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For Release:
August 8, 2007
Contact: Wendy Angel
Public Relations
678-539-1216
wangel@ashrae.org
ATLANTA – Once completed, ASHRAE’s renovated headquarters building in Atlanta will feature two separate HVAC systems as part of its role as living lab.
ASHRAE’s Board of Directors has given the project its final stamp of approval. ASHRAE staff will move into temporary offices in September. The renovation is expected to be completed in June 2008 at an estimated cost of $5.4 million. The renovated building will feature a new learning center and will serve as a living lab.
“The living lab will support the ASHRAE research program with a rich resource of data on building, system and equipment performance, a demonstration of performance monitoring, and space for ‘real world’ investigations in an operating building,” said Bill Harrison, ASHRAE president-elect who serves as chair of the committee overseeing the project.
Complete information on the renovation can be found at www.ashrae.org/building.
Level one of the building will feature air-cooled multi-split variable refrigerant flow fan coil units with zoned inverter-driven outdoor heat pumps. Level two will feature ground source direct expansion heat pumps for cooling and heating.
Both systems will use a common dedicated outside air system (DOAS), served by a 100 percent outside air unit with energy recovery wheel, series desiccant dehumidification wheel, electrostatic enhanced filters and DX air-cooled R410 multi-stage compressor/condensers.
ASHRAE plans to apply for a LEED Gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system.
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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