ASHRAE Seeks Papers for 4th International Conference on Efficient Building Design

ASHRAE announced a call for papers for the Fourth International Conference on Efficient Building Design to be held Oct. 1-2, 2020, at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

The conference is organized by ASHRAE, the ASHRAE Lebanese Chapter, the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at American University of Beirut. It provides advanced research on the topics of building and bioclimatic designs for attaining occupant comfort and good environmental quality for addressing systems and technologies adapted to the moderate and hot humid climates.

The presentation topics include:

• Sustainable building designs
• Energy-efficiency standards
• Building materials
• Indoor air quality systems
• HVAC technologies
• Solar heating and cooling for the built environment
• Low- and near-zero energy buildings

Abstracts of 400 words are due Oct. 15. For more  info, visit ashrae.org/beirut.