NEWS & Announcements

ASHRAE President Sarah e. maston’s theme for the 2026-27 ASHRAE Society Year is "changing the game: retrofitting for resilience"

“There is no one-size-fits-all solution or game plan for retrofitting buildings. Every building has its own constraints – mechanical systems, budgets and operational needs. Also, financial constraints, or utility infrastructure, plays a part in deciding the game plan or resilience strategy of a building. That’s why teamwork is absolutely essential."

"We need to figure out how Team ASHRAE, with its wealth of knowledge and educational offerings, can help create a game plan to make existing buildings more efficient, healthy and resilient. This year we are going to focus on codes, technical guidance and building our team.”

Maston’s theme focuses on how the building industry can work together to improve the efficiency, performance and resilience of existing buildings in the face of growing climate and infrastructure challenges.

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

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