissioning Process,

describes the technical requirements for

commissioning process described in Guideline 0

Standards and Guidelines

ANSI/ASHRAE/ACCA 180-2008, Standard

Practice for Inspection and Maintenance of

Commercial-Building HVAC Systems,

establishes minimum HVAC inspection and

maintenance requirements that preserve a

system’s ability to:

– achieve acceptable thermal comfort

– energy efficiency

– indoor air quality

Certification

• Helps building owners, developers, operators, etc.

recognize professionals capable of assuring that

systems and equipment are designed, installed,

tested, operated and maintained according to

operational needs.

• Almost 400 Commissioning Process Management

Professionals

ASHRAE Headquarters

The greatest opportunity to change energy

consumption in the built environment is through

modification of existing buildings.

Goals of Renewal • Demonstrate

commitment to

sustainability

• Deliver a healthy

and productive

workplace

• Provide a learning

center

• Create a living lab

Building Excellence

• A- in As Designed category of ASHRAE’s

Building Energy Quotient program

• Recipient of ENERGY STAR®

• Awarded LEED® Platinum in New Construction

in Version 2.2

Site Energy Use Intensity

Energy Efficiency

Before

Jan. 2005: 82.3 kBtu/sqft

ENERGY STAR Rating:

36 percentile

After

Jan. 2012: 37.5 kBtu/sqft

ENERGY STAR Rating:

95 percentile

Percent reduction in EUI: 54%

Commissioning

Industry Consortium for Building Performance

• Building owners/occupants demand better

performing buildings

• ASHRAE is leading efforts by:

– Creating a consortium of likeminded organizations

– Working with American Institute of Architects,

Building Owners, U.S. Green Building Council

and Managers Association International

– Goal is to create a path to deliver and operate

buildings at their full potential

– Member input is extremely important

HVAC&R Construction & Design Build Technologies

• Concerned with enhancing the collaboration

of contractors and design build firms with the

entire ASHRAE membership

• Works to ensure that the relevant research,

publications and educational materials

promote the design, construction and

operation of resource efficient buildings

Sustaining ASHRAE Through Leadership

• Developing our future leadership

• Building our global presence

• Strengthening our industry

Strengthening Our Industry

• We have to deliver and maintain better

buildings

– That means everyone in the process has to get

better

• ASHRAE needs to play a leadership role in

bringing members of our industry together

• What if we launched a quality initiative that

included all of the key players?

Questions? Ron Jarnagin

ron.jarnagin@pnl.gov