ASHRAE Journal - July 2014 - 4

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Fred Turner
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ASHRAE OFFICERS
President
Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E.
President-Elect
T. David Underwood, P.Eng.
Treasurer
Timothy G. Wentz, P.E.
Vice Presidents
Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng.
Charles E. Gulledge III
Bjarne W. Olesen, Ph.D.
James K. Vallort
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Jeff H. Littleton
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2014 - 15 Chair
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Michael R. Brambly, Ph.D.
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Thinking Global
ASHRAE has been thinking global for
at least 30 years. That's when ASHRAE
President Donald Rickelton proposed
that 1974 - 75 be the International Year
of Progress and Cooperation.
The purpose, he said, was to bring
about a closer relationship between
ASHRAE, its international associate
societies and related organizations. It
was also to recognize a 40% increase
in international membership over the
previous five years, and the growing
reach of ASHRAE publications.
"It is quite evident that the economic
welfare of all nations is becoming
increasingly dependent upon the other,"
Rickelton told members in his inaugural
address.
"Never has there been a greater need
for international cooperation between
governments, scientists, engineers and
businessmen to explore worldwide
improvements in living standards."
SINCE RICKELTON, other presidents
have emphasized ASHRAE's strategic
global focus, and ASHRAE continues to
grow globally. Today, more than 40%
of members live outside the U.S. These
members are active in and hold leadership positions in all levels ASHRAE.
As for the Journal, many of our
authors and reviewers are international. Thanks to the Internet, it's
reached the point where we don't think
about or sometimes know where members or articles are from. An author is
an author. An article is an article.
Although not by objective, we seem to
have good geographic diversity. Three of
five articles in this edition are international, including this month's cover article
on a Hong Kong super high-rise. Several

Fred Turner

letters in this edition deal with a building
in India featured in the May issue.
A SPECIAL feature in this edition is
Shaping the Next... Global. It's a collection of short essays on topics such as
China's growing building energy use,
cold climates and the world's worst
indoor air quality problem, cooking on
unvented coal and wood stoves.
One of the essays is by Bjarne Olesen,
Ph.D. He writes about ASHRAE's global
role going forward, and how working together will help create energyefficient buildings with good indoor
environmental quality and reduce the
threat of global warming.
"Being global," he says, "does not
mean that you have to teach the world
to do things like you do. It is a two-way
exchange of ideas, information, products, services, etc. We can all learn from
each other. So to become more global,
ASHRAE needs to take advantage of the
more than 10,000 international members and identify what is the global
need within the building technology...
"It is (also) important to remember
and take into account local and national
differences not only in weather, but also
in national habits, tradition and ways
of life. Therefore, even if ASHRAE in
the future becomes more global, there
are many needs of the North American
members that must be fulfilled at the
same time."
The Shaping the Next series was
developed around the presidential theme of Bill Bahnfleth, Ph.D.,
ASHRAE's immediate past president.
The series has been interesting and
we've learned a lot. We hope you take
time to read this final installment.

ASHRAE Journal reviews current HVAC&R technology of broad interest through publication of applications-oriented articles. Content ranges from back-to-basics features to reviews of emerging technologies.
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