With its background setting of Desert Mountains and its recent focus on sustainability practices, Albuquerque, Mexico will be the setting for ASHRAE’s 2010 Annual Conference focusing on “Raising Efficiency to New Levels” on June 26-30. The technical program will feature a wide-range of programs and papers addressing the energy efficient system design for dry climates. ASHRAE has already announced a call for papers which are due September 25, 2009.

According to ASHRAE’s press release, setting this conference apart from previous ones is that it will feature more market-based papers and programs compared to previous technology-driven ASHRAE conferences.  In addition, a new shorter “conference paper” format with an eight-page limit is being introduced in addition to the traditional 30-page technical papers.

Technical papers and conference paper abstracts are requested for tracks, such as “Energy Facts vs. Simulations”, “Ventilation Systems”, “Refrigeration for the Future”, “Energy Conservation vs. New Generation”, “Living with HVAC&R Systems”, “High Efficiency HVAC&R Systems”, among others.

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