NEWS & Announcements

ASHRAE President Bill McQuade’s theme for the 2025-26 ASHRAE Society Year is "Healthy Buildings: Designing for Life."

“Balancing energy efficiency with good IEQ ensures that buildings are not only environmentally sustainable but also conducive to the health and productivity of their occupants, creating a win-win situation for both people and the planet.”

McQuade’s theme highlights the interplay between energy efficiency and IEQ and presents practical solutions to enhance air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics, lighting and water quality in buildings.

Learn more about this year's theme here: https://www.ashrae.org/about/leadership/ashrae-president

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Colorado building performance standards

The State of Colorado is facilitating a task force that will make broad recommendations regarding Colorado’s Building Performance Standard (BPS). The Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) will then decide on the more detailed rules of the BPS. The State would like to gather input from the community on these recommendations. Please take the survey here. There is an accompanying presentation that explains the BPS recommendations and process in greater detail here.

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To donate to ASHRAE Research please follow this link: www.ashrae.org/contribute and be sure to indicated you are from the Rocky Mountain Chapter. Thank you for your donation 100% of the donated funds go to research projects in the HVAC industry!

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Help make our meetings more Sustainable – Ride Green

Click Here to figure out the best Public Transportation Route to our meeting.  In the upper left corner click on Get Directions and enter your starting point, location of our meeting (500 16th Street, Denver, CO) .  Be sure to specify “by public transit” in the drop down and click on “show options” to enter the times you want to travel.

Please contact ridegreen if you have questions or need some assistance (we realize it can be a bit tricky).