2006 ASHRAE Winter Meeting Guide (by Tracks)

Jan. 1, 2006
Alternative and Sustainable Technologies Seminar 01 ASHRAE HQ Extreme Makeover: Modeling and Monitoring Techniques to Improve the Energy Performance of

Alternative and Sustainable Technologies

Seminar 01
ASHRAE HQ Extreme Makeover: Modeling and Monitoring Techniques to Improve the Energy Performance of Existing Buildings

Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 2

Seminar 05
HVAC Related Building Systems Interaction with the Local Environment
Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 12

Symposium CH-06-01
How Low Can You Go? Low-Energy Buildings through Integrated Design
Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 11

Symposium CH-06-02
Radiant Systems: Back to Basics and Recent Successes
Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 11

Seminar 17
Knowledge-Base on Energy Performance of U.S. Buildings
Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Wabash Room

Seminar 19
Green Design and Sustainability: Un-Definable Success in a Defined World

Sunday, January 22, 2006
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Parlor H

Seminar 22
Project Green Light: The Business Case for Green, You Can Do Well While Doing Good
Sunday, January 22, 2006
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Crystal Room

Seminar 24
TES Outside the U.S.: International Applications of Thermal Energy Storage

Sunday, January 22, 2006
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Salon 12

Seminar 30
Using DDC Controls to Manage Resources for Green Buildings

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 36
Real Energy and Economic Outcomes from CHP Plants

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 11

Forum 15
What Are the Barriers to Using Air-to-Air Energy Recovery for Sustainable HVAC Systems?

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Salon 7

Symposium CH-06-11
Thermal Storage Systems Aging Gracefully

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Salon 12

Seminar 48
High Performance Buildings Using Geothermal Heat Pumps

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monroe Ballroom

Forum 18
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden: Green Building Performance Expectations and Contract Compliance
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Salon 7

Seminar 50
The Energy Design Process for High Performance Buildings

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Salon 7

Symposium CH-06-13
Recent Advances in Simulation

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 12

Seminar 57
Current Status of Solar Thermal Technologies for Heating and Cooling

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Crystal Room

Commercial Systems and Applications

Seminar 04
Ground and Water Source Heat Pumps for Large Buildings and Industrial Applications
Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 11
Noise and Vibration Control Prescriptions for Health Care Systems

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Crystal Room

Symposium CH-06-04
Service Hot Water Demand: Then, Now and Now What?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Salon 11

Seminar 16
Innovative Benefits of Humidification

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Salon 12

Symposium CH-06-05
Application of Inverse Models

Sunday, January 22, 2006
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Salon 11

Seminar 23
Public Interest Session on ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings

Sunday, January 22, 2006
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 51
Best Practice for Minimizing the Occurrence of System Freeze-ups

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Wabash Room

Education/ASHRAE

Forum 02
Impact of Eliminating Dust Spot Efficiency Testing from ASHRAE Standard 52.1
Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Parlor H

Forum 04
What Guidance Should ASHRAE Provide for Reducing Multi-hazard Vulnerability?
Sunday, January 22, 2006
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Room Parlor H

Seminar 15
Hot Presentations about Cold Topics

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Monroe Ballroom

Forum 07
Changes in Codes and Standards: What Do We Need to Know?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Crystal Room

Forum 09
Should ASHRAE Develop a Position Document on HFCs?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Parlor H

Seminar 18
First Time at an ASHRAE Meeting? This Seminar Is for You! (Open session - no badge required)

Sunday, January 22, 2006
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Crystal Room

Forum 10
What's New in HVAC Acoustics?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Salon 7

Seminar 28
Load Calculations: The New Handbook Chapters

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Crystal Room

Seminar 35
Issues Update: How Government Advocacy Can Impact ASHRAE, Our Members and the HVAC&R Industry

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 37
What is the Basis for the Ventilation Rates in ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004?

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Crystal Room

Seminar 42
Interactions of the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols: Findings of the IPCC/TEAP Special Report on Ozone Depletion and Global Warming

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 52
Ethics and Business Management in International Construction

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Monroe Ballroom

Seminar 59
Do ASHRAE Test Methods Reflect Real-Life Air Filtration?

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 11

Forum 22
ASHRAE Publications: From Codes to Fundamentals, What Should ASHRAE Publish?

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Salon 7

Forum 25
What's Missing in Chapter 40 - Electric Motors and Control

Wed., January 25, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Salon 12

Energy Management and Controls

Seminar 02
Demand Response: What It Can Do for You

Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Wabash Room

Forum 06
What Controls Modeling Capabilities are Needed for Energy Simulations?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Salon 7

Symposium CH-06-07
Demand Response Strategies for Building Systems
Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 12

Seminar 41
How and Why to Calibrate a Simulation to Measured Data

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 12

Seminar 43
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG): Opportunities and Challenges for Our Energy Supply
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Red Lacquer

Seminar 45
Application and Experiences with the New Simulation Software

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Parlor H

Forum 19
Wireless Sensing and Control: Where Is It Needed and What Should It Control?
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Salon 7

Seminar 55
Load Management: Why You Should Care and What Technology Is Emerging

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 58
Designing Building Automation Systems with IT Security in Mind

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monroe Ballroom

Fundamentals, Weather, and Load Calculations

Seminar 25
HVAC&R Journal Seminar

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 11

Seminar 27
Liability Issues for Design Professionals and Equipment Manufacturers in Meeting the Seismic /Wind Requirements of the IBC

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Monroe Ballroom

Symposium CH-06-06
Thermal Modeling of Phase Change Materials in Building Envelopes: Old Problem, New Developments

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Parlor H

Forum 13
How to Take Laboratory Classifications to the Next Step

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Salon 7

Seminar 56
Soft Cake Yet Not Crusted: Humidity Control and Measurement-Challenges and New Technologies at Room, Low and High Temperature Ranges

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Crystal Room

Seminar 61
Lessons Learned from Hurricane Recovery

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Adams Ballroom

Forum 26
Window/Wall Interface: What Are the Critical Issues?

Wed., January 25, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Parlor H

Homeland Security

Forum 20
How Can Hybrid 100% Outside Air Systems Improve Both Homeland Security and Sustainability

Wed., January 25, 2006
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Salon 7

Seminar 60
Facility Protection from Natural and Intentional Events

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wabash Room

IAQ and Ventilation

Seminar 03
Field Test Results for UV Systems

Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Monroe Ballroom

Seminar 09
Design of Natural and Mixed Mode Ventilation Systems in Commercial Buildings

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 2

Seminar 10
Infection Control by Using Proper Solutions

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wabash Room

Symposium CH-06-03
Tenability and Risk

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Parlor H

Seminar 13
Case Studies in Underflow Air Distribution Systems

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 26
Integrating Design with Risk Assessment in Labs: Successes and Failures
Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 12

Seminar 29
Selection and Application of VAV Terminal Units

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Wabash Room

Seminar 33
Applying Displacement Ventilation to Various Commercial Building Types

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Monroe Ballroom

Symposium CH-06-08
Latest Findings in Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Research

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Parlor H

Forum 14
Improving Fan Systems Energy Efficiency

Monday, January 23, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Salon 7

Seminar 39
Designing for Dehumidification and Mold Avoidance

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Wabash Room

Seminar 40
Fire and Smoke Control Hardware: Back to Basics
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Monroe Ballroom

Forum 16
Issues Related to UV Application in the HVAC Community

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Salon 7

Symposium CH-06-12
Legionella Control and Preventing Legionellosis

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Salon 12

Seminar 53
Experimental and CFD Benchmark Studies of Indoor Air Flow around
Thermal Manikins
Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Red Lacquer

Forum 21
A Look Forward to 2020 for Small Forced-Air Heating and Cooling Systems

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Parlor H

Industrial Systems and Applications

Forum 01
Design and Equipment Parameters for HVAC in Hazardous Spaces
Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Salon 7

Seminar 07
CFD Applications in Cleanroom Designs

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Adams Ballroom

Seminar 08
Chilled Water Systems: Lessons Learned

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Room Monroe Ballroom

Seminar 14
Challenges in Gas Combustion Turbine Inlet Cooling

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Salon 2

Seminar 31
Variable Flow in Chilled Water Systems-Benefits and Controls

Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Red Lacquer

Symposium CH-06-09
High Density Cooling Issues Update: January 2006

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Crystal Room

Forum 17
Mission Critical Facilities: Issues and Roadmap

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Crystal Room

Seminar 46
Codes and Standards Affecting Refrigerated Commercial Display Cases and Storage Cases

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wabash Room

Seminar 54
Industrial Ventilation Systems Component Selection and Design

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 11

Operations & Maintenance, TAB and Commissioning

Seminar 06
Preventing Train Wrecks in Under Floor Air Distribution Systems through Commissioning
Sunday, January 22, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Crystal Room

Seminar 12
Outsourcing O&M: Boom or Bust

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 12

Forum 05
Test and Balance Specification: What Should It Contain?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Salon 7

Forum 08
Economic Justification for O&M

Sunday, January 22, 2006
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Salon 7

Seminar 21
Owning and Operating Costs of Temporary and Permanent HVAC Equipment During Construction

Sunday, January 22, 2006
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Salon 11

Forum 11
Is Real-time Biological Monitoring for Cooling Water Systems Feasible?
Monday, January 23, 2006
8:00 am - 8:50 am
Salon 7

Seminar 44
A Specification Guide to HVAC: Test, Adjust and Balance

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Crystal Room

Refrigeration

Forum 03
Are HFC Systems Leaking More or Less Than Their Predecessors?

Sunday, January 22, 2006
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Salon 7

Seminar 20
Back to Basics: Compressors

Sunday, January 22, 2006
3:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Salon 7

Seminar 32
Advances in Refrigeration Technology

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Wabash Room

Seminar 38
Basics of the Cold Chain: Follow a Chicken from Slaughter to Grocery Cart

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Salon 11

Seminar 47
Design and Application of Brazed and Welded Plate-Type Heat Exchangers in the HVAC&R Industries

Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Salon 11

Seminar 49
Lubricants and Issues for Alternative Refrigerants
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Adams Ballroom

Symposium CH-06-14
System Chemistry and Contaminants Research

Wed., January 25, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Parlor H

Seminar 62
Variable Frequency Drives in Industrial Refrigeration

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Red Lacquer

Forum 24
Refrigerant Impurities: Do They Matter?

Wed., January 25, 2006
11:15 am - 12:05 pm
Salon 7

Residential Systems and Applications

Forum 12
Can One Reach Performance Testing Nirvana by Moving from ASHRAE 16 and 58 to ISO 5151?

Monday, January 23, 2006
9:00 am - 9:50 am
Salon 7

Seminar 34
Factors Affecting Rainwater Penetration through Residential Assemblies: Laboratory and Field Experience

Monday, January 23, 2006
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Red Lacquer

Symposium CH-06-10
Managing Return Air in Residential and Small Commercial Buildings

Tues., January 24, 2006
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Parlor H

Forum 23
Will the New 13 SEER Efficiency Standard Make A/C Systems More Susceptible or Less Susceptible to Field Problems?

Wed., January 25, 2006
10:15 am - 11:05 am
Salon 12