ASHRAE Insights

Building Physics Symposium Oct. 29 – 31

The Laboratory of Building Physics of the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium, is organizing a symposium on recent developments in Building Physics in honor of ASHRAE Fellow Professor Hugo Hens. The conference seeks papers on advanced modeling of building physics issues, hygrothermal performance, whole building modeling and other topics. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed. Papers and presentations are in English. Format for abstracts and papers is posted on the conference Web site at www.kuleuven.be/bwf/projects/BPS2008/index.htm. Abstracts are due May 1. Final papers are due Sept. 1.

2009 ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Chicago—Jan. 24-28

ASHRAE seeks to advance the state of the art in sustainability by focusing the technical program on the theme Sustainable Urban Design. The theme seeks to elicit papers and programs that present the latest developments in sustainability as applied to systems and equipment, application of their use in different types of buildings and, especially, the impact on urban settings.

The technical program seeks to bring together engineers, architects, contractors and students to address sustainable design from all perspectives.

Topics for papers and programs include:

• Energy conservation;

• Indoor environmental quality;

• Application of ASHRAE guidance to achieve high-performing sustainable results;

• International sustainability efforts; and

• Other HVAC&R topics of interest

The deadline for papers is April 2008. Submit papers online at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ashrae.

To have paper abstracts reviewed before writing the paper, or to ask questions about submitting a paper or program, contact Mary McGee, meeting program administrator, at mmcgee@ashrae.org.