Design building in hot humid climates_Final revised
Dear All
We wish to invite you to participate in this full day seminar: -
Designing Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates
Introduction
Designing today’s modern buildings in hot and humid climates require the integration of building science and air-conditioning systems. The critical issues involved in achieving excellence and long term environmental sustainability includes indoor environmental quality and obtaining high standards of energy efficiency. Practical experience has shown that a focus on critical building enclosure design while keeping the indoor air dry can lead to higher indoor air quality, depletion of mould problems and a much reduced energy usage.
Objective
This workshop aims to provide an understanding on the planning, building and operating of air-conditioned buildings in hot and humid climates in a sustainable way. The workshop will cover the principles of building envelopes in hot and humid climates, issues affecting the internal air quality including the sources of contaminants, the challenges of OA conditioning in hot and humid climates and the design & operation issues in HVAC system.
Details
Date: 22 May 2012
Time: 8.40am to 5.00pm
(Registration starts at 8.30am)
Venue: BCA Academy
Fee (inclusive of GST):
S$363.80
(ASC’s members, BCAA Alumni and BCA Young Leaders)
S$406.60 (for public)
Fee includes refreshments and lunch.
Participant will be given a copy of The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates as part of the course material.
Accreditation
PEB – 7 PDU
Workshop Leaders
RAYMOND E. PATENAUDE PE, CMA, CIAQP, CEM, RPIH
Vice President, The Holmes Agency, Inc.
Mr Patenaude is a registered Professional Engineer specializing in forensic engineering of HVAC systems, moisture intrusion into buildings, and microbial contamination of building environments. He has been a consulting and forensic engineer for over thirty-four years involved with the analysis, design and construction of building systems. As a recognized expert in his field, Mr Patenaude provides professional consultation and forensic investigation in building science including cause and origin of construction defects; building envelope assessments; HVAC failure causation analysis; energy analysis; moisture intrusion; mold growth investigations; remediation management; claims and litigation support for commercial, residential, industrial and institutional buildings. Currently, Mr Patenaude is the Vice President of The Holmes Agency, Inc.
Mr Patenaude is a former ASHRAE Vice President and Distinguished Lecturer. He currently serves the Society as Vice-Chair of TC 1.12, Moisture Management in Buildings, Chair of the Project Monitoring Sub-Committee for the new “ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates” and a member of Standard 100, “Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings”. In addition, Mr Patenaude is also the Chairman of the Board of the Certified Indoor Air Quality Professionals.
CHANDRA SEKHAR Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Programme Director
(MSc – Building Performance and Sustainability) Department of Building, National University of Singapore
Dr Chandra Sekhar is currently an Associate Professor, Programme Director (M.Sc – Building Performance and Sustainability) and Co-Programme Director (Integrated Sustainable Design) in the Department of Building at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is also a Founding Director of Enhanced Air Quality Pte Ltd., a NUS Spin-off Company, incorporated in 2004 out of his research on indoor air quality (IAQ) and Energy and experience as IAQ consultant since 1993. After attaining PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, Australia, he continued as a postdoctoral fellow until 1991 working towards development of energy efficient cooling and dehumidification systems. In 1992, he joined NUS; teaching and conducting research on indoor air quality, air-conditioning, ventilation systems and building energy analysis and published about 180 papers in these areas for international journals and conferences.
Dr Sekhar is Associate Editor of ASHRAE HVAC&R Research journal and an editorial board member of Energy and Buildings journal (Elsevier), International Journal of Ventilation, Indoor and Built Environment and International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment. He reviews articles for international journals and holds patents in energy efficient air-conditioning system with zonal ventilation control.
Dr Sekhar is a Fellow of ASHRAE and ISIAQ. He was a recipient of the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award in 2010 and The Enterprise Challenge award of the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore in 2004. Presently, he is the Vice Chair of ASHRAE’s Environmental Health Committee and Immediate Past President of ASHRAE Singapore Chapter, having served the Chapter in various capacities (CTTC Chair, Honorary Secretary and President).
Event
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Ms Elta Tan
ASC Secretariat
eltan89@gmail.com
65.9387.4249
May 8th, 2012 
Davidlau 
