1993 Global Engineering Conference, Washington DC2 N DG L O B A L  E N G I N E E R I N G  C O N F E R E N C E1 9 9 3Excellence in Engineering.


Creativity and Simplicity
Meeting the Challenge of High technology and the User
Valentine A. Lehr, P.E.
  • Strategies for maintaining leading edge creativity and innovation in an era of growing litigation.
  • Making technology work by allowing the user to understand and use it.
  • Making essential HVAC system improvements consistent with energy policy – and consistent with real economic constraints.
  • Meeting the challenge to achieve ever-increasing levels of occupant comfort and occupant productivity.
  • Controls as key components of future solutions.
  • Viable strategies for improved HVAC design.
  • A look at innovative approaches.
Perceived Air Quality and Ventilation
Ole Fangor
  • How to predict how people perceive the indoor air quality in a space as a function of the pollution sources and ventilation rate.
  • Based on a model included in the new European Guidelines for Ventilation Requirements in Buildings.
  • Provide rational basis for the design of ventilation systems for human comfort.
Indoor Environmental Quality as a Market Influence
Response and Strategies & tactics for the Designer
H.E. “Barney” Burroughs
  • Background and overview of indoor air quality: causes and prevention.
  • Code, legislative and litigation influences. Responses to ASHRAE Standard 62.
  • Equipment and system selection alternatives.
  • Air filtration: basics and benefits.
  • Role of building commissioning.
  • Building IEQ monitoring and diagnostic tactics.
  • Documentation recommendations.
  • Facility operation and maintenance practicalities.
  • Trends and potential future directions.
Legal Ramifications of Indoor Air Pollution
For Those Involved in the Design, Construction, and Management of Commercial Buildings.
Helen Eisenstein Zukin
  • The legal impact if indoor air pollution.
  • Causes of indoor air pollution.
  • Potential liabilities.
  • Review the established legal precedents regarding liability of designers, contractors, and installers of ventilation systems for commercial buildings.
  • Overview of preventative measures that can be taken to reduce liability.
What Should the Engineer Know About Biocontamination in HVAC Systems
Philip Morey, PH.D., CIH
  • Bioaerosols – how can they be corrected.
  • HVAC system components as reservoirs and amplification sites for microorganisms.
  • Prevention of biocontamination through proactive design, operation, and maintenance.
  • Current guidance from American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists Committee.
  • General duty clause and hazard communication: regulations that apply to bioaerosols.
High Performance DDC Controls
Seizing the Opportunities and Meeting the Challenges
Thomas Hartman, P.E.
  • New opportunities that DDC controls present.
  • The challenges that engineers, manufacturers, and owners must prepares themselves to meet.
  • New HVAC system concepts now operating with DDC strategies.
  • The engineer’s changing role in high-performance HVAC designs.
  • Innovative procurement approaches.
  • Materials and resources to enhance your ability to integrate advanced controls in your design.
Lessons Learned From Energy-Efficient Designs in Hong Kong
Vincent Tse
  • Present and highlight the energy efficient designs of buildings in Hong Kong – one of the fastest growing cities in the world.
  • Case study of some of the buildings that have won ASHRAE or other international institutional awards in energy system design in recent years.
Emerging ASHRAE and International Standards
Dr. Richard Hayter and Billy Manning
  • Focus on the adoption and enforfcement of standards.
  • Ongoing efforts in indoor air quality.
  • Mechanism required for implementing standards into building regulations.
  • ASHRAE Standards 62, 15, 34, and 90.1 will be discussed.
Engineering Excellence: A Matter of Philosophy
William Coad, P.E.
  • The relationship between engineering philosophy and the design process.
  • Outline the various paths taken by the design engineer from a project’s conception to the operating entity.
  • Philosophical alternatives and concrete examples of they apply to everyday engineering activities.
  • The relationship between sound engineering philosophy and the economic survival of the consulting engineer.
Working Smart in the 1990s: The Partnering Process
William Abberger
  • Partnering is a structured process developed to produce a profitable job for the entire construction team.
  • Process began in public sector with the Army Corps of Engineers and focuses on developing a team if stakeholders united by a common mission and objective.
  • Session will focus on industry perspectives.
  • The partnering toolbox.
  • Implementation strategies learned.

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