2023

• Membership Promotion: Updates
• MP Reference Guide 2023-2024 Society Year [PDF]
• NOTICE: ASHRAE Decarbonizaon Challenge - Society Year 2023-2024
  
• Region XIII Decarbonizaon Challenge Flyer [PDF]
• Details of 2023 Decarbonization Challenge https://www.ashrae.org/COMMUNITIES/YOUNG-ENGINEERS-IN-ASHRAE-YEA/YEA-DECARB-INITIATIVE
• Link to submit applications by 30th November 2023 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaXwLSS_GOKutdQv6QiGL2-AB9ACuHRjMFP4P7pyZ_qPXC-Q/viewform
• Decarbonization Challenge Project Framework [PDF]
  
• Membership Promotion: Updates
• 2023-2024 Membership Promotion International Centralized Training presented in Colombo, Sri Lanka (cohosted with the Region at Large CRC) https://www.ashrae.org/communities/committees/standing-committees/2023-2024-membership-promotion-centralized-training
  
• Saturday, October 7, 2023, Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 20 Aug 2023 (Sun) ASHRAE Region XIII Regional Planning Meeting 1 (RPM-1): Membership Promotion (MP) Plans & Objectives [PDF]
  
• Student Activities: Updates:
• 14 Sep 2023 (Thu) 1:00pm (EST - UTC-04:00) ASHRAE Kick-Off Virtual Round Table (for Student Branch Officers and Advisors)
• https://ashrae.webex.com/ashrae/j.php?MTID=m98ec03f9daff40c77b37285ed3e0cb87
  
• Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
• Meeting number: 2337 564 7794, Password: 7ivDCJGMT82
• 2023 Building EQ (Building Energy Quotient) Competition (Submission deadline: 16 Aug 2023) https://www.ashrae.org/communities/student-zone/competitions/2023-building-eq-building-energy-quotient-competition
• ASHRAE HVAC&R Student Paper Competition https://www.ashrae.org/communities/student-zone/competitions/hvac-r-student-paper-competition
• 2023 HVAC&R Student Paper Competition: First Place, and The 2023 Edition of the HVAC World Student Competition: Third prize (1st prize-REHVA EU, 2nd prize –CAR China) https://www.rehva.eu/news/article/the-2023-edition-of-the-hvac-world-student-competition
  
• Indra Permana, National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT), Taichung, Taiwan, "Performance Investigation of a Novel Positive and Negative Pressurized Operating Room for Infection Control" (Advisor, Fu-Jen Wang, Taiwan Chapter)
• ASHRAE Student Design Competition https://www.ashrae.org/communities/student-zone/competitions/, Design Competition Winners https://www.ashrae.org/communities/student-zone/competitions/design-competition-winners
• 2023 2nd Place (HVAC Design Calculations): The University of Hong Kong
• 2023 3rd Place (The Setty Family Foundation Net Zero Energy Design): Universitas Indonesia - Team 2
• 2023 1st Place (The Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge): Bandung Institute of Technology - Team Detani
• 2023 2nd Place (The Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge): Bandung Institute of Technology - Chicago Perjuangan Team
• Membership Promotion: Updates
• 19 Aug 2023 (Sat) ASHRAE Region XIII CRC 2023: Membership Promotion (MP) Workshop [PDF]
  
• 18 Aug 2023 (Fri) ASHRAE Region XIII CRC 2023: Membership Promotion (MP) Report [PDF]
  
• 2023-2024 Presidential Award of Excellence (PAOE) - Membership Promotion Categories [PDF]
• About Us: Update of 2023-2024 Regional and Chapter Officers
• Newsletter: Region XIII Newsletter 2023 Summer [PDF]
• Events: Updated information:
• Aug 2027 (Sun) Regional Planning Meeting No.1 (RPM-1), Bangkok, Thailand
• Aug 2027 (Fri-Sat) Chapters Regional Conference (CRC), Bangkok, Thailand
• Aug 2026 (Sun) Regional Planning Meeting No.1 (RPM-1), Manila, Philippines
• Aug 2026 (Fri-Sat) Chapters Regional Conference (CRC), Manila, Philippines
• May 2026 (Sat-Sun) Regional Planning Meeting (RPM-2), Bangkok, Thailand
• Aug 2025 (Sun) Regional Planning Meeting No.1 (RPM-1), Seoul, South Korea
• Aug 2025 (Fri-Sat) Chapters Regional Conference (CRC), Seoul, South Korea
• May 2025 (Sat-Sun) Regional Planning Meeting (RPM-2), Manila, Philippines

• Membership Promotion: Updates
• 2023-2024 Membership Promotion International Centralized Training cohosted with the Region at Large CRC (Information will be provided shortly on registering for the International Centralized Training)
  
• Saturday, October 7, 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 19 Aug 2023 (Sat) ASHRAE Region XIII CRC 2023: Membership Promotion (MP) Workshop
• 2023-2024 Membership Promotion Centralized Training presented in Tampa, Florida https://www.ashrae.org/communities/committees/standing-committees/2023-2024-membership-promotion-centralized-training
  
• Sunday, June 25, 2023; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• JW Marriott Tampa Water Street; 510 Water Street, Tampa, FL, 33602
• Register: https://fs12.formsite.com/ashrae/form19/index
• 27-28 May 2023 (Sat-Sun) Regional Planning Meeting (RPM-2), Studio City, Macau (Hybrid Meeting)
• 27 May 2023 (Sat) Membership Promotion (MP) Report [PDF]
  
• 28 May 2023 (Sun) Membership Promotion (MP) Workshop for President-Elect (PE) Training [PDF]
• Chapter Technology Transfer: Updated information.
• DL program from Region XIII (2022-23)
• RXIII Technology Awards Winner – Regional level (2022-23)
• The ASHRAE Society level technology award winners for the past years [PDF]
• Membership Promotion: Updates
• ASHRAE Principal Toolkit 2022-203:
• ASHRAE Membership Flyer [PDF]
• ASHRAE Membership Application [PDF]
• The value of ASHRAE Membership [PDF]
• 2023-2024 Membership Promotion International Centralized Training cohosted with the Region at Large CRC
• Saturday, October 7, 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  
• 2023-2024 Membership Promotion Centralized Training presented in Tampa, Florida
  
• Sunday, June 25, 2023; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• JW Marriott Tampa Water Street; 510 Water Street, Tampa, FL, 33602
• Register: https://fs12.formsite.com/ashrae/form19/index
  
• 27-28 May 2023 (Sat-Sun) Regional Planning Meeting (RPM-2), Studio City, Macau (Hybrid Meeting)
• 28 May 2023 (Sun) Membership Promotion (MP)Workshop for President-Elect (PE) Training
• Student Activities: ASHRAE Undergraduate Program Equipment Grants (previously Undergraduate Senior Project Grant)
  • 2023-2024
  • Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) (Natural Refrigerant Residential Air-Conditioning (RAC) System IOT Integrated Experiment Setup)
  • Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) (The development of Internet of Things-connected laboratory training equipment for evaluating the airflow performance of multi-angle ducting)
• Events: Updated information:
• 31 Jan-4 Feb 2026 (Sat-Wed) ASHRAE Winter Meeting (Hybrid) and AHR Expo, Las Vegas, NV
• 3-4 Nov 2023 (Fri-Sat) 17th Asia Pacific Conference on the Built Environment (APCBE), Connexion Conference & Event Centre – (CCEC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia https://www.ashrae.org.my/apcbe-2023/
• NOTICE: ASHRAE Announces Nominees for 2023-24 Slate of Officers and Directors https://www.ashrae.org/about/news/2023/ashrae-announces-nominees-for-2023-24-slate-of-officers-and-directors
  
• From Region XIII - Vice President: Chandra Sekhar, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE
• Honors and Awards: ASHRAE Fellows from Region XIII:
  
• Hong Kong: Prof. Christopher Chao (2023)
• Honors and Awards: ASHRAE Technology Awards https://www.ashrae.org/membership/honors-and-awards/technology-awards-program
• Category I -- Commercial Buildings - New
• 2023 First Place Winne: Nobuhiro Hirasuga, Shun Kato, Takashi Akimoto, Ph.D., Yu Sakamoto for Shinryo Shinjo Building, Tokyo, Japan
• 2023 Honorable Mention Winner: Ken C.K. Yeung for Kowloon East Regional Headquarters and Operational Base
• 2023 Honorable Mention Winner: Hiroaki Tanaka, Ph.D. for Mizunami Kita Junior High School
• Category I -- Commercial Buildings - Existing Commissioning (EBCx)
• 2023 First Place Winner: Raymond Man Hung Yau, Kwai Ping Lau for Retro-commissioning and digital transformation of CityPlaza Mall
• Student Activities: Updates:
• ASHRAE Student Design Competition https://www.ashrae.org/communities/student-zone/competitions/
  
• 2022 1st Place (HVAC Design Calculations): The University of Hong Kong - Cheung Wan Ki, Chow Sze Wah, Sum Ho Yin and Yung Ho Lam
  
• 2022 1st Place (Integrated Sustainable Building Design): Universitas Indonesia - Bagus Rangin, Edward Mendrofa, Harrys Argaditya, Nadhira Izzatur, Rizki Siregar and Satria Sutan Azhari
  
• 2022 1st Place (The Setty Family Foundation Applied Engineering Challenge): Bandung Institute of Technology - Team Sat-Set - Axel Dawne, Farhan Afdhalul Ihsan, Febricetta Zahraketzia Sarwono, I Made Wiratathya Putramas, Joel Fredericko Sumbowo and Kanita Prameswari
• Newsletter: Region XIII Newsletter 2022 Winter [PDF]
• Chapter Technology Transfer: Updated information.
  

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