Sustainability and the Building Environment
— an ASHRAE Satellite Broadcast DVD

Sustainability and the Building Environment

Sustainability in the building environment has become a global issue for facility managers, building owners/operators, designers, contractors and building occupants. This DVD, recorded from the April 2006 Satellite Broadcast, provides information regarding building sustainability principles, practices, and emerging concepts.

It addresses 4 major issues on how to practice sustainable building design:

• "Toward Sustainable Buildings: Target-Based Building Design and Evaluation"
• "Energy’s Role in Green Buildings: If it is Not Efficient, it is Not on a Sustainable Path"
• "Integrated Design: A Key to Sustainability"
• "Natural Ventilation"

Sponsored by ASHRAE’s Chapter Technology Transfer Committee (CTTC), this broadcast/webcast includes a roster of 4 speakers:

Hal Levin, Fellow ASHRAE, Research Architect, Building Ecology Research Group, Santa Cruz, California.

Jean Lupinacci, Director, ENERGY STAR commercial and industrial branch, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Kevin Hydes, P.E., P.Eng, Vice President, Sustainable Practice, Stantec, Montreal, Canada.

Malcolm Lewis, Ph.D., P.E., President, CTG Energetics, Irvine, CA.

You can earn two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) by successfully completing the Participant Reaction Form on the DVD. Accumulate credit that counts toward your continuing education requirement with this convenient learning tool. The PDH credits can only be extended to one purchaser per DVD.