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Enhancing student understanding of HVAC&R system design and sciences through competition.

 

2026 HVAC&R Student Paper Competition

The competition is aimed at students working on their Bachelor and Master’s degree who are members of ASHRAE. A key component of the requirements is the preparation of a paper that is based on an accepted BS or MS thesis. 

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2027 Design Competition

A university in Taipei, Taiwan is looking to retrofit a hotel into a live and learn community. The goal of this project is to transform an existing facility into a center that provides spaces for students to dorm, network, study, and learn. This phase of the project will focus on the 7th- roof levels only. 

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2027 Applied Engineering Challenge

The 2027 Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge (AEC) centers on designing an HVAC system for an early outpost lunar base. With the successful mission of the Artemis II, the possibility of lunar exploration and habitation is in the near future. Engineers and scientists have already begun conceptualizing building a base on the moon. 

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2027 Building EQ (Building Energy Quotient) Competition

The Student Activities Committee and Building EQ Committee have collaborated to create a new Building EQ competition. Students will have the opportunity to evaluate and audit building energy consumption for buildings in operation to give the building a Building EQ score using the ASHRAE Building EQ online tools. 

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2026-27 ASHRAE High School Student Competition

The High School Design Competition is for students 13-18 years of age and provides the opportunity to take the first steps in designing a building’s HVAC system. This competition will expose high school students to the process that designers and engineers go through when designing building systems. 

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Solar Decathlon

The Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition that challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. The combined competition features two tracks, the Design Challenge and the Build Challenge. 

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