Please join us for the March Chapter meeting! Our meeting emphasis for the grassroots committees will be GGAC. We will also enjoy a discussion from the following speaker:
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In this presentation attendees will be provided a renewed perspective on the importance of our buildings – from the events that shape our expectations for building performance, to the very real opportunities to be captured with improved building performance. We’ll learn about how key events – from earthquakes and tornadoes, from oil embargos to hurricanes – have shaped the laws, codes and standards that govern today’s buildings.
Attendees will also gain important insights into the latest changes to our flagship standard - ASHRAE 90.1, our nation’s model code governing commercial building energy performance. The latest version of that standard, 2013, contains dramatic changes that all certifying professionals should know. In this presentation we will review changes in critically important areas of the Standard that are often overlooked by HVAC professionals. Attendees will be challenged to update their assumptions, knowledge and understanding of what “minimum efficiency” means today, and the role of ASHRAE Standards in delivering better buildings. The presentation will conclude with some thought-provoking concepts for capturing business opportunities in these trends and in the changes in these important building energy performance standards.
To attain accurate catering counts, please register for this event in advance. Day-of and on site registration will result in an increased cost of $20.
Speaker Biography:
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 is an active participant in Standards and Code development at ASHRAE, NFRC, ASTM and the ICC. He was a founding member and served for four years as the first Director of the National Fenestration Rating Council, the non-profit organization that developed the nation’s energy performance rating and labeling system for windows, doors and skylights.
Chris is a 30-year member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). In ASHRAE he has worked on window thermal test standards, national model codes for commercial buildings (ASHRAE 90.1), model codes for residential buildings (ASHRAE 90.2) and is the energy consultant to Standard 189.1 – ASHRAE’s model code for sustainable commercial buildings. He is also the energy consultant to the Chapter Technology Transfer Committee. Chris has been recognized as an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, conducting seminars on a variety of building science, energy efficiency and sustainability topics across the US and worldwide.
Chris has been involved in state and national code development since 1988. He was selected four times to serve on the International Energy Conservation Code Committee of the ICC, working to refine and improve the IECC – our national model energy code. He was also selected to be a member of ICC’s Sustainable Building Technology Committee helping to draft a national model code for sustainable buildings. He served on the ICC’s first Code Development Committee for the International Green Construction Code.
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