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Marketing Member Benefits, Publications, Discounts. Access to members only portion of the website ASHRAE Handbook Issued in June annually Example: if you join in September, you will receive your Handbook the following June
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Access to members only portion of the website • ASHRAE Handbook • Issued in June annually • Example: if you join in September, you will receive your Handbook the following June • New Associates and Members receive 12-month one-time access to the Handbook Online while they await their first print/CD Handbook • ASHRAE Journal • HPB Magazine • Industry and Society newsletters Benefits
Documents to provide technical foundation for LEED • Energy standards referenced in building codes • Ventilation requirements for hospitals in federal guidelines • Thermal guidelines used by the IT industry for data centers • Designation scheme for refrigerants to establish safe use • Design parameters to determine comfort • Ventilation rates to provide healthy environments ASHRAE’s Many Influences
ASHRAE Handbook • Commercial Building Energy Audits • ASHRAE Standard 62.1 • ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 • ASHRAE Standard 55 • Advanced Energy Design Guides • ASHRAE Guideline 1.1 ASHRAE and LEED
Total building sustainability package for those who strive to design, build and operate green buildings • Site sustainability • Water use efficiency • Energy efficiency • Indoor environmental quality • Building impact on the atmosphere • Adopted by the U.S. Army as part of new sustainability policy • A j compliance option of the International Code Council’s International Green Construction Code Standard 189.1
Sets design requirements for the efficient use of energy in buildings • 39 states have adopted some version of 90.1 as their energy code • 2010 version referenced in the federal Energy Conservation and Production Act • Standard and user’s manual = indispensable tools for consulting offices, suppliers and facility managers Standard
Sets the standard for what are considered “comfortable” indoor conditions for 80% or more of a building’s occupants • Settles the “too hot/too cold” debate at offices across the nation Standard 55
Specifies minimum ventilation rates and other measures intended to provide indoor air quality that is acceptable to human occupants and minimizes adverse health effects • Applies to all indoor or enclosed spaces that people may occupy, except where other applicable standards and requirements dictate larger amounts of ventilation Standard 62.1
Defines the roles of and minimum requirements for mechanical and natural ventilation systems and the building envelope intended to provide acceptable indoor air quality in low-rise residential buildings • Limits sources of pollutants and requiring enough mechanical ventilation to provide dilution for unavoidable contaminants Standard 62.2
Provides control for comfort, infection and odor in health care facilities, including: • Hospitals • Nursing homes • Outpatient facilities • Protects patients and healthcare workers from chemical, physical and biological airborne contaminants Standard 170
Prescriptive pre-modeled solutions to reach a given energy savings for a given building type • More than 430,000+ copies in circulation • Part of ASHRAE’s commitment to energy optimization and producing guidance to move the building industry toward market-viable net zero energy and carbon neutral buildings Advanced Energy Design Guides free download at ashrae.org/freeaedg
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Speaking for the Society • ASHRAE news releases – www.ashrae.org/news • Manual of Chapter Operations • Advocacy Toolkit at www.ashrae.org Guidance from ASHRAE
15% off publications • Includes ASHRAE standards and guidelines • 15% off member price on all Handbook products • During first year of membership • Excludes network versions • Member price on courses • Member price on certification • Member price on conference registrations • Group Insurance Discounts