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The ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) offers a wide range of professional development seminars and short courses. ALI seminars/courses provide high-quality, authoritative and credible technical information, with all content developed through ALI’s peer-review process. ALI instructors are ASHRAE members, college or university faculty, and/or full-time professional engineers. As a result, each

ASHRAE certification programs were founded to meet industry need as identified through market research and today provide value to many important stakeholders. Developed by subject matter experts, including those recruited from allied professional organizations, ASHRAE certification programs benchmark with the ANSI/ISO accreditation standards for personnel certification programs to help ensure

On April 1, 2016, an amendment to the The Buildings and Mobile Homes Act (C.S.S.M. c. B93) pertaining to the Manitoba Building Code comes into effect. There are a number of changes that impact the building envelope, HVAC and plumbing industries including NBC section 9.36. The amendment can be found

Red River College is holding two-days of training on using THERM and WINDOW software for calculating thermal performance on April 6 and 7. Please see below for more information and the registration form.

Our friends at Manitoba Hydro are conducting a workshop on geothermal design. The information is attached. If you need more information, Lindsay Maitland from Manitoba Hydro will be able to answer your questions. Her contact info is on the document.

CanPHI is holding a Passive House Design and Construction course which will provide you with the fundamental knowledge to set you on the path to design and build compliant Passive House buildings, meaning an 80 – 90% reduction in annual heating and cooling energy, and reduced mechanical systems. Training material

The Manitoba Energy Code for Buildings 2011 (MECB) will be enforced beginning December 1, 2014. Red River College is providing focused training to the AEC industry. This code will affect the way our buildings are designed and constructed. Design professionals and contractors alike will need to know how this will

I’m pleased to advise that Vasilis Schindle, an incoming freshman at the University of Manitoba, was selected by the ASHRAE Scholarship Trustees at the Society’s 2014 Annual Conference to receive one of the Society’s High School Senior Scholarships for the 2014-2015 academic year. This is a one-year scholarship in the