ASHRAE Conference to foster urban energy conservation.

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Existing Buildings in Urban Areas: Dramatically Cutting the Energy Waste, hosted by ASHRAE, will guide building community and government in reducing energy use. Taking place April 19-20 in NYC, this conference will address theoretical and practical matters associated with major improvements in energy efficiency of existing buildings. Specific topics include investment and financial decision-making, effective public policies, and necessary technical steps.



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Slash Urban Energy Use: ASHRAE Conference Offers Guidance on Cutting Energy Waste



ATLANTA - Bright lights, big cities translate into high energy use and cost.

Cities contribute to 67 percent of the world's primary energy demand, according to the 2008 World Energy Outlook published by the International Energy Agency. The Agency shows that cities emitted 19.8 gigatones of CO2 from energy use in 2006, which is 71 percent of global energy related CO2 emissions. Both of those percentages are expected to increase in the future.

To guide the building community and government in reducing energy use, ASHRAE is hosting Existing Buildings in Urban Areas: Dramatically Cutting the Energy Waste, a conference that will address theoretical and practical matters associated with major improvements in the energy efficiency of existing buildings.

The conference takes place April 19-20, 2010, at the Grand Hyatt in New York, N.Y. To register or for more information, visit www.ashrae.org/cutenergywaste. Registrations costs are $700 ($620 ASHRAE members) for advanced registration; $800 ($720 ASHRAE members) for on-site registration.

"The greatest opportunity to change energy consumption in the built environment is through modification of existing buildings," Michael Bobker, chair of the conference, said. "Only 2 percent of building stock is built new each year, so the focus must be given to the 98 percent of existing buildings if we are to reach the much-needed worldwide reduction in energy consumption for which we have been striving."

The conference addresses investment and financial decision-making, effective public policies, and necessary technical steps (energy audits, commissioning, retro-commissioning, benchmarking of utility consumption and design and construction of energy related problems).

It is divided into two tracks: technical and policy and management. Technical sessions include The Engineering Process: Getting It Right; Urban Challenges to Net-Zero-Energy; Necessary Things: When the T-5 Upgrade Just Isn't Enough; Engineering Strategically with Models; Engineering Solutions for Tenancy and Metering Issues; and Building Performance and IEQ: Saving Energy While Enhancing Service Quality. Policy and Management sessions include The International Urban Challenge: Bringing Stakeholders Together; Energy Accountability: You Can't Control What You Don't Measure; What is Working: Tales from Around the World on Existing Building Energy Performance; Real Estate Decision-Making: Bridging the Gap Between Engineers and Decision Makers; Training and Education: Getting Staff Right; and Getting Energy Into Green Leases: A Mock Green Lease Negotiation.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.

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