JANUARY 2010 DINNER MEETING
Greening the Building Codes: Standard 189.1 for High-Performance
Green Buildings
Kent W. Peterson, PE
P2S Engineering
Thursday, January 7, 2010 (5:30 pm to 9:00 pm)
Scott's Seafood, 2 Broadway Ave, Oakland (map & directions)

Agenda:

5:30 pm   Registration and social hour
6:30 pm   Dinner with announcements and introductions
7:45 pm   Break
8:00 pm   Speaker presentation
9:00 pm   Adjourn

Speaker(s):

Kent W. Peterson, PE
 ASHRAE Presidential Fellow; Chair of ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1
P2S Engineering; Long Beach, CA

Kent Peterson is Vice President and Chief Engineer at P2S Engineering with over 25 years of experience working in consulting engineering. His award-winning design experience includes ultra-energy-efficient central plants, high-performance green buildings, and innovative energy-efficiency strategies. He constantly strives to improve best practices in the building industry.

Mr. Peterson is a Past Society President of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). He is chair of the ASHRAE Associate Society Alliance working with 49 professional societies around the world. He also chairs the California State University Mechanical Review Board assisting with improving mechanical systems on the CSU campuses.

Mr. Peterson serves as Chair of ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1 – Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings. Mr. Peterson has authored a number of articles and papers and has made presentations to governments and professionals throughout the world on improving energy efficiency.

Presentation
Summary:

Greening the Building Codes: Standard 189.1 for High-Performance
Green Buildings
Download Presentation (~5mb PDF)

Learn about ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings, except Low-Rise Residential. The standard is intended for code adoption and provides minimum requirements for high performance new buildings and major renovations. The standard addresses energy efficiency, water use efficiency, IEQ, material and resources and more. It can lead to significant energy and water savings when compared to current code-minimum buildings.

Learn about how these future green building code provisions could impact you.

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