Webinar: Flexible Building Code Framework for Emerging Economies

The ASHRAE Center of Excellence for Building Decarbonization (CEBD) is launching a global project to develop a flexible building code framework for emerging economy countries.  Eighty-two percent of population growth through 2030 is expected in emerging economies, where many countries lack mandatory energy codes. This project seeks to streamline the development and adoption of consensus-based national/subnational model building codes, supporting tools, and training through the development of a building energy/carbon code needs and capabilities assessment tool as well as expert guidance for multi-stakeholder collaboration.  This seminar will summarize the current state of global building energy code adoption, discuss key design and implementation elements of the proposed flexible building code framework, and review a successful case study of national/subnational building code collaboration in Colombia.  The session will close with a discussion on how ASHRAE members around the world can contribute to this project activity and its pilot implementation in target countries.

Speaker Bio:

Clay Nesler leads the Nesler Group, which he founded after four decades at Johnson Controls in senior global leadership positions in research, product development, sustainability, and regulatory affairs.  He has served on the IEA industry advisory board, GSA Green Building Advisory Committee, ASHRAE Center of Excellence in Building Decarbonization and TFBD ExCom, and as Interim President of the Alliance to Save Energy.  He is a co-inventor on 16 patents and received a Distinguished Alumnus award from the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a USGBC leadership award, a R&D100 award and a ACEEE Champions of Energy Efficiency in Buildings Lifetime Achievement Award.