ASHRAE Vision 2030 and Beyond

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ASHRAE Launches Vision 2030 Webpage

ATLANTA (April 27, 2021) – ASHRAE announced the launch its Vision 2030 webpage. The webpage can be found at ashrae.org/vision2030.

As technology continues to improve every aspect of the built environment, ASHRAE’s Vision 2030 is committed to leading, serving, and providing all professionals in the buildings industry with the resources and knowledge to continually drive the innovative and strategic improvements needed during the revolution of the built environment.

“The Vision 2030 webpage provides guidance to support intelligent design, construction, and operation for a more adaptable and resilient built environment,” said 2018-19 ASHRAE Presidential Member and Vision 2030 Chair Shelia J. Hayter, P.E. “We believe that the contributions of the Vision 2030 team will serve as a powerful resource to industry professionals and the general public alike.”

The webpage features the following five sections:

• Connected Communities
• Built Environment
• Data and Integration
• Team Processes
• Member Services
• Resources

Members of the Vision 2030 team are as follows:

• Sheila J. Hayter, P.E., Presidential Fellow ASHRAE, chair, ASHRAE Vision 2030
• Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E., BEMP, Presidential Fellow ASHRAE, vice chair, ASHRAE Vision 2030
• Chip Branscum, PE, LEED AP, ASHRAE VISION 2030 Ad Hoc Committee
• Robin Bryant, ASHRAE Director & Regional Chair Region XII
• Jayson Bursill, Ph.D.
• Michael Cooper, P.E., ASHRAE Headquarters Building Ad-hoc Committee
• Drury B. Crawley, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, BEMP, FIBPSA, chair, ASHRAE Standards Committee, AIA
• Christopher M. Gray, Ph.D., P.E.
• William R. MacGowan
• Tim J. McGinn, P.Eng., HBDP, ASHRAE Vice President
• Francis A. Mills
• Daniel H. Nall, P.E., FAIA, Fellow ASHRAE, LEED^® Fellow, BEMP, HBDP, CPHC
• Lan Chi Nguyen Weekes, ing., P.Eng., chair, ASHRAE Multidisciplinary Task Group Health and Wellness in the Built Environment
• Joe Noworatzky Ed.D., ASHRAE Foundation Trustee
• W. Andrew Perrin, BASc
• Chandra Sekhar, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, ASHRAE Director-at-Large, Distinguished Lecturer
• Manish K. Sharma
• Jiri Skopek

Questions and requests for technical guidance and interpretations should be submitted to the following email address: Vision2030@ashrae.org. For more information on the Vision 2030, visit ashrae.org/Vision2030.

About ASHRAE

Founded in 1894, ASHRAE is a global professional society committed to serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and their allied fields.

As an industry leader in research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE and its members are dedicated to promoting a healthy and sustainable built environment for all, through strategic partnerships with organizations in the HVAC&R community and across related industries.

The Society is showcasing integrated building solutions and sustainability in action through the opening of the ASHRAE Global Headquarters building in metro-Atlanta, Georgia. The state-of-the-art, high-performing net-zero-energy efficient global headquarters building is a destination venue for industry representatives, visiting from around the world, who are looking to experience cutting-edge engineering and architectural interventions.

For more information and to stay up-to-date on ASHRAE, visit ashrae.org and connect on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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Connected, Resilient, Sustainable Communities

Energy Master Plans at Community Level  
|  Smart City- Challenges and Approach to Address Them  |  Hybrid Workplace

The Team:

• Manish K Sharma
• Dru Crawley                 
• Chandra Sekhar
• Jiri Skopek
• Drew Perrin

The Vision: Communities are a microcosm of the larger cities that they are part of. resilience, sustainability, more flexible and hybrid workspaces, healthy and vibrant community where people live, work or meet and businesses thrive.

Built Environment

Zero Carbon  |  Resiliency  |  Indoor Environmental Quality

The Team:        

• Robin Bryant
• Jiri Skopek
• Dan Nall
• Lan Chi Nguyen Weekes
• Tim McGinn

The Vision: The Built Environment, as a vital component of connected communities need to provide resilient, liveable, and beautiful places to live, work, shop and commune with humankind. Transformation of the new and existing building stock is necessary to ensure a decarbonized future. Providing sustainable, flexible, comfortable, safe and resilient indoor places with incomparable indoor environmental quality is critical for mankind to thrive.

Data and Integration

Data  |  IT-OT Integration  |  Data Normalization and Existing Asset Stock

The Team:        

• Chandra Sekhar       
• Dru Crawley
• Drew Perrin
• Manish K Sharma
• Joe Noworatzky
• Bill MacGowan

The Vision: In an interconnected world, the ubiquitous collection and use of data to drive every aspect of our daily lives is envisaged to be an inevitable reality. The widespread application of Data Collection and Analytics in literally all spheres of human activities would govern growth and development of cities and countries whilst achieving sustainability goals. The proliferation of IT systems in the management and control of OT systems in the built environment across all scales (building – district – city – global) and across all phases (conceptualization/strategy - design – construction – commissioning – operation) is inevitably the future. Digital Twin, as a virtual representation of the real world, will enable this future. We are already witnessing this today and ASHRAE is ideally poised to play a leadership role in this domain now and beyond 2030.

Team Processes Case Studies

Wilde Lake Middle School  |  Audain Art Museum  |  Ochsner Grove Medical Complex

The Team:        

• Michael Cooper
• Robin Bryant
• Chip Branscum
• Chris Gray
• Bill MacGowan
• Dan Nall

The Vision: The purpose of the “Team Process” subgroup is to highlight the growing need for coordination among all stakeholders of the built environment (owners, designers, contractors and operators). Our ability to coordinate will allow for more efficient building processes and more effective use of the building. Coordination and collaboration must occur between the vested parties. With evolving technologies as tools for such collaboration and coordination, the opportunities continue to grow. Education across trades can help teams to look at the bigger picture instead of staying focused on each trade individually, leading to a more collaborative and beneficial process.

Member Services

Virtual Resources for Members  |  Enable and Leverage the Value of ASHRAE’s Professional Network  
|  Advanced Training for a Connected World Leveraging ASHRAE’s Strengths  |  Share Your Thoughts

The Team:        

• Chris Gray
• Lan Chi Nguyen Weekes
• Chip Branscum
• Joe Noworatzky
• Michael Cooper

The Vision: ASHRAE’s Mission is to serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and their allied fields. ASHRAE executes this mission through their membership and their connections with volunteers across the built-environment industry. ASHRAE’s members make up their core customer base for the technical materials it develops; thus, the way ASHRAE serves its members must evolve on the pathway to 2030 as the industry evolves. The Member Services subgroup of the Vision 2030 ad-hoc analyzed how ASHRAE should serve its membership over the next decade including what it should continue to do, what it does currently that should change and what it should stop doing to serve its members most effectively.

What do you think?
We would like to hear your thoughts on this vision as it relates to Member Services and where YOU see the value in ASHRAE. Use the Share Your Thoughts link to let us know.

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Building Our New Energy Future

Learn how you too can help Build Our New Energy Future

If you are a buildings professional, it is highly likely you will experience significant changes in your professional practice during your career. That’s because a rapid evolution is underway in the electricity sector that will also have a significant impact on the buildings sector. As a critical organization for buildings professionals, ASHRAE and its members must take an active role in the ongoing changes that will create this new energy future.

This document is intended to explain the issues and terminology, as well as the challenges and opportunities, associated with changes underway in the electricity sector that affect buildings professionals.

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