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Shaping Tomorrow's Built Environment Today
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In the wee hours Sunday at COP29 United Nations Climate Summit , countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of climate change. Countries with wealth have agreed to pool together at least $300 billion a year by 2035. Read more
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Eniola Shokunbi was in the fifth grade at Commodore MacDonough STEM Academy in Middletown, Connecticut when her teacher tasked the class with creating a solution to pandemic issues that might arise in schools. Drawn to the need for better air quality, Shokunbi set her sights on developing an air filter system. Utilizing a low-cost combination of furnace filters, a box fan, duct tape and cardboard, Shokunbi was able to prototype her design for just $60 per unit, making it the most cost-effective alternative to commercial air purifiers. Read more
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A spike in electricity demand from the world's big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world's climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use. Utilities, power regulators and researchers in a half-dozen countries told Reuters the surprising growth in power demand driven by the rise of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels like natural gas and coal, because of the slow pace of clean energy deployments. Read more
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The United Sates Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a groundbreaking $2.2 billion investment in two Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs. These hubs—the Gulf Coast H2Hub in Texas and the Midwest H2Hub spanning Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan—aim to accelerate the deployment of clean hydrogen at a commercial scale, fostering significant economic and environmental benefits. Read more
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The College of Fellows of ASHRAE is composed of society members who have been awarded the Membership Grade of Fellow and serve as ambassadors both within and outside of ASHRAE. In order to qualify, you must be a full member in good standing for 10 years and have substantial contributions to the field of HVAC. Join Fellows Tom Lawrence, Filza Walters and Mike Pouchak as they discuss the formation of the College of Fellows, what it does to support ASHRAE and how to become a Fellow.
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By Janice K. Means, P.E., Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE
This article spotlights the first African American man to be inducted into the ASHRAE College of Fellows, mechanical engineer David Nelson Crosthwait Jr., who was awarded 39 U.S. and 80 international HVAC-related patents and authored chapters in the 1939, 1959 and 1967 ASHRAE Handbooks. Download here
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On Nov. 7, ASHRAE sent a response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies after the DOE issued a Notice of Request for Information on the Frontiers in AI for Science, Security and Technology Initiative. ASHRAE’s response included an overview of the standards and committees related to data centers, including Standard 90.4-2022, Energy Standard for Data Centers, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 127-2020, Method of Testing for Rating Air-Conditioning Units for Data Centers, and Technical Committee 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment. ASHRAE’s full response to the Request for Information can be found here.
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Meeting the world's data storage demands is costly in terms of money, energy and environmental impact—but a new material, created by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Sichuan University in China, could improve the cooling of our data centers while also making home and business electronics more efficient. Current cooling solutions typically add up to about 40% of overall data center energy use (around 8 terawatt-hours every year), while the researchers' new organic thermal interface material (TIM) could shave off around 13% of those 8 terawatt-hours. Read more
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