ASHRAE Insights

President Kent Peterson visits the new Acropolis museum, at the area with the reconstruction of the Parthenon Frieze (Zoforos). He witnessed the ongoing transportation of monuments from the Acropolis to the museum, and toured the museum’s technical installations. Pictured (r. to l.): Peterson, Carolyn Peterson, Nikos Hazapis (Hellenic Chapter board member), Dimitris Koutsogiannakis (project engineer) and Kostas Koutsogiannis (president-elect of the Hellenic Chapter).

ATHENS, Greece—ASHRAE President Kent Peterson was the main speaker at the Hellenic Chapter’s December meeting. The event was attended by 138 people.

The technical program on commissioning included five technical presentations. It was the first technical event of its kind in Greece. Peterson presented an overview of ASHRAE’s ongoing activities on sustainability, and opened the technical session with a presentation on “Building Systems Commissioning.” Other presentations were given by Oliver Baumann, Nikos Hazapis, George Prosgolitis and Vassilis Paraskevopoulos. Peterson visited the national Centre for Renewable Energy Systems, where he was briefed about the progress on the implementation of the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings, while he summarized ASHRAE’s work on conservation in buildings that can support the ongoing national efforts.
 
For more information on the Hellenic Chapter, contact costas@meteo.noa.gr.