"The design of the chilled water cooling system within a data center is a critical part of its infrastructure," says author Patrick Cotton, Global Chiller Product Manager at Airedale.
The two-and-a-half-day conference drew 240 building industry professionals
September 26, 2023
In conjunction with the conference, the 2023 LowDown Showdown modeling team competition had teams of architects, engineers, designers, and energy modelers working together to create building designs that solve real-world efficiency challenges.
In addition to awards, speeches, and social events, the conference featured 90 sessions that covered a wide spectrum of topics, including energy-efficient design strategies, renewable technologies, and building decarbonization.
The standard offers guidance for creating healthier environments
June 6, 2023
ASHRAE Standard 241P, “Control of Infectious Aerosols,” provides minimum requirements for HVAC-related measures to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19, influenza, and other airborne viruses.
The goal of any containment system is to improve the intake air temperatures and deliver cooling efficiently to the IT equipment, thereby creating an environment where changes can be made that will lower operating costs and increase cooling capacity.
In addition to honors and award recognitions, updates from society leaders, and the installation of new officers, Ginger Scoggins, incoming 2023-24 ASHRAE president and fellow ASHRAE, will present her inaugural address and share the society theme for the coming year — “Challenge Accepted: Tackling the Climate Crisis.”
The agreement defines parameters by which the organizations will support a more sustainable built environment
October 5, 2021
Areas of alliance include ongoing advancement of collaborative projects, consistent leadership communication of major initiatives between organizations, and discussion of new collaborative opportunities.
TC 9.9 is composed of a wide range of industry representatives who are all committed to increasing and sharing the body of knowledge related to data centers.
Teams are working behind the scenes on longer-lead time COVID-19 retrofits and conversions for hospitals, hotels and dormitories. Many of these are aimed at increasing the supply of coronavirus-patient intensive care units and airborne infection isolation rooms to protect health-care workers.