Saturday, March 21, 2009

Tour of C.K. Choi Building

On March 20th the student chapter was fortunate to attend a tour of a green building on UBC Campus, the C.K. Choi building. The tour was hosted by UBC Sustainability office and included things like composting toilets, passive ventilation, natural light, reused and reduced use of materials and zero effluent. Pictures from the event can be seen on the blog.

ASHRAE Student Connection Newsletter!

Greetings!

Please check out the latest edition of the Student Activities Newsletter online at:

http://www.ashrae.org/doclib/20090316_Spring2009SA.pdf

Please direct any questions you may have regarding the newsletter and other student activities to: students@ashrae.org. Expect the next edition of the newsletter in August 2009.

Feel free to email newsletter articles regarding student related events at your chapter or branch.

Regards,

ASHRAE Student Activities

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

March 13 Meeting

We will start the meeting at 2:30 pm. Below, is the meeting outline:

2:30-2:45: Review meeting minutes and discuss upcoming events
3:00-4:00: Ms. Ashley Stowkowy will give her presentation
4:00-4:30: Time to chat/break
4:30-5:30: Mr. Ali Nazari will conduct his presentation

Board of Governors

We need two or three people to be on the board of governors as part of the constitution. Email Minh if you are interested!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

May 8-10, EPIC 2009: Sustainable Living Expo

EPIC Expo is coming soon to Canada Place. It showcases local and international companies targeting the sustainability market for both consumers and developers. Worth having a look for $10, see keynote speakers, green building technologies etc. Info below:


EPIC: The Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo
May 8-10, 2008
Vancouver, Canada
www.epicvancouver.com


Sunday, March 1, 2009

Grad Studies at Ryerson University

Hi all,

Have a look at the website below. A neat program for anyone interested in doing grad studies in the HVAC field. Note that this is for the lower years members since the deadline for the application has passed already.

http://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/buildingscience/

Cheers,
Minh