The 5th ASHRAE International conference on Efficient Building Design at the American University of Beirut (AUB) was opened today by Omar Masri, on behalf of the Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources.
The two-day conference, which will take an in-depth look into material and HVAC equipment technologies, also saw opening speeches from Dr Fadlo Khuri, president of the AUB, Dr Ahmad Alaa Eldin Mohammed, representing ASHRAE, Mr Zaki Zaatari, president of the Ashrae Chapter and Dr Alan Shihadeh, dean of the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at AUB.