ASHRAE Journal - August 2008 - (Page 27)

7.5 times as much CO2 into the atmosphere as we produce oil. For those of us who understand that simple truth, it is our duty The International Energy Agency estimates that emissions could to attack that wasted energy. We must communicate with the owners and operators of the climb to 42 billion metric tons per year by 2030. I was privileged to hear Senator John Glenn speak last summer, buildings we touch to build understanding of the sources, costs and the former astronaut commented on how beautiful the earth and consequences of energy being wasted in their buildings. Our looked when viewed from space. He commented that from space, future holds net-zero-energy buildings, but the majority of the buildings that will exist in 2030 exour atmosphere appeared to be very ist today, and we must attack energy thin. Our atmosphere is important for use in those buildings with the same a lot of reasons, the major one being focused attention we direct at designthat it is what we breathe. When you Wasting energy is our problem, and ing the buildings of the future. go outside and look up, it appears the We know the answers. If the studsky goes on forever, but only about we can no longer afford to shake our ies are accurate, we have a no-regrets the ﬁrst 25,000 feet of the atmosphere heads and walk away. method to reduce the HVAC energy supports life. If you modeled that on a use in buildings by 10% to 40%, sole12-inch globe, the layer of air that we ly by improving building operations. can breathe easily is about the thickAll we have to do is communicate ness of a business card. How long are we going to continue to use our fragile and and educate more effectively. It is our duty. We are pledged to precious atmosphere like a landﬁll, dumping in 30 to 40 billion deliver ASHRAE’s promise of sustainability, and to do that we must maintain to sustain, we must train to sustain, and we must metric tons of CO2 every year? Wasting energy is our problem, and we can no longer afford inﬂuence the operation of our buildings to conserve energy. I ask for your help and your commitment, and I am conﬁdent to shake our heads and walk away. Buildings account for 40 per-cent of primary energy use in developed countries. Much of that working together, we can deliver on ASHRAE’s promise that energy use can be avoided by improved operating strategies. of sustainability. www.info.hotims.com/16017-6 www.info.hotims.com/16017-35 August 2008 ASHRAE Journal 27 http://americanairandwater.com/ASHRAE http://www.rawal.com http://americanairandwater.com/ASHRAE http://www.rawal.com http://www.info.hotims.com/16017-6 http://www.info.hotims.com/16017-35

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ASHRAE Journal - August 2008 Contents Commentary Industry News Letters Meetings and Shows Maintain to Sustain—Delivering ASHRAE’s Sustainability Promise Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation: Current Best Practices Improving Humidity Control With Energy Recovery Ventilation Single- or Two-Stage Compression Data Center Cooling: Using Wet-Bulb Economizers Building Sciences InfoCenter Practical Pointers Products Emerging Technologies Washington Report People Special Products Classified Advertising Advertising Index

ASHRAE Journal - August 2008

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