The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) has announced the IOR and CIBSE joint conference – “Making a case for air-conditioning”, which will take place on October 20th, 2008, in London. Sponsored by Jaeggi, this one-day conference will explore the context of the climate change agenda and how it is affecting building services engineering and air conditioning design and installation.

As environmental issues and sustainable buildings become higher priority issues, building owners are more and more often asking the question - do we really need to air conditioning our buildings?  Facilities managers, building services consultants and design engineers need to understand these issues and the impact they will have on future specifications for the air conditioning and cooling. Speakers, who are leading researchers and practical engineers will focus on the design issues of creating buildings that provide good working environments whilst at the same time minimising their environmental impact.  We will look at a range of legislative and evaluative tools to support innovative approaches and conclude with some compelling case studies illustrating the way forward.

According to the entity’s press release, it will be of particular interest to buildings engineers, ventilation and cooling specialists, facilities managers, building owners, coolign equipment manufacturers and suppliers, technical managers and anyone with an interest in improving the way we air-condition and cool buildings.