ASHRAE Transactions - 2011 Annual Conference - Montreal, Vol. 117, Part 2

ASHRAE Transactions is the official record of research and technical information of permanent interest and archival value presented at the Annual and Winter Conferences of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the world's foremost technical society in the fields of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration, with some 50,000 members worldwide.

ASHRAE Transactions is indexed and abstracted by

• Air Infiltration & Ventilation Center (AIVC)
• American Chemical Society
• Building Services Research & Information Association (BSRIA)
• CSA: Guide to Discovery
• Engineering Information, Inc. (Ei)
• Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
• International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), and Thomson Gale

ASHRAE Transactions papers are reviewed by competent specialists to ensure high quality of content. Two types of papers are included: conference papers which generally present applications and case studies, and technical papers with discussion questions and answers which report on Society-sponsored or unsolicited HVAC&R research. Conference papers receive one or more single-blind reviews by two or more reviewers. Technical papers undergo one or more double-blind reviews by three or more reviewers.

Paper topics include indoor air quality, refrigeration, building controls, sustainability, applications of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) technology, and more.

Included in this collection are the 54 conference and 35 technical papers presented at the 2011 ASHRAE Annual Conference in Montreal, Quebec. Also included are an address delivered by the current ASHRAE President, as well as the technical program from the conference, and other official Society information.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing, and continuing education.

The ASHRAE Handbooks are the design standard for control of built environments with volumes on Systems and Equipment, HVAC Applications, Refrigeration and Fundamentals. Each is updated every four years. In addition to publishing design guidance for engineers, architects, and facility managers, we also publish a series of texts for classroom use.

Some of the areas we publish in include:
• Energy Modeling and Auditing
• High Performance Building Design
• Psychrometrics
• Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Quality
• Data Center Energy Efficiency
• Noise & Vibration Control
• Humidity Control
• HVAC for Healthcare Facilities