Win up to $2000 ASHRAE Design Competition 2019

ASHRAE sponsors these competitions to encourage students to become involved in a profession that is crucial to insuring a sustainable future for our Earth – the design of energy-efficient HVAC systems. ASHRAE will recognize the outstanding student design projects at the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Meeting to be held February 2020 in Orlando, Florida.

Competition Description:

The 2019 student competition focuses on a new small hospital in Budapest, Hungary. The final HVAC System Selection and Design for the proposed building shall address the following major design goals:

• Low Life Cycle Cost.
• Low Environmental Impact.
• Comfort and Health.
• Creative High-Performance Green Design.
• Synergy (with architecture).

Competition Categories:

Teams may compete in one of the three categories:

1. HVAC Design Calculations: For students who have attended 1-2 HVAC courses. Focuses on the design calculations required to provide an energy-efficient design for the facility.
2. HVAC System Selection: For students at schools completing a dedicated HVAC or building environmental systems curriculum. 
3. Integrated Sustainable Building Design (ISBD): This student competition requires multidisciplinary teams to design an energy efficient sustainable project approaching a "Zero Energy" building with minimized energy demands for HVAC and all other technical systems that could be satisfied with locally available or building-installed renewable energy sources (RES).

Eligibility:

1. ASHRAE recommends that the project groups consist of at least two members from an undergraduate engineering or architecture curriculum for the HVAC Design Calculations or HVAC System Selection and at least three members (architecture or construction, mechanical & electrical) for the ISBD competition. 
2. Team members can be from multiple colleges. 
3. All team members must be enrolled during the semester/term in which they contribute to the design.
4. Teams are NOT required to have an ASHRAE Student Branch at their university in order to participate.

Awards:

Awards will be presented to the winners of each of the three competitions as follows:

1. First Place: $2,000 plus a representative from the team will receive free transportation, two nights lodging and $100 expenses for attendance at the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Meeting to be held in Orlando where the award will be presented at the ASHRAE Plenary. A
2. Second Place: A representative from the team will receive free transportation, two nights' lodging at the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Meeting to be held in Orlando where the award will be presented at the ASHRAE Student Program. 
3. Third Place: A representative from the team will receive free transportation, two nights lodging at the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Meeting to be held in Orlando where the award will be presented at the ASHRAE Student Program. 
4. Rising Star: A representative from the team will receive free transportation and two nights lodging for attendance at the 2020 ASHRAE Winter Meeting to be held in Orlando where the award will be presented at the ASHRAE Student Program.

Note: A 24 x 36-inch poster is required for display at the ASHRAE Student Program.