While attending the International Congress of Refrigeration in Beijing in August, ASHRAE President Kent Peterson met with officials from the Chinese Association of Refrigeration (CAR) to further collaborative efforts between the groups.

“The objective of the CAR-ASHRAE relationship is to help advance the arts and science of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigeration of ASHRAE members and other engineers in China through the exchange of technical and application knowledge,” said Peterson. CAR and ASHRAE have held meetings over the past several years to plan joint activities. ASHRAE and CAR are discussing holding a Sino-American technical seminar in conjunction with the China Refrigeration Expo in Shanghai, April 9–11, 2008.

CR Expo is expected to attract nearly 900 exhibitors from 30 nations. Some of the topics suggested for the seminar of interest to Chinese practitioners are how to achieve and implement sustainable building design; district cooling and heating; building energy performance and evaluation; and HVACR system design criteria. There are 78 ASHRAE members in China. ASHRAE also has a chapter in Hong Kong that has 800 members, reveals the association’s press release.