Why Join ASHRAE

Web Tool for Energy Data

A new web-based tool aims to help consumers better understand the energy performance of building-related products. The U.S. Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has developed the Technology Performance Exchange (TPEx), a portal that allows performance data to be shared in a standardized format allowing users make apples-to-apples comparisons of products. 
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Practice for BEAP, HFDP

Practice exams for the BEAP and HFDP certification programs are now available. These online tools are developed to be similar in content and difficulty to the exams. With 30 multiple-choice questions, the practice exams are a low-cost tool for self-assessment that can be taken in the privacy of your home or office. A score report and feedback are provided to indicate weak areas. Learn More >

Member Focus

As a child, Adrienne Thomle loved to dismantle things just to see how they worked, and put them back together again. She would follow along with her father on cold winter nights as he checked on the boilers in their local school district. Today, she is a Global Product Manager for Honeywell, and an active ASHRAE Member since March of 1998. She says, "I love sharing knowledge with people that will help them do their job better and allow buildings to save energy." Read More >

High Performing Buildings

How can buildings help people? A case study on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus in this issue shows how building design can encourage employees to share ideas and move them forward at a quicker pace. The efficiency of other buildings—a laboratory and an art museum—results in energy cost savings that are reinvested to support organizational missions, furthering renewable energy research or art education programs.
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