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8、ms is growing, judging from the attendance and comments at the 25th Annual Meeting of the International Insti- I tute of Ammonia Refrigeration. About 950 people attended the recent meeting in Colorado Springs for a program with 17 technical papers, four panel sessions, keynote speakers and a trade s
9、how with 90-plus exhibitors. Much of the program covered safety issues, including the new EPA regulations for off-site emergency plans. Other aspects dealt with innovations, such as designs with direct expansion air coolers. In the plenary session address, S. Forbes Pearson, Ph.D., presented the cha
10、racter- istics of well-designed and efficient ammonia systems. Systems with these character- istics, he said, are more economical than halocarbon systems and have comparable safety records. Details about IIARs meeting and Pearsons address can be found on Page 9. ASHRAE President Donald E. Holte, P.E
11、ng., emphasized environmental responsi- bility in his 1997 inaugural address. A project cosponsored by ASHRAE that fits this emphasis is Green Building Challenge 98, a two-year international effort to develop an improved method for comprehensively assessing the environmental performance of buildings
12、. Raymond J. Cole and Nils Larsson explain the projects objectives in this months Forum article. The purpose, they write, is to develop a tool that can handle different levels of assessment, and also account for regional variations. The tool is being tested in more than 30 buildings in 13 countries.
13、 The results, along with related technical papers, will be presented at a conference this October in Vancouver. SUSTAINABLE building technology also is featured this month in an article, “The Energy Impact of Daylighting,” by Jonathan McHugh with Patrick J. Bums, Ph.D., Associate Member ASHRAE, and
14、Douglas C. Hittle, Fellow ASHRAE. This article presents a strategy that reduces the annual costs of illumination by 70%. More impor- tantly, the strategy reduces the coincidence of cooling and illumination, shifting en- ergy consumption from summer to winter. In other articles: John Kettler, P.E., M
15、ember ASHRAE, provides a strong argument against fan Scott Mayes, Member ASHRAE, and Tom Ruisinger explain what ozone will and David R. Dinse, P.E., Member ASHRAE, describes his award-winning project that tracking in “Controlling Minimum Ventilation Volume in VAV Systems.” wont do in “Ozone Water Tr
16、eatment for Cooling Towers.” replaced an R-1 1 chiller at a high school with a geothermal heat pump system. THIS ISSUE also previews ASHRAEs Annual Meeting on June 19-24 in Toronto. The technical program will include three technical sessions, one poster session, 45 seminars, 25 symposia, and 36 foru
17、ms. The preview starts on Page 57. J4d- May 1998 STD.ASHRAE JOURN 4U-5 AAMP-ENGL 1778 EI 0757b50 053Li3n7 TT2 u s xped Tells IIAR Safe Ammonia Systems Share 5 Characteristics nual Meeting of the Inter- national Institute of Am- monia Refrigeration (M). The speaker, Stephen Forbes Pearson, Ph.D., cha
18、irs the Technical Com- mittee of the Institute of Refrigeration in the United Kingdom. He also chairs the working group on re- frigerant safety for Euro- pean Technical Committee 182 and is the 199 1 recipi- ent of the Institute of Refrigerations Hall Thermotank Gold Medal. “Ammonia is an un- pleasa
19、nt substance and ammonia svstems are not COLORADO CITY, Colo.-A properly designed ammonia system is always more economical than a properly designed ha- locarbon system, and such systems can be made safe and kept safe by correct design and maintenance, according to the plenary session speaker at the
20、25th An- be as good, or better, than that of compa- rable halocarbon systems,” he said. Pearsons presentation was part of the IIARs technical program that included 17 technical papers, four panel discus- sions, and a keynote and plenary address. The annual meeting also included a trade show with 90-
21、plus exhibi- tors, business meetings, social events and the elec- tion of new directors and officers. AS HRAE Pres ident Donald E. Holte, P. Eng., attended the meeting of IIARs board of directors. He discussed his theme of “Technology for a Better Environment” and ways that ASHRAE is involved in amm
22、onia refrigeration. S. Forbes Pearson LI, the Among other things, Plenary Session speaker, is ASHRAE has four major show” with D George E. Brown, Jr. (D-Calif.), ranking minority member of the House Commit- tee on Science; and George Miller (D- Calif.), ranking minority member of the House Committee
23、 on Resources. The congressmen noted that the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 1992 requires states to adopt commercial building codes that meet or exceed ASHRAE Standard 90.1- 1989, the current standard. The standard provides uniform minimum standards in the U.S. for energy efficient requirements for the
24、design and construction of new commercial buildings and high-rise resi- dential buildings. The standard has in- creased energy efficiency in buildings by 10% to 30%. The congressmen also sought informa- tion on the status of and ASHRAEs plans on the future of advanced efficiency re- quirements, refe
25、rred to in the proposed revision as Tier II provisions; how the public review comments will be ad- dressed; the schedule for finalizing and approving the proposed revision; and the “continuous maintenance” method for updating the standard. “Our goal is to get a major revision of Standard 90.1-1989 a
26、pproved by July 1999, then place the newly approved re- vision on continuous maintenance,” said ASHRAE President Donald E. Holte, P.Eng. Continuous maintenance estab- lishes a continuous documented sched- ule and procedures for timely, docu- See Holte Responds, Page 7 5 The simple solution to air in
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29、p to 300 cpm Solid-state high-frequency welding or TIG welding and Lockseam o Total turnkey systems o Complete tooling services o Wide range of auxiliary equipment Air Conditioninj/Reijeration Condensers Evaporators Elecommunications Cable Co-axial Fiber Optic Automotive Environmental Loadings (airb
30、orne emissions, solid waste, liquid waste and other load- ings); Quality of Indoor Environment (IAQ, thermal quality, lighting quality, noise and acoustics, and controllability of sys- tems); Longevity (adaptability and maintenance of perfor- mance); Process (design and construction process and buil
31、d- ings operations planning); and Contextual Factors (location and alternatives to personal automobile transportation, and sun, daylight and wind impacts on immediate surroundings). It includes a core set of detailed criteria and sub-criteria within the previous categories that can be modified to su
32、it variations in national, regional and building type characteris- tics. Assessments are made using benchmarks that are based on applicable regulations or industry norms in each of the participating regions. The structure can be used at various levels of detail (from broad to detailed assessments) a
33、nd can be used to ensure consistency between levels of assessment, so that the sub- criteria form the complete and logical subsets of the criteria under which they are nested. The tool reflects a consistency and rigor in terminology and scoring system that accepts both hard and soft data in a simila
34、r format, i.e., all criteria and sub-criteria are evaluated on a -2 to +5 scale, where 0 is typical practice, 3 is best current practice and 5 is a demanding, yet attainable goal. It includes a weighting system that has defaults that can be modified to reflect regional priorities. The GBA Tool will
35、be used to generate detailed performance assessments of over 30 buildings (office buildings, schools and multiunit residential projects) in countries participating in the Green Building Challenge 98 process. The results of the assessments and the collective experience of the national teams conductin
36、g them will be presented and discussed at the Vancouver conference along with a series of technical papers related to building environmental assessment and design. Although interest in environmental assessment protocols continues to increase, it is difficult to fully anticipate their 22 ASHRAE Journ
37、al May 1998 STD-ASHRAE JOURN 40-5 AAMP-ENGL 1798 W 0759b5U 0534323 372 E FORUM future role or the way they will ultimately evolve as an integral part of the building design process. Their most significant contribution to date has been to acknowl- edge and institutionalize the importance of assessing
38、 building performance across a broad range of considerations beyond established single performance criteria such as energy. An important indirect benefit of the GBA Tool is that the broad range of is- sues incorporated in environmental as- sessments require greater communication and interaction betw
39、een members of the design team and the various sectors within the building industry, i.e., environ- mental assessment methods encourage greater dialogue and teamwork. In this re- gard, future assessment methods will in- variably give greater emphasis to build- ing management and evaluate the links b
40、etween environmental design strategies and building operation practices. GBC 98 will explicitly review what is currently understood by the term “Green Building,” will identify the current range of typical and best performances interna- tionally and will identify our ability to con- fidently assess a
41、 wide range of quantita- tive and qualitative environmental criteria. With the likelihood of a GBC 2000 tak- ing place in the Netherlands, we will be able to chart improvements in building performance through time relative to those established at this initial Green Building Challenge. Ray Cole is a
42、professor at the School of Architecture, University of British Co- lumbia, where he teaches environmental issues in building and heads the Envi- ronmental Research Group. Cole is the current president of the Canadian Green Building Information Council. Nils Larsson is a research architect at Natural
43、 Resources Canada. He is manager of C-2000, a demonstration program for commercial buildings, and the chief organizer of Green Building Challenge 98. He is a founding mem- ber of the Green Building Information Council and coordinates the work ofthe CIB W-100 Commission on Envronmen- tal Assessment o
44、f Buildings. References 1. Prior, J., (Ed). 1993. Building Re- search Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, (BREEAM) Version 1/93 New Oflices, Building Research Es- tablishment Report, Second Edition. 2. Cole, R.J., D. Rousseau, and I.G. Theaker. 1993. Building Environmental Performance Ass
45、essment Criteria (BEPAC), BEPAC Foundation, Vancouver, Canada. 3. U.S. Green Building Council. 1996. LEED (Buildings: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), Environmen- tal Building Rating System Criteria. The All-Fiberglass Cooling Tower CREYMSAJ 404-636-8400, fax 404-321-5478, jmarshal as
46、hrae.org or www.ashrae.org. BOMA Annual Convention and The Office Building Show, June 21-23, Philadelphia. Contact the Building Owners and Managers Association International at 202-326-633 1, mchallinboma.org or www.boma.org. 732-235-5133. 614-488-1835, fax 614-488-0482. JULY Purdue University Inter
47、national Compres- sor Engineering and Refrigeration Confer- ences, July 14-17, W. Lafayette, Ind. Contact Cynthia Quillen at Purdue University, 765- 494-2128, fax 765-494-0787, herlconf ecn.purdue.edu or http:/herrick.www. ecn.purdue.edu/CONFERENCE/Index.html. AUGUST IFCI 7th Annual Conference, Aug.
48、 12-22, St. Paul, Mim. Contact the International Con- ference of Building Officials at 800-423-6587, fax 562-699-9721 or www.icbo.org. H SEPTEMBER ICBO 76“ Annual Conference, Sept. 6-11, San Diego, Calif. Contact the International Conference of Building Officials at 800-423- 6587, fax 562-699-9721 o
49、r www.icbo.org. Third Conference on Bioaerosols, Fungi and Mycotoxins, Sept. 23-25, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Contact Christine Grosse at 518-436-5511 ext. 350, grosseccrisny.org or TConference.htm. m OCTOBER PHCC-National Association 116th Annual Convention, Oct. 13-18, Toronto. Contact the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling-National Asso- ciation at 703-237-8100, fax 703-237-7442. SMACNA 55th Annual Convention and Exhibitor Forum, Oct. 18-22, Nashville, Tenn. Contact the Sheet
