Canadian researchers were commended for their papers on temperatures trends and designing for net-zero energy at the recent ASHRAE Society annual conference. Three Canadians also received distinguished service awards, while Robert Craddock of Regina was additionally recognized for his efforts to promote ASHRAE related technical issues at the provincial and local government levels.

Co-authors Didier Thevenard and Mark Shephard won the Crosby Field Award for their paper, Temperature Trends for Locations Listed in the Tables of Climatic Design Conditions in the 2013 ASHRAE Handbook – Fundamentals, which was judged the best  paper presented to the ASHRAE Society. Thevenard is an engineer and system data manager with Canadian Solar in Guelph, Ontario. Shephard is a physical scientist with Environment Canada in Toronto.

Scott Bucking, Andreas Athienitis and Radu Zmeureanu are the authors of Multi-Objective Optimal Design at a Near Net Zero Energy Solar House, acknowledged as one of the four Technical Paper Award winners for best papers presented at an ASHRAE Society conference. Bucking is a postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University’s department of mechanical engineering in Hamilton; Athienitis and Zmeureanu are engineers and professors at Concordia University in Montreal.

This year’s conference honoured 49 members from countries around the world for distinguished service, including: Douglas Cochrane engineering sales manager with Carrier Enterprise Canada in Mississauga, Ontario; Robert Craddock, managing director of Inland Metal in Regina; and Norman Grusnick, commercial products manager of Ecco Supply in Burnaby, B.C.