Join us at the Illinois ASHRAE November 14th, 2023 Meeting

4th floor Amenity Space at 200 W. Madison St, Chicago IL

“Electrification” has recently become a widely accepted roadmap towards the goal of a low-carbon future. The concept is easily understood in the transportation sector: cars using fossil fuels as their on-board energy source can never be carbon free. However, an electric car that is charged by a carbon free source, can be carbon free. When applied to buildings, one method is to envision stopping the flow of fossil fuels to them and having all energy come from the carbon-free grid of the future. Some skeptics of the concept believe it is a pipe dream to have a carbon-free electric grid but certainly you can’t have a carbon-free building if you are burning fossil fuels in them. Electrification will likely play a part in our low carbon future so understanding heat pumps, “free cooling” and thermal energy storage’s relationship to them, will be critical. The presentation will cover the multiple value streams of using thermal storage for heating and cooling in an all-electric building.’

Our presenter, Mitchell Kelley is a P.E. in the state of Illinois and a 9-year employee of the Trane company. He specializes in assisting consulting engineers throughout the Chicagoland area on decarbonization design as well as other system layout best practices.

Thank you to our meeting sponsor, Siemens!

CANCELLATION POLICY:  As meeting venues normally require a minimum guarantee 48 hours or more before the event, we are unable to refund prepaid registrations that are cancelled after this time as well as after the event.