EWS Arup to drop fossil fuel work IN BRIEF ASHRAE opens net zero HQ ASHRAE has formally opened its new global headquarters building, after a $20m renovation to demonstrate the economic viability of a fully net zero energy operation. The 66,700ft2 building, situated in 11 acres of land at 180 Technology Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia, took 10 months to renovate and was completed at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The societys treasurer, Ginger Scoggins, said: We decided ASHRAE could make the greatest impact by showing others how to renovate an existing building with net zero energy as the focus, using our own standards and guidelines. ASHRAE is making net zero the new norm in sustainable design and construction. Consultancy committed to achieving net zero across global operations by 2030 The consultancy Arup will not take on paid transportation of hydrocarbon-based fuels will focus entirely on low carbon solutions, including wind, solar, hydroelectric and Last year, the engineering giant announced its global operations by 2030, and this new its client work across thousands of projects in next year, adding that this would produce fresh data on the scale and source of whole Arups future projects will focus on wind and solar solutions Graeme Fox elected IoR president Graeme Fox will be the next president of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR), having been announced as the winner of the members vote at the IoR AGM. He will take over from current president Mike Creamer next year. A chartered engineer, Fox ran his own air conditioning contracting business before being appointed head of technical at F-Gas register Refcom in 2016. He became BESA head of technical last year. An IoR Fellow and president of AREA, the European contractors body, from 2010-14, Fox is currently working with the United Nations on a refrigerant drivers licence scheme to help developing nations establish safety and competency criteria for refrigerant handling. taken to unlock decarbonisation of the built and with industry partners, about the precise actions to be taken to decarbonise buildings Two years of growth ahead predicted Market analysts Glenigan forecast that 2021 will turn out to be a year of strong growth across the 6 December 2021 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Dec21 pp06-07 News.indd 6 26/11/2021 13:49