Secure, Sustainable U.S. Embassies is focus of ASHRAE briefing.
Press Release Summary:
Briefing of High-Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition, established by ASHRAE, will highlight how sustainable design practices and operations in US Embassies can reduce consumption of resources while enhancing security. Industry leaders will discuss sustainable building initiatives at US Embassies around world as well as how sustainability and security result in design excellence. Briefing is scheduled for 11:30 am to 1 pm on March 29 at 2325 Rayburn House Office Building.
Original Press Release:
Luncheon Briefing to Focus on Secure and Sustainable U.S. Embassies
ATLANTA-As iconic symbols of diplomacy, U.S. Embassies are subject to a range of security and terrorist threats. The ongoing threats to those who live and work in overseas diplomatic facilities drive the security, design, construction and operations of U.S. Embassies.
A briefing of the High-Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition (HPBCCC)- established by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)-in late March will highlight how sustainable design practices and operations in U.S. Embassies can effectively reduce the consumption of resources at diplomatic facilities, while enhancing security.
Top industry leaders will discuss sustainable building initiatives at U.S. Embassies around the world and how sustainability and security result in design excellence.
"During these turbulent times, we must take into consideration the safety of U.S. citizens as well as the sustainability of the buildings they live and work in," Doug Read, ASHRAE's program director for government affairs, said. "We can see that the balance between the two can be struck, leading to security and sound building design."
The briefing will be held 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, March. 29 at 2325 Rayburn House Office Building.
Representatives Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) and Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.), who serve as co-chairs of the High-Performance Building Caucus, have been invited to deliver opening remarks, followed by presentations by Lydia Muniz, deputy director, Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), U.S. Department of State; Paul Phillips, American Institute of Architects, principal, Karn Charuhas Chapman & Twohey; and Faye Harwell, Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Rhodeside & Harwell.
Congressional staff and press are invited to attend the briefing by RSVPing to Patricia Ryan at pryan@ashrae.org or by fax (202-833-0118) by close of business Friday, Mar. 25.
The High-Performance Buildings Caucus of the U.S. Congress heightens awareness and informs policymakers about the major impact buildings have on our health, safety and welfare and the opportunities to design, construct and operate high-performance buildings that reflect our concern for these impacts.
ASHRAE is an international technical society that 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.
