ASHRAE Columbus September Event
Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 7:47AM Topic: ASHRAE Standard 90.1 - Overview of Strategic Issues
Place: Grange Audubon Center, 505 W Whittier St, Columbus
Date: Monday, September 28, 2015
Time: Registration 11:30am, Program 11:45am
Cost: $25 Local ASHRAE Members, $35 Non-Local ASHRAE Members
Beginning in 2015, walk-ins will no longer be accepted. If you are planning on attending you must preregister.
Speaker: Merle F. McBride, Ph.D., P.E., Research Fellow, Owens Corning Center of Science and Technology
Merle F. McBride, Ph.D., P.E., Research Fellow, has been at the Owens Corning Center of Science and Technology in Granville, Ohio for 39 years. He received his degrees in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University and is a registered professional engineer in Ohio. His technical focus has been on the energy performance of residential and commercial buildings which he has used in the development of U.S. energy codes and standards. Dr. McBride has been an active member in ASHRAE at the national level since 1976, has served on several Technical Committees, was a contributing author to handbook chapters and served ten years on the Standards Committee. His current committee appointments include: Standards 90.1, 90.2 and 189.1. He has been on all eleven of the ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guide committees. Dr. McBride has over 100 publications, was awarded two U.S. patents, and received multiple awards from ASHRAE and industry.
The Ohio Board of Building Standards is determining whether or not to upgrade the current Ohio energy code from ASHRAE Std. 90.1-2007 to either Std. 90.1-2010 or Std. 90.1-2013. As part of their evaluation background information was provided as needed. This detailed information was highly valued and thought to be of general interest to the ASHRAE Columbus Chapter. The focus of the presentation is to provide an overview of the strategic issues including those in the past, present and future. Specific issues include a short background to set the context, the ASHRAE Board of Directors strategy, the LCC economic analysis used in support of the criteria development, the national energy savings achieved, expansion of the scope to address internal process loads, directional changes due to the impact of the law of diminishing returns, climate zone revisions and addition, status of state adoptions plus current and future challenges.