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Silicon Valley Chapter 39 www.afe39.org Nov-Dec 2013 $6 plus S&H

FACILITIES ENGINEERING®Silicon Valley Chapter Mission Statement: To strengthen and grow the Silicon Valley Facilities community, by providing cutting-edge educational events, professional certification, training, and a network of industry professionals to promote and enhance the careers of our members.

January Event: Lunch & Learn:New Title 24 – Data Center MonitoringCyberswitching solutions to the 2014 code updates: •Plugloadandcontrol•Demandresponse•Loadseparation,monitoring,andreporting•Prioritydrivenelectricalarchitectures•PowerSecurityandreliability•Futuresmartbuildingapplications

Foradditionalinformationonthe2014Lunch&LearnProgram,turntopage5.

AFE Silicon Valley Chapter

Lunch & Learn Title 24 Data Center MonitoringThurs., January 23 11:30 am– 1:30 pm

Location: Kyoto Palace Restaurant1875 S Bascom Ave, Campbell, CA 95008

Cost:$25 AFE Members; $35 Non-Members

To Register:http://afesiliconvalley.eventbright.com

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Marrying Mechanical Systems & ControlsPart: 1 Identifying points-of-failure in your next project By: ZachDenning

Whenitcomestoimplementingabuildingautoma-tion system (BAS) thedifferencebetweenanewlyconstructedandrenovatedfacilityvastlydiffer.Con-trolscontractorstraditionallychoosedifferentpathsfor upgrading the DDC in a renovation scenarioas outlined in the articleDDC Integrations –TheEndUserManual.Yet,foranewconstruction,installstrategiesbecomemoregeneralizedbetweencon-trolscontractors.Sowhatcanyouexpectforyourbuilding?What are the pitfalls of typical automa-tion installations foranewfacility?Aretherewaysto identifyandreducepoints-of-failurewithinyourconstructionproject?AtthetimeDDCsystemsfirstdebuted in the world of building automation theywere bulky, sophisticated, and a world apart fromtheir pneumatic counterpart. Large companies likeHoneywellandJohnsonControlsadaptedDDCintotheirautomationportfolioandwenttoworksimpli-fying thehardware and software to reduceopera-tional costs associatedwith theirproducts.DuringthefirstdecadeoftheDDCphenomenon,controlscontractorswereintroducedtosystemsthatrangedinsizeandcomplexity;Dealingwitheverythingfromcomplicated DOS based line-by-line programmingtowhatmanyidentifynowas“visualprogramming.

Sowhatarethedifferenceswithsystemsnowaftermorethantwodecadesofdevelopment?Mostpopu-larBASsystemsfoundinthemarkettodayshareonecommonsimilarity:Theyaresimpletoinstallinanewbuilding.IfDDCissimpletoinstall,it’salsolikelytobesimpleforanendusertounderstandandpossiblyreplace;An invaluable tool allowinganenduser toalleviatecontractorreliabilityintheirfacility.Becausemostpopularcontrolsystemsaregenerallystraight-forwardandrobust,controlscontractorsadoptthesimilarstrategieswhenconsideringinstallationpaths.SoifDDCmanufacturershaveoptimizedthehard-ware to decrease installation issues, where can aprojectfail?

ThemostcommonmisinterpretationofBASinanewfacility is thatproblemsarisebecauseof theDDChardware.Granted,someinstallssufferfromunfore-seenfactoryfailures,butmostcontrollersarefacto-rytestedtoalleviatehardwarecomplications.There-fore, in many of the new automation installations,problems are formed not by the controls systemsthemselves but by the installing contractor. Maybethesystemwaswiredincorrectlyorcontrollerswere

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From the President’s Desk

Word of Thanks to AllByRaffyEspirituFMP,President,AFESiliconValley

My focus for this final issue of the Newsletter is to give thanks and recognition to the brave men and women of the chapter who made it all possible to achieve what we have accomplished this year. Bob Dills – the one respon-sible for introducing AFE to me and expanding my limited world view of facility engineer-ing. My horizon broadened with a deeper understanding of the built environment with continu-ing education and exposure to peers, friends, practitioners and subject experts in the facility profession;

Bob Adamo – for being an able mentor who provided me the inspiration to take a leader-ship role in the chapter;

Stan Nakaso – for his infec-tious passion and devotion to uplift the role that students and young professionals play in the facility engineering profession. I am very proud to announce that Stan will be our President for 2014. I do not know where he gets his boundless energy;

Carole Lucido – for her total commitment to the success of the chapter driving very effec-tively the website and Newslet-ter Programs of the chapter re-sulting in three AFE Awards for Excellence in Newsletter pub-lishing over the past seven years. Carole made my work for AFE a very enjoyable experience with her selfless support all the way;

Alex Mandrusov – for cham-pioning the Lunch & Learns and Meetings and Tours, and helping attract new members to the

chapter. Alex is facility engineer par excellence! He will be VP for Education in 2014;

Steve Woods – for providing effective leadership in the chap-ter’s membership development program. Steve articulates the value of AFE like no other can. He will be VP for Membership in 2014.

Jen Farmer - for providing no-table logistical support and ar-ranging for prominent venues and event sponsorships in sup-port of the chapter’s education programs. Nobody beats Jen’s enthusiasm and expansive con-tacts in the industry;

Kim Tamayo – for working feverishly with Jen and Alex es-pecially during times of stress in providing effective logistical sup-port;

Jim Elder – for staying active even while being away attend-ing to his health and family mat-ters. I consider him the spiritual counselor of the chapter, always ready to lend a helping hand even during times of distress in his own garden;

Michael Bordoni – for his pru-dent guidance in managing the chapter’s resources and being the perennial Golf Chair who brings in more funds and fun to the chapter and our members;

Michael Bukay – for produc-ing a number of amazing videos documenting the benefits accru-ing the members delivered gra-tis et amore. I hope the chapter can reciprocate your tireless contributions sometime in the future;

Linda Fung – for her exem-plary secretarial services which never wavered despite her chal-

lenging work load for Impec Group;

Thanks to you all and the mem-bers of the chapter for your active participation and sup-port. I am deeply honored and humbled to have served as your President for this year.

2014 holds a lot of promise for expanded services to our members under the leadership of Stan Nakaso and the support of our two VPs, Alex Mandrusov and Steve Woods and the en-hanced team of fresh leaders and volunteers that include Mi-chael Bordoni, Jen Farmer, Kim Tamayo, Mark Chellino, Sean Collin, Pat Hallett, Sean Colin, Elliot Tham, Terry Garvey, Wal-ter Atkins and Drew Felker.

Happy New Year to All!

Raffy Espiritu, AFE Silicon Valley Chapter President, is also President and CEO of the Impec Group in Santa Clara, 408-330-9350, [email protected]

In this issueJanuaryEvent. . . . . . . . . . . .1

MarryingMechanicalSystems& Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

MessagefromPresident. . .2

Code Corner . . . . . . . . . . .3

HolidayParty. . . . . . . . . . . .4

WelcomeMarkChellino. . .5

Lunch&LearnCalendar. . .5

Farewell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

SponsorshipOpportunities 9

GraduateCertificateinFacilityMaintenance&Ops ......................10

JobOpportunity. . . . . . . .11

AFEBoard. . . . . . . . . . . . .13

EventCalendar. . . . . . . . .15

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Volunteers!If you would like to get involved with the AFE, there are always small tasks available. Turn to page 13 and contact one of the board members.

Reinhard’s Code Corner #101

Happy New Code Year!The New Year is upon us. The state of California has blessed us with the official first day of enforcement. As of January 1, all drawings, plans and documents must reflect the many changes in the 2013 series of California codes.

Several of the Codes such as the Energy Code have been de-layed until the 1st of July for enforcement. They will need up-dates to be consistent with the family of California codes. The office of the state fire marshal is actively working on a complete harmonization.

The 2013 Building, Fire, Mechanical and Plumbing Codes are available for purchase only in hard copy at this point, so con-tact the International Code Council at www.iccsafe.org and get your order in.

Carole Lucido will be stepping down as our AFE Silicon Val-ley Chapter newsletter editor with the closing of 2013. She has done a competent and passionate job putting together this journal. Thank you, Carole.

We have a few good questions closing out 2013:

Question #1: I have an F-1 Occupancy that uses flammable liquids under the allowable quantity. We have a need to pressurize a small line for the purpose of filtration. We will need to exceed the 15 psi barrier which has always served as a boundary between an H-3 and the onerous H-2 Occupancy. Where exactly do we stand?

The question you have is valid. Prior to 2003 the mere act of pressurizing a pipeline to over 15 PSIG, while transport-ing a flammable liquid, would automatically boost you to an H-2 High Hazard Occupancy independent of volume. In the 2013 Codes, the simple act of pressurizing a pipeline does not, by itself, drive you to any H Occupancy. If you remain under the allowable quantity you can continue as a Type F-1 Occupancy.

Question #2: We are scrambling to get our TIs submitted to the city before this year is over. My question is: if we success-fully submit the plans this year (2013) and fall under the 2010 Codes, can we modify the drawings next year and still follow the 2010 Codes?

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You are posing a very good question. If the plans are re-ceived by a jurisdiction and stamped as received before January 1, 2014, the 2010 fam-ily of codes apply. If there are some minor modifications made to those submitted drawings, they can all be done to the 2010 Codes.

If however the modification substantially changes and a re-submission is required, then the drawings must be resubmitted in accordance with the 2013 codes. Cities have no option on this issue.

If you have a question on the code, send it to:

Reinhard Hanselka, PE, REA CRB Consulting Engineers75 East Santa Clara St. Suite 350San Jose, CA 95113


A Casual Holiday EventDecember 11, 2013

TherewasagreatturnoutfortheAFESili-conValleyholidaypartyonDecember11.

In addition to a greatmeal, and network-ingwithinterestingpeoplefromtheworldoffacilitymanagementandmaintenance,at-tendeesalsogotachancetoplayBoccé–manyforthefirsttime!

OutgoingAFEChapter PresidentRaffy Es-pirituadministeredtheoathofofficetothenewincomingboard,includingStanNakasoas newChapter President for 2014. For aphotoofthenewBoard,turntopage13.

Stan has big plans for the chapter and islooking forward to another outstandingyear.


WelcomeMarkChellinototheboardofAFESiliconValleyChap-ter39.MarkisaSeniorStaffEn-gineer for a fortune 100Com-panyinSantaClara.

Mark will assist Education Chair AlexMandrusovplanandimple-menttheLunch&Learneventsfor2014.Thetwohavealreadyassembled an impressive calen-darofinterestingtopics.

BackgroundMark started his career as an electrician working in facility

maintenance. He worked for aleadingcomputermanufacturingfacilityinFremontuntilthefacil-ity relocated to ElkGrove, andthen in the semiconductor in-dustryfor15years.CurrentlyasSeniorStaffEngineerandBuild-ing Manager he is responsible for critical infrastructures hereinSantaClaraforaleaderinthetelecommunicationsbusiness.

Mark joined AFE SiliconValleyabouttwoyearsago.PastPresi-dentBobAdamoreachedouttohim when their paths crossed

betweenAFEandIEEEmeetings.He also has worked with anoth-erpastpresidentofthechapter,Andy Taylor of Applied PowerTechnologies.

“TheAFE Lunch & Learns arevenues where everyone canshare ideas, experiences andnetworkwithpeers.“

AtentativescheduleofLunch&Learneventsfor2014isshownbelow.Please note these topics, dates and times have not yet been confirmed.

Welcome New Board Member Mark Chellino

AFE Chapter 39 Silicon Valley 2014 Lunch & Learns

Month Topic Presenter Location

Jan.23 NewTitle24 CHReynolds KyotoPalace DataCenterMonitoring Restaurant,Campbell

Feb.27 EmergencyPreparedness QuakeHOLD! AreYouReady? Industrial,Inc. TBD

Mar.27 LightingandControls ElectricalDistributors TBD

Apr.24 ProgressinHVACDesign UMI TBD

May22 CoolingTowerTreatmentMethods (All You Need is a Water Softener) WaterTech TBD

June26 SanJoseEarthquakesTour Devcon SJEarthquakesStadium

July24 EVChargers ElectricalDistributors TBD

Aug.28 PowerMonitoring–DoINeed AllThatMonitoring? PowerCET TBD

Sep.25 BuildingIntelligenceSystems DGLogik TBD

Oct.23 BuildingCommissioning TaylorEngineering TBD

PleaseNote:Thisschedulehasnotbeenconfirmed,

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Farewellby Carole Lucido, Communications Chair, (925) 947-6080 [email protected]

AfterservingontheAFEBoardforsevenyears,Ihavedecidedtopassthebatontoaneweditor.ItwasmypleasuretoserveunderthedirectionofthreeAFEBoardPresidentsAndyTaylor,(2007-2010)BobAdamo(2011-2012)andRaffyEspiritu(2013).Iinterviewedmembersandwrotestoriesof how theAFEbenefitted their careers, helpedpromote some fabulous events, and trainingop-portunities,andhelpedthechaptergrowtowintheAFE’sOutstandingChapterin2012.

ItwasapleasuretoworkwithAFEboardmem-bersandmembersatDaywithaFacilityProfes-sional, at the GolfTournaments, as well as themonthlyeducationaleventsandtours.Imetsomeoutstandingfacilityleadersandlearnedquitealotfromthem.

Oneofthechapter’sannualhighlightsisDaywithaFacilityProfessional,comingupthisyearonFeb-ruary 28 at Juniper Networks.This event pairsengineeringstudentswithfacilityprofessionals.Itincludeslunch,dinnerandaboutfourhoursofjobshadowing.Now in its52ndyear, ithasbecome

legendarytosomeandsurprisinglyunknowntoothers.Iurgeyoutoparticipatethisyear.Forme,themostmemorableDWFPwasin2007inwhichthefounderoftheevent,EricBergtraun participated and shared the story ofhislifeandcareerwithme.HetrulyvaluedtheAFE SiliconValley Chapter. He believedthat it helped him build his career and hispathway to success and he wanted to share it withothersintheprofession.

Mydecisiontoleavetheboardwillallowmeto refocusonmybusinesswhich is provid-ingmarketing and communications servicesto engineering and technical businesses. IfIcanhelpyouwithyournewsletters,brochures,website,e-mailmarketing,tradeshowbooths,oranyothermarketingproject,Iwelcomeyourcall.

Thank you for the privelege of being a part ofAFE Chapter 39. I am certain that the chapterwill continue to grow and flourish under the able directionofnewChapterPresidentStanNakaso.HappyNewYear.Iwishyouallthebest.

Carole Lucido, AFE Silicon Valley Chapter Communications Chair, owns and operates Lucido Marketing & Graphics. Contact her at [email protected].


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poorlyprogrammed;Eitherwaytheblamefallstothoseinvolvedwiththeinstall,whichremainsasoneofthelargestpitfallsofmodernautomationapplications.Whatiftheequipmentinyourfacilitydoesn’tfunctioninthemanneritwasdesigned?Amechanicaldesignteamspenthundredsofhoursdesigningyourbuilding’senergyefficientsystem,but your electrical bill says otherwise.The taskof adapting a mechanical sequence to a digitalprogrammanaged by aDDC controller falls tothe automation contractor involved with yourproject. If the controls contractor cannoteffec-tively interpretthesequencefromthemechani-calengineer,theenduseroftensufferswithhighenergycosts.Effectivemanagementbetweenthecontrolscontractorandmechanicaldesignteamiscrucialtomaintainingtheproposedmechanicaldesignagreeduponatthebeginningoftheproj-ect.Yourenergyefficientsequencesareonlyasef-fectiveasyourcontrolprogrammer’sinterpreta-tionofhowtheequipmentshouldoperate.Mostautomation problems in new construction arisebetweenmechanicaldesignandcontrolscontrac-tors.Oftentheweightoftheirsymbioticrelation-

shipinthedesignofanewbuildingisoverlooked,ascontrolsareunderestimatedinbothcomplex-ityandinstallation.AlthoughDDCmanufacturershave increased the usability of their controllers,the installing contractor must still ensure theirprogramming matches the design intent of themechanical engineer of record (EOR); An un-dertakingthathasbecomeincreasinglymoreso-phisticated due to the complexity of sequencesdesigned aroundmaximumenergy savings. Proj-ectsintendedtoreduceenergyconsumptioncanbedrasticallycrippledbypoorDDCinstallationstandardsandcoordination.

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Sponsorship OpportunitiesIf you’veever thought about taking amorevisible,proactive role at theoutstanding events producedbytheAFEforfacilitiesprofessionals,PatrickHallett,MarketingChair,wouldlovetohearfromyou.

PatwillbecontactingValleycompaniesinterestedinsponsoringtheChapter’sexcitingcalendarofeventsfor2014.

He is taking a fresh look at theAFE Sponsorshippackagetoprovidemorevaluetosponsors.ContactPatat(925)[email protected].

Happy Holidaysand Thank You

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CM S511: Facility Risk Analysis and Project Management

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AFE Silicon Valley Board Roster 2014

President & Student Affairs Chair, Stan Nakaso, Facility Project Manager, Lockheed Mar-tin 408-742-8084, [email protected]

Past President Raffy Es-piritu, Founder, Pres. & CEO, IMPECGroup, 408-330-9350, [email protected], www.impecgroup.com Impec Group is a one-stop shop for solutions needed by a facility from staffing to full operations and maintenance services that include building maintenance and repair, HVAC, custodial, of-fice services, energy manage-ment and related facility solu-tions.VP Membership Chair Steve Woods (510) [email protected],www.ATIrestoration.com.American Technologies, Inc. (ATI) is a restoration, envi-ronmental and reconstruction specialty contractor. Services include 24-hour emergency ser-vices for water, fire and smoke damage, asbestos/lead removal, mold remediation, biohazard clean-up, contents cleaning/stor-age and reconstruction services.

Membership Co-Chair Sean Colin, Account Manager, Ser-vicewrkx 408-886-3812, [email protected].

Education Chair Alex Man-drusov, Project Manager, NetApp 408-504-7800 [email protected].

Education Co-Chair Mark Chellino, Senior Staff En-gineer, Broadcom, 408-922-7021 [email protected]

Program Chair Jennifer Farmer, 408-353-1236, [email protected]. Since 1979, Greenworks - Workplace Fin-ishes Inc. has established a repu-tation as the premier living plant and floral display purveyor for Silicon Valley corporate cam-puses and has developed an in-tegral set of core-competencies providing “value-added” ben-efits in art consulting services, way-finding signage and Holiday displays.

Programs Committee Kim Tamayo 510-277-2646 [email protected]. Pyro-Comm Systems is a fully licensed Fire Alarm Contrac-tor; specializing in commercial

applications, office buildings, hospitals, industrial complexes, campuses, hotels, airports and retail properties. Services in-clude Fire/Life Safety system design, engineering, installation, programming, tenant improve-ments, monitoring, testing and UL Certification.

Communications Chair Elliot Tham, Siemens, 510-723-7802 e l l iot . [email protected].

Treasurer, Mike Bordoni Stanford University, 408-938-6397, [email protected].

Marketing Chair, Pat Hallett, Sabah International, 925-734-5782.

Student Affairs Advisor, Terry Garvey, 408-204-8798, [email protected]

Student Affairs Advisor, Drew Felker, 925-456-4421, [email protected]

Your Name Here! Contact AFE-SV Membership Chair Steve Woods and volunteer for the Board or a Committee today, 510-750-0159.

TheSiliconValleychapterofAFEisanall-volunteerorganization.Boardmemberslistedbelowworktogethertobringtopqualityeventstomembers.Pleaseconsiderdoingbusinesswiththem.

The New Board was sworn in at the Holiday Party December 11 at Campo di Bocce in Los Gatos.

From left, Stan Nakaso incom-ing Board President, Steve Woods, Sean Colin, Eliot Tham, Mark Chellino, Drew Felker, Jen Farmer, Alex Mandrusov, Pat Hallett and Raffy Espiritu.

If you’re interested in giving back to the facilities profession and value being a part of an inter-active team, consider joining the board of the AFE Silicon Valley.



AFE Silicon Valley 2013 Event Calendar

VENUE DATE LOCATION SPONSOR

Meeting / Facility Tours:AFE Kick-off Meeting at Linkedin January 9 Linkedin Linkedin and Impec

GroupTour San Jose Airport with BOMA February 13 SJ International

AirportThe New California Codes, Joint Meeting with ISPE, presenter: Reinhard Hanselka

September 26 South San Francisco Conference Center

Buildings Sustainability and Tour of Energy Efficient Data Center

October 16 NetApp NetApp

Tour - West Valley College - LEED Renovation November 13 West Valley College

TBD

Lunch & Learns:Electric Rate Structures:Where they’re going and what to do about them

January 24 Echelon Echelon

Innovations in High Performance Commercial HVAC Systems

February 28 Fenwick & West Western Allied Mechanical

Hazardous Materials Regulatory Compliance March 28 Texas Instruments Texas Instruments

Transformer Efficiency April 25 BD Biosciences CAPS, PQI

Lighting Controls and Upcoming Changes to Title 24, by Cori Jackson, Program Director, California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis

June 27 One Workplace, Santa Clara

Fire Protection Systems, Patrick Hallett, Sabah July 25 McAfee, Santa Clara

Identification and Evaluation of Energy, Maintenance and Operational Savings Opportunities, Gary Shamshoian, P.E., LEED AP

August 22 Santa Clara County Builders Exchange

Mixers and Special Events: Day with a Facility Professional May 3 Linkedin Linkedin

Golf Tournament August 5 SJ Country Club

Holiday Party December 11 Campo di Bocce, Los Gatos

TBD

Watch for the next issue for a Calendar of Events for 2014Markyourcalendarsforthe2014DaywithaFacilityProfessional-AFESiliconValleyChapter’sstudent&youngprofessionaleventonFebruary28.JohnLucas,VicePresidentofRealEstate&WorkplaceServicesofJuniperNetworkswillbehostingeventatthenewlyconstructedofficesinSunnyvaleCalif.

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