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Dear Fellow members,

Hope you all are doing well!

We all have lived through the changes and challenges associated with Covid-19.It’s been over a year since we
have adopted to the new normal. ASHRAE Chandigarh Chapter has seamlessly catered to the members through
the knowledge transfer and insights to fight the battle against the covid-19. The digital platforms have created
the world a small place and helped the members with the new developments and researches happening in the
field of built environment across borders. ASHRAE Chandigarh Chapter has been the frontrunner in promoting
sustainability and the importance of appropriate ventilation systems indoor air quality through bimonthly
programs for professionals and several student specific programs and competitions.

At the onset of the new society year, I acknowledge the unwavering support and trust of our valued partners. We
look forward for great participation of all the members, which has helped us grow step by step. The newsletter
has been a catalyst in promoting several brands, who have partnered with us throughout the society year.

I wish each one of you safe and healthy days ahead.

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demand and simultaneously use of renewable energy to run

the operations of a building. During the last few years, the
concept of net zero energy building gained wide international
attention and likely to be the future acceptable design of the
buildings. The performance-based net zero energy building
design depends upon the climatic conditions, topography and
exact location of the building.

Various studies reveals that there are mainly three broad

design strategies for net zero energy building. First one
is passive design strategy consisting building envelope,
orientation, day lighting, wall, roof and fenestration.
Second is active design strategy involving energy efficiency
technologies for HVAC, lighting, controls, appliances and
equipment. Third is renewable energy generation through
on site solar photovoltaic, wind turbine and biomass power
generation. The main components to design net zero energy

Dr. Balkar Singh building are given Fig.1. Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) is
defined as a highly energy efficient building which on annual
Advisor (Energy Efficiency) basis consumes as much energy as it produces energy at site
GAC ASHRAE Chd Chapter using renewable energy sources. This building first minimizes
energy demand by integrating energy efficient technologies
and then meet its remaining energy demand through utilizing

Strategies to Design renewable energy sources.

Net Zero Energy Building There is need to create building design competitions based on
the higher energy performance, sustainability and to maintain
comfortable environment for the users. It will push Architects
Now-a-days, Buildings are expected to be designed to meet
and building design professionals towards net zero energy
higher energy performance, sustainability to enjoy healthy
building concept. They can use passive, active and renewable
and comfortable environment for the occupants. With the
energy strategies to meet net zero energy balance in the
growing public awareness of environment issues, the energy
design. The government policies may be drafted on the basis
efficient design concept for construction of building is being
of net zero energy building concept for fixing limits in building
accepted to reduce day to day energy demand of the building.
bye-laws for maximum level of energy consumption and
In this scenario, Net Zero Energy Building (NZEB) design is one
installation of mandatory renewable energy systems within
of the solutions to combat global warming by reducing energy
boundary of the building.

Net Zero Energy

Building

Passive Design Renewable Energy

Active Design Strategy
Strategy Generation

Orientation HVAC, Lighting Solar Power Plant

Envelope: Wall, Roof, Hot Water, Appliances Wind Turbine
Fenestration, Daylighting Equipments Biomass Power

Fig. 1 Main components to design NZEB

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Homagni Deka
(ASHRAE Membership ID - 8424766)
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
Indoor Air Quality and
Ventilation
The process of moving air from one space to an entirely
separate space is known as Ventilation. It is a matter of
air volume inside a closed space. Ventilated air does not
necessarily have to be conditioned, it may be supplied to or
removed from the spaces by natural or mechanical means.
A proper ventilated space will be free from stale, warm air
in the interior along with the flow of fresh cool air from the
exteriors. It will reduce or eliminate odors, remove excess
moisture content, and lower humidity levels. It will supply air
for combustion appliances, etc.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) refers to the indoor air, how it
affects the health, activities, and comfort of the people inside
a closed space. Good IAQ can be maintained by controlling
the source of pollutants, using filters and by diluting the
contaminants and pollutants. Amount of ventilation required
depends on the number of occupants, their lifestyle as
well as the design of the structure. Few standards such as
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2004, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard
62.2-2004, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2007, are used for
ventilation. Ventilation is divided into two types: Natural
ventilation and Forced ventilation. The former uses openings
or vents in the roofs and walls for air to escape whereas the
latter uses mechanically operated devices such as exhaust
fans, attic fans, etc for the air to escape. In natural ventilation,
two natural causes, namely Induction effect and Thermal
effect are considered. The inductive effect is due to the
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action of wind force, whereas the thermal effect is due to the
difference in temperature inside and outside a structure or
space. The air movement may be caused by either of these
forces acting alone or by a combination of the two, depending
on atmospheric conditions, building and structure design, and
location.
Roof ventilators are used to provide weatherproof outlet to
let the hot air escape from the building during summer and
moist air during winter. They are of various types such as
Stationary head, Revolving head, Turbine, Ridge and Siphonage
ventilators. The stationary head ventilators are efficient
gravity ventilators with no moving parts and quiet operation
whereas revolving head ventilators swings on a pivot aided
by a wind vane. Ridge ventilators consist of a valve at the top
which lets the warm air out. It is installed along the entire
roof ridge of the space. Siphonage ventilators are stationary
unit with an auxiliary air passageway. It works under siphon
action by drawing the air upwards. Whilst all the ventilators
serve the same purpose, the Turbine ventilators are the most
effective of all the ventilators. A turbine ventilator provides
a form of natural ventilation by moving air continuously and
causing trapped, stale air to be replaced with cleaner, cool air
from outside.
The turbine is a free-spinning roof ventilator, which uses a
combination of wind energy and convection to facilitate air
changes. The wind rotates this head, the blades draw the air
up the shaft and exhausting it through the blade opening.
The turbine ventilator functions as a natural ventilator when
there is a difference in thermal or wind pressure between
the inside and outside of the building, which forces the air
to move through the opening of the ventilator. It also acts as
a forced ventilator when the turbine rotates, which causes
a negative pressure (vacuum) within the building. Cooler air
from outside will rush into the vacuum within the building to
restore the air pressure balance.

The ventilators have components such as a Base, Trough, Neck,
Airshaft which is the passageway from the roof to the top and
Dampers. A damper is a valve or plate that stops or regulates
the flow of air inside a duct, chimney, air handler, or other air-
handling equipment. Some dampers can be controlled only by
hand chain, others maybe remotely operated by using damper
control motors. The principal types of dampers are: Louver,
Single Sleeve, Fire-retarding cone, Single butterfly, etc.
In Domestic ventilation, we come across two terms namely
Infiltration and Air-Leakage. It is the movement of air in and
out of the building via cracks and gaps in the building structure.
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Air movement is driven by natural forces such as wind pressure
and differences between inside and outside temperatures.
Unfortunately, infiltration is uncontrollable and, in windy
conditions, can lead to excessive ventilation rates resulting
in draughts and high ventilation heat losses. If ventilation is
inadequate and more air is exhausted from the house than
can be drawn in through natural ventilation, it will result in
depressurization. Depressurization causes toxic combustion
gases to be released through cracks or poorly connected
ducts in the heating and cooling system. It is important that a
balance be maintained between air being exhausted and air
being drawn into the house.
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Several ASHRAE members, including members of the Epidemic
Task Force and Board of Directors, are part of a team of
scientists and engineers that co-authored an article published
in the journal Science titled A Paradigm Shift to Combat Indoor
Respiratory Infection. In it they suggest the rapid growth in
our understanding of the mechanisms behind respiratory
infection transmission should drive a paradigm shift in how
we view and address the transmission of respiratory infections
to protect against unnecessary suffering and economic
losses. They note that there is a great disparity in the way
governments address different sources of environmental
infection. What is acceptable for risk of airborne disease
transmission is unacceptable for food and water. They argue
that the means exist to greatly reduce indoor airborne
transmission through changes to requirements for ventilation,
filtration, air treatment, and indoor air quality monitoring and
call on ASHRAE and other standards writing bodies to consider
infection risk explicitly going forward. To read the full article
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By
Himanshu Sharma
Pandemic
& Bioterrorism
The Unlawful use of Microbes or Toxins to harm Human Being,
Animal or Plants also present in ancient History. This act is
majorly to create fear among the government & Societies.
Virus can be a very lethal and easy source to create epidemic.
A person could aspirate a virus easily on an Air Movement and
can be easily spread by a spray bottle. No one in initial stage
will know until the few days after travelled and spread virus.
This is how widespread happens.
JULY 2021
CDC Created Category A, B & C list:
Category A - Ease of dissemination.
Category B-Potential for Public Health Impact.
Category C- Potential for Public Panic and Social Disruption.
Solution is only to kill / Contain the virus at the source and
before it is getting to transmit in the society or from one
person to another. The Problem is How do you do that?
There are Multiple Technologies which work on passive system
to contain the Microbes but with containment we need to Kill
the same. Some Active technologies also commit the kill rate
of the different virus by different Oxidation process. Bleach
(Sodium Hypochlorite), Surgical Spirit, 70% Ethanol based
sanitizers are very good technologies for Surface Cleaning.
Air Ventilation is also very important as infected person can
produce thousands of tiny droplets which contain virus every
time they cough. So, Mask LM99 Grade, N95, N99 Grade etc.
is very important for patient more than the Normal person
(noninfected person) to avoid the spread.
In Air Conditioning AOPR Rating Particulate & Chemically
dosed filters can be a good prevention against the Outbreak
with Oxidation technology. However, without taking the step
or research we can’t fight with this terror. This is a very serious
issue which need to be tackled jointly.
Thought: “Now We should refuse to Remain Idle when
Modern Technology might be turned against us”
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Activities
Summary Report
Date Topics Speakers

20/02/2021 Vibrations and Acoustic for MEP Services Mr. Bassel Anbari

Unveiling the future of the air distribution

13/03/2021 system with art & Science of a fabrics ducting Mr. Ulhas Vatpal
solution.

10/04/2021 Current Trends in Room Air Distribution Mr. Krishan Visawanath

22/04/2021 Process of Chandigarh Dr. Tom Avermaete

Mr. Vikram Murthy,

08/05/2021 All About ASHRAE Mr. Hassan Younes and
Mr. Ashu Gupta

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