ASHRAE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
However, he urged the industry to
look further into the future to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. ‘Of our remaining coal, gas and oil reserves
70% will have to stay in the ground,’ said Adams, who also called for a 5th International Law making it illegal to damage or destroy parts of the eco-system. He said it was ‘incredible that there is currently no legal protection for the environment’.
Relaxed ASHRAE and CIBSE continue to collaborate on a system of energy labelling to help governments all over the world control building energy use. Progress on this has been slow in the US,
but during the New York meeting it was announced that the accreditation process to allow engineers to carry out the Building
Energy Quotient (BEQ) labelling assessments was being relaxed. Currently, in the whole of the US, just
500 professionals meet the criteria and this is holding back expansion of the system. In future, more individuals with professional engineering qualifications will be deemed to satisfy the criteria. The Society’s president-elect Tom Phoenix
said the US had much to learn from Europe, which, he said, was ‘much further along the road’. He urged the US industry to use the European experience to ‘develop a common approach’ that could then be used globally. CIBSE chief executive Stephen Matthews
called for the two bodies to take the lead on this initiative. ‘If we don’t work together to develop global building labels, someone else will – and not necessarily the right people,’ he said. CJ
Optimism high in US market
Seventy-nine percent of respondents to an ASHRAE/AHR survey held on the eve of the meeting said their prospects for business this year were either ‘excellent’ (19%) or ‘good’ (60%). The rest said prospects were ‘fair’. In all, 70% of respondents said business had been better in 2013 than in 2012.
Meanwhile, 90% of US manufacturers said sales would increase this year, with 32% anticipating increases of more than 10%. Two-thirds of respondents said they were planning to unveil new products at the expo, and more than half said they would launch products that improved energy efficiency.
GRADUATE INSPIRED
CIBSE ASHRAE Graduate of the Year William Holley was a VIP guest at the meeting and came away buzzing from the experience: ‘It’s inspiring. Everyone seems so enthusiastic about what they are doing and really keen to involve you. Also, because of ASHRAE’s broad membership, you get a chance to discuss design issues with manufacturers and suppliers, as well as designers – I rarely get that opportunity in the UK. ‘I believe sharing the views of other professions about the design process, and working more closely together, will be key factors in tackling some of the issues facing the building services profession.’
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