ATLANTA, United States, 10 April 2024: ASHRAE has released a comprehensive technical programme for its 2024 Conference for Integrated Design, Construction & Operations (CIDCO), which will take place from June 24 to 26 in Indianapolis. Making the announcement through a Press release, ASHRAE said that early bird registration is available through April 30. 

ASHRAE said CIDCO, rebranded from the former Building Performance Analysis Conference, provides an in-depth look at existing tools and applied knowledge, as well as the study and introduction of new technologies, including machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and virtual reality, to design, construct, and operate buildings.

John Bynum, Conference Chair, CIDCO, said: “This conference will present a holistic approach to building sustainability, merging design, construction, and operations to maximise efficiency and minimise environmental impact. Conference attendees will learn how to leverage integrated analysis and digital practice management to make informed decisions throughout the building lifecycle, from conceptualisations to operation.”

ASHRAE said the two-day conference will include keynotes, seminars, panel discussions and debates from more than 60 presenters. 

According to ASHRAE, keynote sessions will feature presentations from Kent Peterson, P.E., ASHRAE Presidential Fellow and Vice President, P2S Inc., on Technology’s Evolving Role in Advancing Decarbonisation in Building Design, Construction and Operation and Rajnish B. Setty, ASHRAE Member and President, Setty & Associates International on Data-Driven Future for Integrated Design, Construction and Operations.

Furthermore, ASHRAE said, CIDCO will include these highly anticipated panel discussions:

• ASHRAE HQ Project: Lessons Learned

Moderator: Ginger Scoggins, Engineered Designs Inc, Cary, NC, 

Panellists: Stephanie Reiniche, ASHRAE, Peachtree Corners, GA; Stanton Stafford, PE, LEED Fellow, Member, Buro Happold, Atlanta, GA and Darren Draper, PE, LEED AP, Epsten Group, Atlanta, GA

In this panel, Scoggins will moderate a discussion among project contributors on lessons learned from the renovation of ASHRAE’s current net-zero energy-efficient global headquarters.

• President’s Roundtable on Workforce Development

Moderator: Dennis Knight, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Whole Building Systems, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Panellists: Darryl Boyce, Carleton University, Kemptville, Canada; Luke C H Leung, PE, Fellow Member, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, CHICAGO, IL; Luke Moylan, Pipefitters Local Union No. 533 and Martin Dieryckx, Fellow Member, Daikin Europe N.V., Torhout, Belgium

The panel will discuss the challenge of workforce development in the HVAC&R industry and how to compete with other tech-savvy industries to attract new workers and engage and upskill the existing workforce.

• The Importance of Optimising Distributed Energy Resources in Grid-Interactive Buildings for Carbon Neutrality

Moderator: Snowil Lopes

Panellists: Ramtin Hadidi, Miles Hunter Martschink Jr, P.E., Associate and Wayne Johnson, Clemson University, Clemson, SC RMF Engineering, Clemson, SC Duke Energy

Panel participants will explore how commercial and institutional buildings would benefit from newer technologies in distributed energy resources such as small hydro/wind turbines, solar PV, batteries and on-premises recovery systems. 

ASHRAE said the 2024 CIDCO Showdown (formerly the LowDown Showdown) offers the opportunity for teams to compete using BIM tools, processes and strategies to design, construct and operate a proposed model building. This year, ASHRAE said that teams would design a holistic, mixed-use, multilevel, medium-sized office building in Indianapolis that purposefully considers all spatial, environmental and human factors. Furthermore, ASHRAE said, CIDCO will be held in conjunction with the 2024 ASHRAE Annual Conference, which will be held from June 23 to 26 in Indianapolis, and added that all Annual Conference registrants have access to CIDCO conference sessions. 

For more information about CIDCO, including the full technical programme and registration, visit ashrae.org/cidco24.