Our July meeting will be a hybrid meeting with both an in-person option, beginning at 5:30 with a social hour, as well as on online option, for the presentation, which will begin at 7:00. See details below.
Zero Energy Guide for Multi-Family Buildings
Presentation Summary:
Multifamily is one of the largest growing commercial building sectors. For the past two years, ASHRAE, with AIA, USGBC, DOE and IES have been working on an Advanced Energy Design Guide for zero energy multifamily buildings. This zero energy guide focuses on what is needed to achieve zero energy in multifamily buildings over four stories to achieve zero energy. The session will focus on the EUI targets focusing on the selection and design of the HVAC systems. It will also cover lighting, plug loads, and envelope design as it applies to the HVAC system to ensure that the multifamily can be built to the zero energy target. How-to tips and practical advice will be presented as well as successful zero energy case studies.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Describe a process for creating a zero energy multifamily buildings
- Apply a set of Energy Use Intensity targets to achieve a zero energy multifamily
- Provide an overview of the Advanced Energy Design guide for Zero Energy multifamily buildings
- Describe the interactions between envelope, lighting, plug loads, and HVAC design and the integrated roles that architects and engineers should follow to achieve low-energy design.
Our speaker will be Terry Townsend, president of Townsend Engineering, Inc. Find more information about Mr. Townsend here...
Townsend-Bio-2021.doc