Applications Deadline Extended! Due March 18, 2022 The ASHRAE Technology Awards recognize outstanding achievements by members who have successfully applied innovative building design in the areas of occupant comfort, indoor air quality and energy conservation. Their designs incorporate ASHRAE standards for effective energy management and IAQ. Performance is proven through one year’s actual, verifiable operating…
Thank you to all who came to tour Smith Tower this last week; and a special should out to Unico Properties for being such gracious and knowledgeable hosts! During the tour we saw some of the inner workings of one of the oldest buildings in Seattle including old coal moving machinery and historic elevators. And…
Congratulations to this year’s Chapter TAC winning projects! The applications will move forward to Regional competition and we’ll find out later this month if they move on to Society after this month’s Chapter Regional Conference (CRC). Helen Sommers Building – New Commercial Building Matthew Longsine, PE, WSP Other Design Team Members: Tom Marseille, Charles Chaoleicheep,…
The two March Plumbing Illustrated Hands-On workshops were a huge success! The two separate full day courses covered four hours of instructional code requirements and four hours of hands-on assembly of the four basic plumbing systems: vertical wet vent, horizontal wet vent, combination waste-n-vent and circuit vent using 3-D models. A big thanks to McKinstry…
Lessons from Building Air Leakage Testing in Seattle What We’ve Learned and Where We Go From Here As building codes both within the U.S. and across the globe increasingly are focusing on building airtightness as a fundamental piece of the larger sustainable-built-environment strategy. Join us to hear our speakers share their decade of experience with…
2019 Chapter Technology Awards Applications Now Available We would like to encourage our members to submit your projects for the upcoming award season. Past chapter winners have gone on to win multiple Regional and Society awards. Please help us spread the word about your innovations and achievements! Chapter winners will go onto the Regional competition,…
ASHRAE is crucial in helping the construction industry understand the need for proper design of the building air barrier, it’s continuity, and need in not only what one would believe is the skin of the building – as is normally designed by the Architect of Record or their envelope consultant – but throughout the building in…
To get the maximum advantages of a high performative building like Stone34 it is necessary a shavy facilities maintenance team and a willing tenant. I enjoyed the visit thoroughly and the knowledgeable team that look after the building. I was really impress with the sophistication of the mechanical systems and how all the equipment, boilers,…
2017 Chapter Award Winners Westside School – Institutional Morgan Heater, PE, Ecotope with Rick Sundberg, Gladys Ly-Au Young, SKL Architecture; Grant Middleton, Emerald Aire The Westside school project converted and expanded a 1970’s era Presbyterian Church into a kindergarten thru eighth grade elementary school with a measured operating Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 14.3 kBtu/sf-yr The school…
Minimum Plumbing Plan Review Requirements for New Construction over 3+ Stories A Technical Activities Committee Special Event with The event took place at the Smart Building Center on January 30th. A special thanks to Steve Hart, Plumbing Plans Reviewer for a thorough presentation on what to expect with the new process. Steve’s contact info and other resources are below…
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