Current Technologies in HVAC Industry to Dominate ASHRAE 2019 Conference

Players in the Heating, Ventilation and Airconditioning (HVAC) industry will be exposed to current trends and technologies at the 2019 Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo., in June.

Officials of ASHRAE said in a statement that the five-day conference includes sessions addressing the HVAC&R industry, as well as tours, social events and a keynote message from Mike Massimino, former NASA astronaut, advisor and author. Additionally, the incoming 2019-2020 ASHRAE President Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, present the Society theme for the coming year during the President’s Luncheon on Monday, June 24.

“With the global movement towards sustainable energy, the HVAC&R industry is everchanging,” said Carrie Anne Monplaisir, chair of the 2019 Annual Conference. “We continue to face new challenges as we adapt our designs, codes, and technology to fit this constantly changing criteria. The 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference aims to address these challenges, and offer best practices, lessons learned, and innovative design strategies to be applied in a wide range of topics.”

This conference’s technical programme will include sessions addressing engineering practices, research and professional development as follows: Research Summit – nearly one-quarter of the technical program is devoted to the presentation of current research in the HVAC&R industry. Fifteen of the 23 scheduled sessions present peer-reviewed papers on ongoing research with a total of 26 conference papers and 31 extended abstracts accepted for presentation. The Research Summit includes a partnership with ASHRAE’s archival journal, Science and Technology for the Built Environment.