Updated American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Guidelines and Standards on Sustainable Systems Design.

Abstract

Many designers look for guidance with the various standards targeting sustainable, green buildings. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) publishes a number of useful design resources related to green buildings. The resources are widely used among mechanical systems engineers and facilities designers. This talk will present an overview of several ASHRAE resources which include acoustics aspects. “ASHRAE Green Guide: The Design, Construction and Operation of Sustainable Buildings” is a book to teach designers how to effectively participate on green building design teams and fundamental green design concepts. The book takes an integrated building systems perspective by addressing how engineered systems interact with and are influenced by architectural design. It also includes guidance on the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® rating system. ASHRAE is also in the final stages of preparing a new Standard for High‐Performance Green Buildings (Standard 189.1). This Standard is co‐sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council. Standard 189.1 is being written as an ANSI‐level Standard and intended for adoption into state and local building codes.