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APRIL OCTOBER ASPE Convention & Engineered Plumbing Exposition, Oct. 25 – 29, Long Beach, Calif. Contact the American Society of Plumbing Engineers at 773-693-2773, aspehq@aspe.org, or www.aspe.org. NEBB Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, Tucson, Ariz. Contact the National Environmental Balancing Bureau at 301977-3698, sheila@nebb.org, or www.nebb.org. HARDI Annual Fall Conference, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, Orlando, Fla. Contact the Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International at 888-253-2128, hardimail@hardinet.org, or www. hardinet.org. IACSC Conference & Expo, Nov. 6 – 9, Las Vegas. Contact the International Association for Cold Storage Construction at 703-373-4300, email@iacsc.org, or http://tinyurl.com/53gjnv. IESNA Annual Conference, Nov. 9 – 11, Savannah, Ga. Contact organizers at 212-248-5000, iesna@iesna.org, or www.iesna.org. AHRI Annual Meeting, Nov. 16 – 18, Carlsbad, Calif. Contact the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute at 703-524-8800 or www. ahrinet.org. Greenbuild, Nov. 19 – 21, Boston. Contact the U.S. Green Building Council at 202-742-3818 or www.greenbuildexpo.org. Ecobuild & AEC-ST Fall, Dec. 8 – 11, Washington, D.C. Contact organizers at www.ecobuildfall. com. AHRI Spring Meeting, April 20 – 21, Arlington, Va. Contact the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute at 703-524-8800, ahri@ ahrinet.org, or www.ahrinet.org. AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, April 30 – May 2, San Francisco. Contact organizers at 202-626-7300, infocentral@aia.org, or www.aia.org. ASHRAE Journal MAY SOLAR 2009, May 11 – 16, Buffalo, N.Y. Contact organizers at 303-443-3130, ases@ases.org, or www.ases.org. ASHRAE Annual Meeting, June 20 – 24, Louisville, Ky. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www. ashrae.org. IIR Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants, June 23 – 26, Boulder, Colo. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact the conference secretariat at 301975-5868, david.yashar@nist.gov, or www. iirboulder2009.org. ASHRAE Journal publishes applicationsoriented articles that are 3,000 or fewer words. Graphics are encouraged. All articles are subject to editorial and peer reviews and cannot have been published previously. Authors should submit abstracts before sending articles to Fred Turner, Editor, ASHRAE Journal, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-2305; 678-539-1210, fax 678-539-2210, or fturner@ashrae.org. JUNE Net-Zero-Energy Buildings NOVEMBER ASHRAE Journal will have a special focus on net-zero-energy buildings in 2009. Please send abstracts to Fred Turner at fturner@ ashrae.org. HVAC&R Research SEPTEMBER Healthy Buildings 2009, Sept. 13 – 17, Syracuse, N.Y. Contact organizers at 358 9 4355 5655 (fax), info@isiaq.org, or www.isiaq.org. ASHRAE’s HVAC&R Research seeks papers on original, completed research not previously published. Papers must discuss how the research contributes to technology. Papers should be about 6,000 words. Abstracts and papers should be submitted on Manuscript Central at www.ashrae.org. For more information, contact Reinhard Radermacher, Ph.D., Editor, at ashraeresjour@glue.umd.edu. ASHRAE Conference Papers DECEMBER JANUARY ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Jan. 23 – 27, Orlando, Fla. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org. International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), Jan. 25 – 27, Orlando, Fla. Cosponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or www.ahrexpo.com. The ASHRAE Program Committee seeks Transactions papers for presentation at Society Conferences. Completed papers for the 2009 Annual Conference can be submitted for review on Manuscript Central at www.ashrae. org by April 3, 2009. For more information, call Tiffany Cox at 678-539-1137 or e-mail tcox@ ashrae.org. JANUARY APRIL ABMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 16 – 19, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Contact organizers at 703-356-7171 or www.abma.com/annualmeeting.html. ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Jan. 24 – 28, Chicago. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org. International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), Jan. 26 – 28, Chicago. Cosponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or www.ahrexpo.com. Indoor Air Expo, Feb. 24 – 26, Fort Worth, Texas. Contact organizers at kevin.holland@acca.org or www.acca.org. MCAA Annual Convention, March 1 – 5, Scottsdale, Ariz. Contact the Mechanical Contractors Association of America at 301-869-5800 or www. mcaa.org. IIAR Industrial Refrigeration Conference & Exhibition, March 22 – 25, Dallas. Contact organizers at 703-312-4200, iiar_request@iiar.org, or www.iiar.org. China Refrigeration, April 5 – 7, Guangzhou, China. Contact organizers at 86 10 68719984, fax 86 10 68434679, wqzhong@car.org.cn, or www. tinyurl.com/6xdddr. Hannover Messe 2009, April 20 – 24, Hannover, Germany. Contact organizers at 49 511 89 0, fax 49 511 89-32626, or www.hannovermesse.de. SHK Moscow, May 26 – 29, Moscow. Contact organizers at 312-781-5180, info@mdna.com, or www.mdna.com. 10th CIAR Congress, June 3 – 5, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact organizers at info@ciar2009.com or www.ciar2009.com. Green Building/Green Cities Expo, June 18 – 20, Beijing. Contact organizers at 01 818 906 2700, info@ecoexpo.com, or www.ecoexpo.com. (From January 2009 Forward) COMFEX 2009, Jan. 8 – 10, Pune, India. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact organizers at 91 20 2546 8375, info@comfex2009.org, or www. comfex2009.org. MAY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY RAC09, Feb. 24 – 26, London. Contact organizers at 020 8277 5113, andrea.smith@emap.com, or www.racexhibition.com. Climatización, Feb. 24 – 27, Madrid, Spain. Contact organizers at 34 91 722 30 00, fax 34 91 722 57 88, climatizacion@ifema.es, or www.ifema. es/ferias/climatizacion/default_i.html. JUNE MARCH MARCH SEPTEMBER Cold Climate 2009, March 16 – 19, Sisimiut, Greenland. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact organizers at 45 3636 9060, fax 45 3670 2071, or www.coldclimate2009.dk. ISH 2009, March 10 – 14, Frankfurt, Germany. Visit www.ish.messefrankfurt.com. International Solar Air-Conditioning Conference, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, Sicily, Italy. Contact organizers at 49 941 29688 29, fax 49 941 29688 17, or www.otti.de. Full calendar at www.ashrae.org/calendar October 2008 22 ASHRAE Journal ashrae.org

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Commentary
Industry News
Letters
ASHRAE HQ Dedication Booklet
ASHRAE Rebuilds HQ to Reflect Mission
Feature Articles
ASHRAE's Living Lab
Meetings and Shows
Sizing Pipe Using Life-Cycle Costs
Feature Articles
Energy-Efficient Data Centers: A Close-Coupled Row Solution
The Future of 90.1
Ventilation Standard for Health Care Facilities
Grosvenor Humidity Chart
ASHRAE Research Report
ASHRAE Honor Roll
Building Sciences
Special Products
Emerging Technologies
Product Showplace
Classified Advertisting
Advertising Index
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