ASHRAE Seeks to Leave
Sustainable Footprint in Salt Lake City

ASHRAE is launching a new program to provide technical and financial support for a sustainable project in the cities where Society meetings take place, leaving a legacy demonstrating the Society’s commitment to sustainability.

Beginning with the 2008 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake, ASHRAE is seeking donations from meeting attendees to go toward supporting a local green project or green enhancement to an existing project.

The chosen project for Salt Lake is installation of a solar domestic water heating system at the YWCA of Salt Lake City's Teen Home. The system would help reduce the annual operating costs of the facility and reduce the environmental impact of the current heating system.

Teen Home offers a safe, nurturing environment for up to 12 pregnant and parenting adolescent girls and their babies who are homeless, in state's custody, or have nowhere else to go. The Teen Home provides a home-like setting, nutritious meals and 24-hour supervision. Established in 1982, it is the only residential facility of its kind in the state of Utah.

Additional funds toward the project also are being raised by the Salt Lake City Host committee, in conjunction with ASHRAE Meetings Arrangements committee, the Greening ASHRAE Meetings Ad-hoc Committee, the Young Engineers in ASHRAE Committee, the Salt Lake City Chapter and ASHRAE Region IX.  Your generosity and contributions toward this program will be a gift that can "Pay It Forward" for many generations to come. 

Donations may be made on the meeting registration form, accessible by clicking here and selecting Register Online. Or donate by sending a check made out to the Utah Chapter. Checks can be sent to Brandon Briggs c/o VBFA, 330 South 300 East, SLC, UT 84111