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In The News EDITED BY PATRICK LYNCH, contributing editor NEWS AT A GLANCE • Call for speakers 2009—Online submittal for LIGHTFAIR 2009 conference program is now open. LIGHTFAIR Trade Show & Conference takes place May 5-7, 2009, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Deadline for entries is Sept. 26, 2008. • San Francisco approved a green building ordinance in early August that imposes strict requirements on newly constructed residential and commercial buildings within the city. The additional requirements stem from USGBC’s LEED rating system and starting in November, new permit applications for high-rise residential buildings must include documentation to achieve LEED certification, by 2010, the documentation must include LEED Silver certification, and by 2012, the buildings must meet LEED Gold standard. ASHRAE withdraws Air Barrier Addendum z SHRAE has withdrawn BSR/ASHRAE/ According to Larry Spielvogel, PE, consulting IESNA Standard Addendum z, which engineer, King of Prussia, Pa., and past chair of would have added requirements for SSPC 90.1, had Addendum z to 90.1-2004 been a continuous air barrier approved before 90.1to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA The withdrawal of Addendum z keeps 2007 was published, Standard 90.1-2007. the air leakage requirements as those it would have been The ASHRAE Board of listed in Section 5.4.3 of 90.1-2007. included in the 2007 Directors approved the edition. Since this addendum after Standing Standard Project did not happen, it became an addendum to Committee (SSPC) 90.1 completed the devel- 90.1-2007. If the appeals had been dismissed, opment and member balloting process. it would have been issued as an addendum to A BCA’s Best Practices in Commissioning Existing Buildings available online The Building Commissioning Assn. (BCA) officially released its Best Practices in Commissioning Existing Buildings. The document details practice solutions, facilitates the implementation of existing building commission best practices improvements over time, and assists in the standardization of the commissioning industry. Mark Miller, director of client services at Strategic Building Solutions, Old Saybrook, Conn., and president of the BCA’s northeast chapter, spearheaded the task of developing the document. Best Practices in Commissioning Existing Buildings aims to promote commissioning in the marketplace by defining “the qualities and characteristics of best commissioning practices and establish[ing] a benchmark against which the market can gauge quality and professionalism.” The document draws upon existing resources such as the California Commissioning Collaborative guide for existing buildings, the BCA’s Building Commissioning Handbook, the National Environmental Balancing Bureau retrocommissioning process, the Associated Air Balance Council Commissioning Group Commissioning Guidelines, ASHRAE Guideline 0-2005, and input from ASHRAE GPC 1.2 and SMACNA. The document is available in its entirety on the BCA website at www.bcxa.org. WSP Flack + Kurtz undergoes name change WSP Flack + Kurtz is the new name of the engineering firm formerly known as Flack + Kurtz Inc. “WSP fully complements our core belief in designing for a sustainable future”, said David Cooper, president and CEO of WSP Flack + Kurtz. “While we only recently changed our name, Flack + Kurtz joined WSP in 2000 all 19 Flack + Kurtz partners agreed that this was a great opportunity for the potential synergies, but more importantly, we shared the vision as to what makes a great consulting firm” Cooper said. WSP has more than 10,000 employees in 250 offices in 35 countries, with more than 1,100 employees in the United States. WSP offers a full range of engineering services addressing property, transportation, infrastructure, and environment. Although comprehensive engineering service providers are common internationally, the U.S. business model for engineering services remains complacent as engineers and architects continue to deploy their services in the Middle East, Russia, and other areas of the world. The WSP Flack + Kurtz merger hopes to create a multidisciplinary firm that offers comprehensive engineering services to its U.S. clients either individually or under the umbrella of single-source contracting. EVENTS • Oct. 5-7: Building Commissioning Assn. Conference and Expo, Hyatt Regency Long Island at Wind Watch Golf Club, Long Island, N.Y., www.bcxa.com • Nov. 19-21: Greenbuild International Conference and Expo: “Revolutionary Green: Innovations for Global Sustainability”, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, www.green buildexpo.org • Dec. 2-4: POWER-GEN International, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. http://pgi08 .events.pennnet.com/fl// 10 Consulting-Specifying Engineer • SEPTEMBER 2008 http://www.bcxa.com http://www.greenbuildexpo.org http://www.greenbuildexpo.org http://pgi08events.pennnet.com/fl// http://pgi08events.pennnet.com/fl// http://www.bcxa.org

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