1. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is looking for buildings owners that are interested in having their buildings tested for air tightness. ASHRAE needs participants in their research project, "Measuring Air-Tightness of Mid and High-Rise Non-Residential Buildings."

24-36 buildings need to be tested for whole building air tightness over the next two years. The project is not necessarily targeting air tight buildings. ASHRAE is also interested in buildings with a continuous air barrier design.

Buildings must be:

• Mid-rise to high-rise commercial non-residential buildings, four or more stories tall.
• Constructed during or after the year 2000.
• Selected group must include buildings distributed in climate zones 2-7 of the IECC Climate Zone Map. (San Antonio is in climate zone 4)
• Selected group must include at least 5 sustainable buildings. (LEED Silver rating or better, Energy Star rated)

Testing would take 2 days. One day of building preparation and one day of testing and restoration to prior condition. This can be on a weekend, if necessary. The building should be unoccupied during testing. NO COST TO OWNER, except providing access help to all spaces including mechanical equipment.

If you are interested in having your building tested, please contact George Blackburn at gblackburn@sunited.com.

ASHRAE is interested in what is going on in the real world and advances in technology to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world.

For more information regarding the research project or for the IECC Climate Zone Map; please visit http://www.ashrae.org.

2. If you are interested in the status of the soon to be amended plumbing and fuel gas codes; you may want to attend the Code Review Committee's meeting on August 11, 2009 at 9:00 AM at The City of San Antonio's Planning & Development Services Department Board Room.

1901 S. Alamo
San Antonio, TX 78204
210) 207-1111

The Committee will also be reviewing the 2009 International Residential Code, 2009 International Building Code, and the 2009 International Existing Building Code.

To view the latest versions of amendments to these codes, please visit http://www.sanantonio.gov/dsd/index.asp.

A public hearing regarding these codes and amendments will take place on August 24, 2009 at 9:00 AM at the above location.