ASHRAE is committed to improving the efficiency of the built environment. That commitment is best exhibited through ASHRAE’s standards, which, through constant improvement, continue to raise the bar ...

ATLANTA – A newly published standard focused on the commissioning process will help ensure a fully functional, fine-tuned facility. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 202, Commissioning Process for Buildings ...

ASHRAE has released a new standard that defines the terms "zero Energy" and "zero carbon" to describe buildings. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 228-2023, Standard Method of Evaluating Zero Net Energy and Zero ...

HVAC: ES NEWS Guest Columnist Audwin Cash discusses how evolving ASHRAE standards are challenging the HVAC field to rethink air quality, energy use, and system verification. November 28, 2025 As more ...

The ASHRAE board of directors approved the standard in February, and the American National Standards Institute approved it in March. It is on continuous maintenance. ASHRAE has published its first ...

ASHRAE, the professional group focused on research and standards development for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and air conditioning systems, is seeking comments on the first draft of a ...

ASHRAE, the professional body for cooling engineers, is working on a standard for data center efficiency, which could create controversy in the industry. The new standard includes recommendations for ...

A newly published energy standard for data centers features a performance-based approach that is more flexible and accommodating of innovative changes that rapidly occur in design, construction and ...

One of the major lessons learned about the Covid-19 pandemic was the role ventilation played in its spread. In the summer and fall of 2020, the World Health Organization and then the Centers for ...

Addendum cs to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is open for advisory public review from 4 January to 3 February 2013. The ...

Empower and ASHRAE are advancing global standards and next-generation research to strengthen district cooling’s role in sustainable urban development. . Empower, ASHRAE advance global district cooling ...

Jin Wen receiving ASHRAE award. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recently announced the election of Jin Wen, PhD , professor of civil, ...