TC 7.6

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Why would I want to be anywhere but Chicago in January? Not if I had to miss ASHRAE…

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The new "Green Book" cover

I’m happy to say that the Second Edition of Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits (the “Green Book”) is finally out in print. You can get yours now from the ASHRAE bookstore. A news release from ASHRAE publications is forthcoming soon.

Many thanks to all of you who contributed your time in putting this together. We had a tremendous amount of help from TC 7.6 and beyond writing, reviewing and drafting spreadsheet templates for the publication. I think it will be a valuable resource for our community.

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Other upcoming conferences of note including the HPB conference (see call for papers)

• 10th IEA Heat Pump Conference 2011(Heat Pumps – The Solution for a Low Carbon World), June 27-August 31, 2011 – Web Conference Due to Earthquake. www.hpc2011.org
• ECOS 2011 (24th Intl Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Organization, Simulation & Environmental Impact of Energy Systems), July 4-7, 2011. www.ecos2011.com
• 23rd IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, August 21-26, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic. www.icr2011.org
• 48th AICARR International Conference, September 22-23, 2011, Lago Maggiore, Italy. www.aicarr.org
• ISHVAC 2011: 7th International Symposium on Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning, Nov. 6-9, 2011, Shanghai, China. www.ishvac2011.org
• Building Simulation 2011: 12th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Assoc (BS2011), Nov. 14, 16, 2011. www.bs2011.org

See you soon in Montreal.

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There has been a lot of discussion of late regarding a unified definition for floor are to be used to calculate EUI. Here is a compilation of the info that I have on the subject to date.

• Area Definitions Summary (M Deru)
• Gross Floor Area Definition (D Pearson)
• Standard Definitions of Building Geometry for Energy Evaluation (M. Deru and P. Torcellini)
• Current definition in the Standard 100 and 105 is:gross floor area: the sum of the floor areas within the building, including basements, mezzanine and intermediate-floored tiers, and penthouses with headroom height of 7.5 ft (2.28 m) or greater. It is measured from the exterior faces of exterior walls or from the centerline  of walls separating buildings but excludes covered walkways, open roofed-over areas, porches and similar spaces, pipe trenches, exterior terraces or steps, chimneys, roof overhangs, and similar features.

If you have other relevant info for the discussion, please email to webmaster@tc76.org and I will post it.