ASHRAE Meeting Planner - November 2017 - 5

Design of Affordable and Efficient Ground-Source Heat
Pump Systems (code 70)
2:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m., McCormick Place
This course describes the best design practices of ground-source
heat pump systems (GSHPs) to achieve maximum customer
benefit. The course examines the economic analysis of groundsource versus more traditional systems and what is necessary to
design an effective and efficient ground-source system. The course
covers energy analysis, equipment selection, drilling technologies,
testing requirements, hydronic system design, and system controls.
Participants will learn all that is necessary for the design and
installation of a successful ground-source heat pump system.
Instructor: Steve Kavanaugh, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE
Successfully Managing the Risk of Legionellosis Using
ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 (code 71)
(Co-sponsored by NSF)
2:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m., McCormick Place
This course describes the environmental conditions that promote
the growth of Legionella in water systems, and the locations
where Legionella control measures can be applied in new and
existing buildings. A comprehensive management strategy for the
prevention of legionellosis is also discussed. The course focuses
on the compliance with ASHRAE Standard 188-2015 to provide a
safer and healthier building environment.
Instructors: Michael Patton, Member ASHRAE and William
Pearson, P.E., Member ASHRAE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2018
Variable Refrigerant Flow System: Design and Applications
(code 74)
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., McCormick Place
Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems are now being applied in
many building types across North America. This course provides
non-manufacturer-specific concepts of how to apply VRF systems
to buildings. The course supplements the fundamental technology
presented in the 2012 ASHRAE Handbook-HVAC Systems and
Equipment, offering consulting engineers who already have a basic
knowledge of VRF technology comprehensive system design and
application guidance using building specific scenarios.
Instructors: Paul Doppel, Member ASHRAE and Jocelyn Léger,
P.Eng., CEM, Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP
Fundamentals and Application of ASHRAE Standard 55
(code 75)
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., McCormick Place
This course is intended to bridge the gap between the design
practitioner's knowledge of the built environment and its thermal
relationship to the occupant's physiology and psychology. Based on
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55, Thermal Environmental Conditions
for Human Occupancy, this course covers the theory and principles
of the standard using examples to illustrate how to achieve
compliance with the standard to satisfy the requirements of
building performance programs such as LEED®.
Instructors: Peter Alspach, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP;
Robert Bean, R.E.T., P.Eng., Member ASHRAE and Lawrence
Schoen, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE

now keep up with the new, more stringent requirements to comply
with this quickly evolving standard. This course describes the new
and updated mandatory and prescriptive requirements for HVAC
and service water heating systems, along with insights on how to
comply during building design and construction.
Instructor: McHenry Wallace, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP
Complying with ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016: Appendix G
(code 77)
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., McCormick Place
ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016 Appendix G: Performance Rating
Method is an excerpt from ASHRAE Standard 90.1, Energy
Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. The
document is comprised of addendum bm, which allows Appendix G
to be used as a compliance path within the standard. This course
discuss the compliance of Appendix G with the 2016 version of the
standard. The course provides the compliance path and gives credit
for integrated design resulting in energy savings such as efficient
use of building mass, optimized building orientation, efficient
HVAC&R system selection and right sizing of HVAC&R equipment.
Based on building type and climate zone, a proposed building
design with a performance cost index (PCI) less than that shown in
Table 4.2.1.1 will be examined.
Instructors: McHenry Wallace, P.E., Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP
and Joseph Deringer, AIA, Member ASHRAE, LEED® AP
UPDATED! Designing Toward Net Zero Energy Commercial
Buildings (code 78)
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., McCormick Place
The course provides application knowledge of the design and
operating principles for energy-efficient buildings and available
technologies and systems to achieve NZEBs design. Building
design strategies; review of current policy and regulation,
energy, environmental and economic assessment of building's
performance; energy efficiency in HVAC, lighting and appliances;
and on-site renewable energy sources are reviewed.
Instructor: Frank Mills, C. Eng., Member ASHRAE
IT Equipment Design Evolution and Data Center Operation
Optimization (code 79)
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., McCormick Place
Many opportunities exist to save energy in data centers, which
are using an increasing amount of the total energy consumed
by commercial facilities. The downside of this increased energy
consumption is the resulting significant increases in the power
required and the heat dissipated by the computing equipment.
This course examines the best practices for data center energy
efficiency. It focuses on the highlights from ASHRAE's Datacom
Series of publications and whitepapers. The course provides a
detailed discussion of the many variables, drivers, methods, and
processes that facilitate energy-efficient data center design and
operations, as well as how to plan for future data center needs.
Instructors: Don Beaty, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE and Roger Schmidt,
Ph.D., P.E., Member ASHRAE

NEW! Complying with ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016: HVAC/
Mechanical (code 76)
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., McCormick Place
ASHRAE's Standard 90.1-2016 on energy for buildings has been
established as the commercial building reference standard for state
building energy codes in a ruling by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Design professionals, code officials, and building owners must

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