Updates from ASC Myanmar Section

ASHRAE Myanmar Section: a vehicle for positive change in the Myanmar engineering community

As Myanmar embrace the world in its opening since political reform in 2012-2013 and its first election in 2015, many unprecedented changes have been occurring in Myanmar. Its landscape is now marked with new high rising buildings and shopping malls, with many projects are in the pipe line for both commercial and industrial estates, and new players venturing in to ride on this wave.

Our historic moment was highlighted when we had our first EXCO elected on 08th Sept 2019, at DNSY building as our official registered address.

The honourable exco members are:

  • President: Mr Shwe Yu Kyaw
  • Vice President: Mr Khin Muang Lin
  • Secretary: Mr Ye Linn
  • Treasurer: Mr Soe Naing Win
  • Student chair: Mr Tin Oo
History Myanmar

Stepping forward, our goals are:

  • We will promote HVAC as just not an afterthought for building systems by many owners, but as a significant part of the design process and a great area to look into for energy efficiency and long-term cost savings opportunities.
  • We aim to be a credible resource for HVAC in Myanmar by providing resources such as informational seminars, access to relevant technical literature (e.g. standards, guidelines, research reports, conference proceedings), and discussion forums. Uniquely, we can increase our audience visibility by translating information into Burmese and holding events in both English and Burmese.
  • We will promote the art of HVAC in Myanmar by means such as introducing local university students to the numerous opportunities in the field and promoting ASHRAE membership with youth activities such as YEA, thus helping to grow the future HVAC community. In the same vein, we hope to strongly connect the existing community by creating many networking opportunities via ASHRAE Myanmar. We can also promote/announce ASHRAE opportunities such as international conferences and youth scholarships.

In light of recent circumstances, HVAC as a general public health and safety issue in Myanmar is also a growing point of discussion. ASHRAE Myanmar could contribute positively to the conversation. Our next up coming plan is to host several on line webinars via ZOOM or similar platform such as Go-to-meeting.

We might acknowledge that this is an inherently difficult endeavor for many reasons, but one that is worth pursuing anyway. We should also express our gratitude to ASHRAE Singapore for their generous support along the way.