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Tune into the
Edifice Complex Podcast by host Adam Muggleton and
Robert Bean
2023 ASHRAE Annual Conference, Tampa, Fl:
Decarbonization: A Product of Integrated design
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and paper (Easy access password - limited time only =
2023.ASHRAE.Tampa.Bean)
Abstract:
ASHRAE’s Task Force for Building
Decarbonization has established for the society a position
stating, “Eliminating GHG emissions from the built
environment is essential to address climate change.” Though
in complete agreement, this author strongly suggests
eliminating GHG should be a by-product of achieving the
desired indoor environment, thus why integrated design is
critical to decarbonization. If not, then in executing
ASHRAE’s strategies, expected decarbonization goals could be
reached at the potential risk of only achieving incremental
improvements in occupants’ perceptions of built
environments. Thus the importance of acknowledging the
consequences of converting energy for buildings should
ultimately benefit its occupants. That is, preventing
negative stress from discomfort in all environmental metrics
the human body senses. Hence talking strictly about energy
without talking about indoor environmental quality (IEQ) is
akin to talking about wheels without talking about the
tires. Again, the ethos of architecture is for safety and to
reduce physiological and psychological stress due to
environmental conditions and the reasons why buildings exist
in the first place. This paper aims to acknowledge and
support the direction of ASHRAE’s Task Force for Building
Decarbonization. Its primary purpose is to provide an
updated graph that enables the design community and
policymakers to see overarching integrated relationships
supporting decarbonization. Those relationships are between
energy sources and systems and designs in architecture,
enclosures, interiors, mechanical and electrical systems,
and commissioning. It combines the metrics for creating
safe, comfortable, healthy environments. Finally, it
acknowledges the principles found within ASHRAE’s evolving
position statements, standards, educational curriculum, and
technical tools developed to help society reduce greenhouse
gases (GHG).
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