New Package from ASHRAE Gives Users Tools for LEED

September 2, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS

Architects, program managers, building owners and others can use the package to meet and learn about LEED requirements and the development of high-performing buildings.

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The package includes three ASHRAE standards used in conjunction with LEED v.2.2. Also included are the ASHRAE 62.1 and ASHRAE 90.1 User's Manuals and three books from the ASHRAE advanced energy design guide series.

The full package includes:

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ASHRAE/Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Standard 90.1-2004 - Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (I-P edition).

• ASHRAE 90.1-2004 User's Manual.

• ANSI/ASHRAE 62.1-2004 - Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.

• 62.1-2004 User's Manual.

• ANSI/ASHRAE 55-2004 - Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy.

• Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Office Buildings.

• Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Retail Buildings.

• Advanced Energy Design Guide for K-12 School Buildings.

• Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits.

"The ASHRAE Tools for LEED package is an unbeatable source of technical information for creating sustainable buildings," said W. Stephen Comstock, publisher.

"ASHRAE standards have long been a part of the LEED program's technical requirements, and we are pleased to offer these standards together to best benefit the building industry," he said.

For ordering information, visit http://www.ashrae.org.

Source: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. (ASHRAE).