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April Monthly Meeting 2013- 3rd Tuesday Dinner meeting

  • 16 Apr 2013
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • ASHRAE Headquarters, 1791 Tullie Circle NE Atlanta GA 30329
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Please Join Us for the April Chapter Dinner meeting to hear






Chris Mathis, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, 
Pr
esident, MC2 

How Long Will It Last? Addressing the Challenge of Sustainability

This talk explores some of the roadblocks, pitfalls and opportunities on the road to truly sustainable buildings.  It invites the audience to question long held assumptions and habits in building design, engineering and construction, and challenges how we assess numerous building performance attributes. 

From energy efficiency to durability to life expectancy, we will explore some of the challenges necessary to establish meaningful product and building performance metrics.  We will examine how these sustainability objectives fit in with ASHRAE’s minimum code standards (90.1 and 90.2) and green building standards (189.1).

SPEAKER: 

R. CHRISTOPHER MATHIS

President

MC2 – Mathis Consulting Company

 

R. Christopher “Chris” Mathis has spent the past 30 years focusing on how buildings and building products perform – from energy efficiency to code compliance to sustainability and long-term performance durability. 

Chris has a bachelor's degrees in Physics (UNC - Asheville) and an M.S. in Architecture Studies from MIT.  He has served as a Scientist in the Insulation Technology Laboratory at the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Technical Center, was the Director of the Thermal Testing Laboratory for the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, and Director of Marketing for Architectural Testing, Inc., a private laboratory specializing in the performance of buildings and building products.

Chris has published a variety of technical papers on topics including: 
  - advanced test methods for insulation materials and wall systems;  
  - daylighting design and assessment techniques;
  - off-peak cooling techniques for commercial office buildings;
  - new residential and commercial energy codes; and 

  - metrics for environmentally preferable products.  

His most recent publication is “Insulating Guide” - a book for home builders providing insulating best practices for many of the most common home building details.  He is an active participant in Standards development at ASHRAE, NFRC and ASTM.  He served 6 years on the Board of Directors of EEBA – the Energy and Environmental Building Association.  

Chris has been selected four times to serve on the International Energy Conservation Code Committee of the ICC, working to refine and improve the national model energy code.  


Chris is also an on-going student of about 90 million years of sustainability and building science through his activities as a beekeeper.  He lives and works near the farm he grew up on in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina.


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