ASHRAE Journal- September 2008

AHR Expo-Mexico, Sept. 23 – 25, Monterrey, Mexico. Cosponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or www.ahrexpomex.com. ISH North America, Oct. 1 – 3, Atlanta. Contact organizers at 770-984-8016, ishna@usa.messefrankfurt.com, or www.usa. messefrankfurt.com. World Energy Engineering Congress, Oct. 1 – 3, Washington, D.C. Contact organizers at 770-447-5083, info@aeecenter.org, or www. energycongress.com. Building Commissioning Association Convention & Exposition, Oct. 5 – 7, Hauppauge, N.Y. Contact organizers at 877-666-2292, ccraglow@ bcxa.org, or www.bcxa.org/events/expo2008/ index.htm. World Workplace 2008, Oct. 15 – 17, Dallas. Contact the International Facility Management Association at 713-623-4362, ifma@ifma.org, or www.ifma.org. AMCA International Annual Meeting, Oct. 16 – 18, Savannah, Ga. Contact organizers at 847394-0150 or www.amca.org/conferences. SMACNA Annual Convention, Oct. 19 – 22, Maui, Hawaii. Contact the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association at 703-803-2980, info@smacna.org, or www. smacna.org. ASPE Convention & Engineered Plumbing Exposition, Oct. 25 – 29, Long Beach, Calif. Contact the American Society of Plumbing Engineers at 773-693-2773, aspehq@aspe.org, or www.aspe.org. NEBB Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, Tucson, Ariz. Contact the National Environmental Balancing Bureau at 301977-3698, sheila@nebb.org, or www.nebb.org. IESNA Annual Conference, Nov. 9 – 11, Savannah, Ga. Contact organizers at 212-248-5000, iesna@iesna.org, or www.iesna.org. AHRI Annual Meeting, Nov. 16 – 18, Carlsbad, Calif. Contact the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute at 703-524-8800 or www. ahrinet.org. Greenbuild, Nov. 19 – 21, Boston. Contact the U.S. Green Building Council at 202-742-3818 or www.greenbuildexpo.org. SEPTEMBER International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), Jan. 26 – 28, Chicago. Cosponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or www.ahrexpo.com. ASHRAE Journal MARCH OCTOBER MCAA Annual Convention, March 1 – 5, Scottsdale, Ariz. Contact the Mechanical Contractors Association of America at 301-869-5800 or www. mcaa.org. IIAR Industrial Refrigeration Conference & Exhibition, March 22 – 25, Dallas. Contact organizers at 703-312-4200, iiar_request@iiar.org, or www.iiar.org. CORROSION 2009, March 22 – 26, Atlanta. Contact NACE at 281-228-6200, firstservice@nace. org, or www.nace.org. ASHRAE Journal publishes applicationsoriented articles that are 3,000 or fewer words. Graphics are encouraged. All articles are subject to editorial and peer reviews and cannot have been published previously. Authors should submit abstracts before sending articles to Fred Turner, Editor, ASHRAE Journal, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-2305; 678-539-1210, fax 678-539-2210, or fturner@ashrae.org. Net-Zero-Energy Buildings APRIL AHRI Spring Meeting, April 20 – 21, Arlington, Va. Contact the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute at 703-524-8800, ahri@ ahrinet.org, or www.ahrinet.org. AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, April 30 – May 2, San Francisco. Contact organizers at 202-626-7300, infocentral@aia.org, or www.aia.org. ASHRAE Journal will have a special focus on net-zero-energy buildings in 2009. Please send abstracts to Fred Turner at fturner@ ashrae.org. HVAC&R Research MAY SOLAR 2009, May 11 – 16, Buffalo, N.Y. Contact organizers at 303-443-3130, ases@ases.org, or www.ases.org. ASHRAE Annual Meeting, June 20 – 24, Louisville, Ky. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org. ASHRAE’s HVAC&R Research seeks papers on original, completed research not previously published. Papers must discuss how the research contributes to technology. Papers should be about 6,000 words. Abstracts and papers should be submitted on Manuscript Central at www.ashrae.org. For more information, contact Reinhard Radermacher, Ph.D., Editor, at ashraeresjour@glue.umd.edu. JUNE ASHRAE Meeting Papers SEPTEMBER Healthy Buildings 2009, Sept. 13 – 17, Syracuse, N.Y. Contact organizers at 358 9 4355 5655 (fax), info@isiaq.org, or www.isiaq.org. The ASHRAE Program Committee seeks Transactions papers for presentation at Society Meetings. Completed papers for the 2009 Annual Meeting can be submitted for review on Manuscript Central at www.ashrae.org by Sept. 26, 2008. For more information, call Tiffany Cox at 678-539-1137 or e-mail tcox@ ashrae.org. JANUARY 20 2546 8375, info@comfex2009.org, or www. comfex2009.org. NOVEMBER ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Jan. 23 – 27, Orlando, Fla. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org. International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), Jan. 25 – 27, Orlando, Fla. Cosponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI. Contact International Exposition Company at 203-221-9232 or www.ahrexpo.com. FEBRUARY RAC09, Feb. 24 – 26, London. Contact organizers at 020 8277 5113, andrea.smith@emap.com, or www.racexhibition.com. Climatización, Feb. 24 – 27, Madrid, Spain. Contact organizers at 34 91 722 30 00, fax 34 91 722 57 88, climatizacion@ifema.es, or www.ifema.es/ ferias/climatizacion/default_i.html. MARCH ISH 2009, March 10 – 14, Frankfurt, Germany. Visit www.ish.messefrankfurt.com. (From December 2008 Forward) International Congress on Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning, dates TBA, Belgrade, Serbia. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact Branislav Todorovic at todorob@EUnet.yu. APRIL DECEMBER JANUARY China Refrigeration, April 5 – 7, Guangzhou, China. Contact organizers at 86 10 68719984, fax 86 10 68434679, wqzhong@car.org.cn, or www. tinyurl.com/6xdddr. 10th CIAR Congress, June 3 – 5, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Endorsed by ASHRAE. Contact organizers at info@ciar2009.com or www.ciar2009.com. ABMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 16 – 19, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Contact organizers at 703-356-7171 or www.abma.com/annualmeeting.html. ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Jan. 24 – 28, Chicago. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org. JUNE JANUARY COMFEX 2009, Jan. 8 – 10, Pune, India. Endorsed by ASHRAE. 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ASHRAE Journal- September 2008 Section: Contents Contents Section: Commentary Options for Sustainability Section: Industry News The Silk Route for Energy Solar Thermal Is Unrealized Opportunity Industry Groups Sue City of Albuquerque Section: Letters Letters Section: Meetings and Shows Meetings and Shows Section: Feature Articles Article-Radiant Floor Cooling Systems Article-HVAC Design for Sustainable Lab Article-Mixed Mode Ventilation Article-Single- Design Considerations For Active Chilled Beams Article-Acoustic Design In Green Buildings Article-Teams, Contracts & BIM Section: Building Sciences Some Old Lessons Distilled Section: Washington Report Energy in Federal Buildings Section: Products HVAC&R Product Showplace Section: Emerging Technologies Toplighting & Lighting Controls For Commercial Buildings Section: Special Products Fans & Blowers Section: Classified Ads Classified Ads Section: Advertising Index Advertising Index

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