ASHRAE has accepted a paper by R. V. Simha, ASHRAE and ISHRAE Fellow, for presentation at its conference on ‘Efficient, High Performance Buildings for Developing Economies’ at Manila, the Philippines on April 24-25. The paper entitled Adaptive Approach and Low Emission Comfort Cooling Systems as Alternatives to Main Stream HVAC will be presented personally by Simha. Simha frequently speaks and writes on energy-related issues, alternatives to AC systems, IAQ, comfort, sustainability, Green Buildings and passive cooling on ISHRAE and ASHRAE platforms. His articles on these topics are published regularly in the Journal.