ASHRAE Developing Economies Conference

This is the third edition of its successful format of Developing Economies Conference by ASHRAE.

“The reach is enhanced to include entire Global South economies as they face similar challenges in expanding infrastructure in cost effective manner,” said Ashish Rakheja, conference chair. “Post-COVID, the importance of healthcare and the current pressing environment needs of carbon footprint reduction are the focus area for 2023 conference. The last two editions have demonstrated the benefit of this Conference wherein it offers a two-way learning street for both Developed and Emerging economies and provides an opportunity to the global HVAC&R community to come together to network, learn and evolve their offerings in making the world a better place,” he said. The conference will have keynotes, presentations and panel discussions on current topics and technology demonstrations.

The conference theme is “Decarbonizing and Sustaining Growth of Healthcare and Residential Infrastructure in Emerging and Future Markets.”

The conference shall focus on aspects relating to Resiliency, IEQ, Decarbonization, Policies, Digitalization and other tracks. The conference will also address challenges like rapidly growing energy demand, epidemic effects, fast-paced advancements, urbanization, sustainability and the role to be played by the Global HVAC&R industry to meet the decarbonization targets set during CoP 26.

The conference provides the opportunity to bring together people from diverse cultures and climates to deliberate on various aspects of building design, operation & maintenance that is responsive to local needs and utilize traditional construction practices. The focus shall be application of latest technologies to achieve cost-effective solutions for high performance buildings in emerging economies.