The 2025 ASHRAE Winter Conference brought together HVAC&R industry leaders, experts and professionals for an engaging and impactful event focused on key topics such as artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and workforce development.
Taking place Feb. 8-12 in Orlando, Florida, the conference attracted close to 3,800 attendees and featured more than 400 committee meetings, 111 technical sessions and numerous networking and social events. Running concurrently, the AHR Expo occupied the Orange County Convention Center, hosting more than 1,800 exhibitors, showcasing the latest HVAC&R technologies, products and services to an estimated 50,000 attendees over three days.
In his State of the Society Address, 2024-25 ASHRAE President Dennis Knight provided updates on the Society Year theme: Empowering Our Workforce: Building a Sustainable Future.
Knight highlighted progress on key initiatives, including a newly released workforce development roadmap, which outlines strategies for attracting, engaging and retaining talent to the HVAC&R industry.
Knight’s full State of the Society address manuscript and presentation can be found at ashrae.org/president.
Among the most well-attended in-person conference sessions were:
- Seminar 13: Low and ultra-low GWP refrigerants and equipment to comply with current and future decarbonization efforts
- Seminar 8: Earth, heat and ice: Expanding the effectiveness of geothermal systems using ice storage
- Seminar 42: The wonderful world of dedicated outdoor air systems and energy recovery equipment
- Seminar 25: Energy storage solutions to enhance building and grid resilience
- Seminar 11: Advances in AI technologies for the buildings industry
The most popular livestreamed session was Seminar 36: LIVESTREAM: Interdisciplinary dimensions of occupant behavior, indoor environmental quality for building health.
The 2025 ASHRAE Annual Conference will take place June 21-25 in Phoenix, Arizona. The 2026 Winter Conference will take place Jan. 31-Feb. 4 and the AHR Expo, Feb. 2-4 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
