ASHRAE Idaho Chapter Technical Conference Beverage Sponsor · net zero using multiple technologies such as VAV lab and exhaust fan control, demand based control of ACH’s, chilled

Technical Conference Program

April 10, 2015

Oxford Suites 1426 S. Entertainment Avenue

Boise, ID 83709

ASHRAE Idaho Chapter Technical Conference

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Beverage Sponsor ($1,000)

Pod Sponsors ($750)


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Table of Contents

Conference Agenda 3-4 Presentation and Speaker Information 5-19 Sponsor Pages 20-23 ASHRAE as a Resource 24 ASHRAE Membership Information 25 Golf Tournament Registration and 26-28 Information

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BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION 8:15 am

Airflow Measurement for the Efficient Control of IAQ & DCV Relational Imperatives

Speaker: Len Damiano


MORNING AGENDA

12:30 pm

LUNCH WITH ASHRAE DISTINGUISHED LECTURER:

Gordon Sharp

Topic: New Approaches to Slash Lab and Commercial Building Energy Use and Improve IEQ

IAQ POD

10:05am

Identifying and Correcting Bioaerosol Problems in

Damp Buildings

Speaker: Bradley Harr

BREAK

11:15 am

5 Secrets of Ventilation & Pressurization Control for

Healthcare and Other Facili-ties

Speaker: Len Damiano

FUNDAMENTALS POD 10:05am

State of Refrigerants, “The

Next Transition”

Speaker: Tom Gorman

BREAK

11:15 am

Integration—Controls Working Together

Speaker: Lee Riback


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AFTERNOON AGENDA

ADVANCED SYSTEMS POD

2:25 pm

Indirect/Direct Hybrid Evaporative Cooling

Speak-er: Moe Salem

BREAK

3:35 pm

CHP 101: Introduction to Com-bined Heat and Power for Com-

mercial Facilities Speaker: Nolan Hill

HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS POD

2:25 pm

Building Automation Systems’ Role withing LEED [GBCI Cred-

it—LEED AP BD+C] Speaker: John Glaeser

BREAK

3:35 pm

Building a Net Zero Lab in the United Arab Emirates: Mission

Impossible? Speaker: Gordon Sharp

4:35 pm

SOCIAL HOUR SPONSORED WITH APPETIZERS,

DRINKS & RAFFLE DRAWINGS


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PRESENTATION INFORMATION BREAKFAST PLENARY SESSION Speaker: LenDamiano Airflow Measurement for the Efficient Control of IAQ & DCV Relational Imperatives Why should we care about IAQ? Economics and regulations are the most sig-nificant motivators for our concern with IAQ. The relationship between the requirements of these regulations and alternative or traditional means of ventila-tion control are examined. Indirect ventilation controls are discounted and con-trasted with direct control, which leads this material to the specifics of Dynamic Reset and Demand Control Ventilation. Morning Sessions: FUNDAMENTALS POD State of Refrigerants, “The next transition” Speaker: Tom Gorman The presentation will be focused on transitioning all currently utilized refriger-ants (HCFCs, HFCs, etc…) to the next generation refrigerants which will in-clude HFOs. The presentation will walk through the legislative pressures target-ing current refrigerants along with the science that supports the phase out and phase downs of these fluids that are commonly utilized in HVAC. In addition, we will discuss the future viable refrigerants and how they minimize the impact to our environment.


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FUNDAMENTALS POD Integration: Controls Working Together Speaker: Lee Ribach The presentation will be focused on transitioning all currently

utilized refrigerants (HCFCs, HFCs, etc…) to the next generation refrigerants which will include HFOs. The presentation will walk through the legislative pressures targeting current refrigerants along with the science that supports the phase out and phasedowns of these fluids that are commonly utilized in HVAC. In addition, we will discuss the future viable refrigerants and how they minimize the impact to our environment. IAQ POD Identifying and Correcting Bioaerosol Problems in Damp Buildings Speaker: Bradley Harr Modern building construction practices have improved the energy efficiency of buildings, often at the expense of indoor air quality. The common indoor air pollutants like formaldehyde, CO, VOCs, asbestos, and lead have been well studied and acceptable concentration ranges have been established by public health agencies. Building flooding and moisture control problems often increase the presence of microbial growth and insect infestation in damp buildings. Damp buildings with an amplification of bacteria and mold have been associated with adverse health effects. There are no United States health based standards for bioaerosols in the indoor environment. Hurricanes and flooding in the Gulf Coast States and extensive litigation between building owners and contractors and insurance companies have moved moisture control to a top building design criteria. Bioaerosols are defined as a heterogeneous mixture of particulate matter having a biological origin. This may include pollen, fungi, bacteria, insect parts, bacteria, viruses and even fecal matter.


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A simple summary of adverse health effects includes allergic reactions, asthma attacks, hypersensitivity pheumonitis, irritant effects, opportunistic infections and in rare cases, toxicity. Bioaerosol particulates can range in size from a sub-micron virus to 50 –100 micron pollen and insect fragments. Proper corrective actions are needed to solve damp building problems. The first general requirement for remediating water / moisture impacted buildings that have resulting fungal growth is that all sources of water leaks and /or high relative humidity must be assessed and repaired. eliminated. Rapid drying of moisture impacted items is critical. Identification of conditions that contribute to microbial growth is an important step in remediation. Proper remediation cannot be completed without a clear understanding of events or building dynamics responsible for the mold growth. Controlling the spread of fungal structures during remediation is important to project success. IAQ POD 5 Secrets of Ventilation & Pressurization Control for Healthcare and Other Facilities Speaker: Len Damiano From specific requirements for healthcare situations to common needs for all occupied structures, pressurization and ventilation airflow control is universal. Few can explain the advantages of indirect differential flow control. If we can agree that pressure flow control is more efficient, then where should we measure? Our decisions are sometimes dictated by the requirements of professional standards and codes. Our decisions are also limited to those technologies commercially available and to products designed for HVAC applications. Some limitations of those technologies appear hidden or at least are disconnected from their impact on set point control error. Others are designed to avoid those issues. Of the most misunderstood and counter-intuitive conclusions, differential flow control requires MORE precision than direct measurement. This is where we explain why.


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LUNCH New Approaches to Slash Lab and Commercial Building Energy Use and Improve IEQ Speaker: Gordon Sharp Laboratories with their intense use of outside air and safety concerns are one of the most challenging building types to achieve net zero. In fact, some might say it can’t be done,at least for many climates. However, a path does exist to achieve net zero energy or at least near net zero using multiple technologies such as VAV lab and exhaust fan control, demand based control of ACH’s, chilled beams or hydronic cooling, and heat recovery. This seminar will explore this topic from a holistic viewpoint and provide a detailed review of an actual case study of a large near net zero lab project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Afternoon Sessions: ADVANCED SYSTEMS POD Indirect/Direct and Hybrid Evaporative Cooling Speaker: Moe Salem The presentation discuses in detail the benefit of using Indirect/Direct evaporative cooling and Hybrid Evaporative cooling (DX / Indirect). It discusses the application, design tools, method of control and integration, and helps engineers to apply this technology successfully within the building envelope.


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ADVANCED SYSTEMS POD CHP 101: Introduction to Combined Heat and Power for Commercial Facilities Speaker: Nolan Hill Combined heat and power (CHP) – or cogeneration – is an efficient and clean approach to generating electric power and useful thermal energy from a single fuel source. CHP places power production at or near the end-user’s site so that the heat released from power production can be used to meet the user’s thermal requirements while the power generated meets all or a por-tion of the site electricity needs. Thermal energy can be utilized for a varie-ty of applications including heating, cooling, and dehumidification. This presentation will not only cover the technology, application, and bene-fits of combined heat and power (CHP) systems, but it will tailor it for engi-neers and the application in the commercial sector. HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS POD Building Automation Systems’Role Within LEED [GBCI Credit—LEED AP BD+C] Speaker: John Glaeser The purpose of this presentation is to educate the market on how a Building Automation System supports or contributes to LEED points.


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HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS POD Building a Net Zero Lab in the United Arab Emirates: Mission Impossible? Speaker: Gordon Sharp Laboratories with their intense use of outside air and safety concerns are one of the most challenging building types to achieve net zero. In fact, some might say it can’t be done at least for many climates. However, a path does exist to achieve net zero energy or at least near net zero using multiple technologies such as VAV lab and exhaust fan control, demand based control of ACH’s, chilled beams or hy-dronic cooling, and heat recovery. This seminar will explore this topic from a holistic viewpoint and provide a detailed review of an actual case study of a large near net zero lab project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.


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SPEAKER INFORMATION

LEN DAMIANO

Topics:

Airflow Measurement for the Efficient Control of IAQ & DCV Relational Imperatives

5 Secrets of Ventilation & Pressuriza-tion Control for Healthcare and Other Facilities

Len was raised and educated in Kansas City, where he earned under-graduate and graduate degrees. He received an M.B.A. with concentra-tions in Management and Industrial Marketing in 1985 at Rockhurst University, and also possesses a B.A. with a double major in Sociology and Economics from the University of Missouri.

For almost 30 years, Len has been employed in the HVAC industry by air control and air movement product manufacturers, in a variety of senior management positions. He has been with EBTRON, Inc.. for 20 years and is currently Vice President – Marketing and International Sales.

Len has been a member of ASHRAE since 1990. He is currently a member of the following Technical and (Standing) Standard Project Committees: SPC 41.2 Standard Methods of Airflow and Air Velocity Measurement (VM), SSPC 62.1 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality (VM), 62.1 Education Sub-committee (VM), SPC 111 Meas-urement Testing Adjusting and Balancing of Building HVAC Systems (VM), SPC 195 MOT for Rating - Terminal Controllers/Sensors (VM), SPC 215P


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MOT to Determine Leakage Airflows and Fractional Leakage of Oper-ating Air-Handling Systems (VM), MTG-EAS Energy-Efficient Air-Handling Systems for Non-Residential Buildings (VM), TC 1.2 Instru-ments and Measurements (2005 Fundamentals, Ch. 14), TC 1.4 Control Theory and Applications.

He is a former member of AMCA (Air Movement and Control Associ-ation International), where for about 25 years he held the a number of positions: Chairman & Founding Member, Airflow; Measurement Sta-tion Division, 1990; Chairman, Air Control Division, 1996 -1998; Chairman Steering Committee, Marketing Executives' Council, 1995 - 1997; Chairman, Louver Section, Air Control Division, 1988; plus, numerous committee memberships since 1980.

Len is also the company’s representative as a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (2003) which developed and maintains the LEED Green Building Rating System.

Len has been a Professional Member of the International Code Council since 2001. This is the organization which succeeded the Southern Building Code Congress International and combined with several other model code bodies.

Len authored “Reduction of Errors in Ventilation Rate Determinations” which was published in ASHRAE Transactions in July 2010, after presentation at the ASHRAE Conference in Albuquerque in the same month.

He has co-authored:”CO2-Based Demand Control Ventilation - Do Risks Outweigh Potential Rewards?” in October 2004 and “Measurement for the Control of Fresh Air Intake - an IAQ Prerequi-site” in January 1990, both published in the ASHRAE Journal. He also produced "Controlling Mold Growth in Exterior Walls of Buildings by Continuously Maintaining Positive Pressure Flow" for the EPA/A&WMA Symposium in July 2000.


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Len has authored numerous white papers and over 25 technical articles, including: "The Advantage of Precise Ventilation Control for Schools - IAQ Can Promote or Sabotage a School's Core Mission - Educating our Children", “Terrorism and Building Automation Systems - What Makes Sense?”, "Demand-Controlled Ventilation" (DCV) and Intake Rate Con-trol” and “The REAL Costs of Poor Indoor Air Quality” et.al. Many of his articles have been published and are available at AutomatedBuild-ings.com, an online magazine.

For over 30 years, Len has delivered lectures and presentations for a wide variety of groups, including: numerous ASHRAE Chapter Luncheons and Dinner presentations, ASHRAE CRC and IAQ Seminars, numerous cor-porate presentations for equipment manufacturers, building owners, me-chanical engineers and contracting businesses, internal and external tech-nical training seminars, and private IAQ seminars for consulting engi-neers and building owners.

Topic: State of Refrigerants, “The Next Transition” Tom Gorman is the Chiller Systems Mar-keting Manager and works closely with Product Management, Planning Support, Engineering, Manufacturing and other groups focused on chiller products and systems. His main focus is providing a voice to the technologies that Trane has

developed and the benefits they provide to customers around the world. Tom started with Trane back in 1995 with experience that included the leading of the CenTraVac Product Management and Support foups, leading the Customer Direct Support (C.D.S.) Department that devel-ops, designs and supports Trane’s building design and analysis software to time spent with the Air and Water Cooled Rotary/Scroll chiller prod-ucts. Tom received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northern Illinois University.

TOM GORMAN


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Topic: Integration Controls Working Together

Lee has 30+ years’ experience in HVAC equip-ment and systems, controls and other low voltage specialty systems. This includes experience with Commissioning (Cx) of LEED, CalGreen and CHPS (the CA High Performing Schools), for new construction and retrofit covering large cen-tral plants, all types of air handling systems, relat-ed electrical emergency power and switchgear, domestic water heating and booster systems, and

all types of direct digital controls.

Lee has performed commissioning on projects as large as the expansion of Caesar’s Palace including 3.5 million sq ft, as tall as the 64 story LV Trump Tower, as unique as the Biomuseo de Panama and even a few designated historic building modernization projects. Lee is a Senior Cx Agent with P2S Commissioning which is a practice within P2S Engi-neering, Long Beach, CA.

LEE RIBACK


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Topic: Identifying and Correcting Bioaerosol Problems in Damp Buildings Brad is the President of Summit Environmental, Inc. He has over 34 years of environmental science experience, including 26 years in air quality assess-ment, damp building assessment, hazardous waste site cleanup and Superfund site identification. Brad has technical

expertise in environmental regulatory compliance, building science, microbial evaluations, and the characterization of air, water, and soil quality. Brad started the Boise IAQA Chapter in 2003 and serves as the Chapter Direc-tor. Brad is a Sr. Environmental Scientist and manages Summit’s environmen-tal site assessment services, project data quality assurance, and large pro-ject planning, budgeting, and cost control tasks. He has served as Project Manager for numerous building condition assessments, sick building eval-uations, and microbial evaluations and remediation clearance. Clients in-clude government and private industry in the Northwest. Brad has a Masters Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Montana and is a member of the Boise State Environmental Health Ad-visory Committee. He is a Certified Microbial Consultant (CMC), a HUD certified Healthy Homes Specialist through the National Environmental Health Association and the National Center for Healthy Housing (HHS) and a Registered Professional Industrial Hygienist (RPIH). Mr. Harr has provided expert witness testimony on complex environmental projects, including damp buildings and bioaerosol contamination.

GORDON SHARP,

BRADLEY HARR

MOE SALEM


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Topic: Indirect/Direct and Hybrid Evapo-rative Cooling

Moe is the co-founder and the CTO of AIR2O Cooling LLC. He has a B.S. in Me-chanical Engineering, and also a Diploma of Business Administration. He serves in the capacity of CTO (Chief Technical Engineer & Consultant) of Air2O Cooling LLC.

He holds many patents for the Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling technology, as well as the control systems for its hybrid operations.

Moe has over 20 years of experience in the HVAC field, as well as experience in sustainable energy saving solutions for HVAC and energy recovery systems. He has taught at many engineering Schools in the USA, such as San Joaquin Valley College and Fresno Institute of Technology, both in California.

Moe was one of the pioneers of the outdoor cooling system. He was the head of the design team for one of the largest outdoor cooling pro-jects in the world, Universal Studio Singapore Theme Park. Currently he is leading AIR2O Cooling LLC as CTO in indirect/direct evapora-tive cooling solutions. Its revolutionary product line (CRS) could save up to 80% of energy consumption in its effort for market transfor-mation across the American, European & Middle Eastern markets.

JOHN GLAESER


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Topic: Building Automation Systems’ Role within LEED

John Glaeser is a Business Development Manager with Siemens Building Tech-nologies. He grew up working with HVAC and plumbing systems as a trade apprentice.

After receiving his B.S. from the Univer-sity of Detroit Mercy in Information

Systems, he began his career in the field of automation as an Instrumen-tation & Controls Technician for a Fortune 500 natural gas and electric provider. In this role, he was responsible for the installation, startup, trouble-shooting and commissioning of industrial and process automa-tion systems, as well as facility automation and life safety systems.

He then moved into a role with an MEP consulting firm where he de-signed and commissioned building automation systems on large healthcare, higher education, commercial and mission critical construc-tion projects.

After several years in a consulting role, and realizing his enthusiasm for the more hands-on aspect of commissioning, he moved into the role of Director of Commissioning with an Engineering News Record top 200 consulting firm.

In his current role, John serves as a building management system con-sultant and works with consulting and specifying engineers to enhance their knowledge and achieve better project outcomes. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and an ASHRAE Commissioning Process Management Professional.


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GORDON SHARP Topics:

New Approaches to Slash Lab and Com-mercial Building Energy Use and Im-prove IEQ

Building a Net Zero Lab in the United Arab Emirates: Mission Impossible?

Gordon is the chairman of Aircuity, Inc. and has over 25 years of wide-ranging entrepreneurial experience and more than 25 U.S. patents in the fields of energy effi-ciency and laboratory controls. As found-

er, former president and CEO of Phoenix Controls, he led the de-velopment of this world leader in laboratory airflow controls that was acquired by Honeywell in 1998. The technologies invented by Mr. Sharp at Phoenix Controls are today saving over $1.5 bil-lion annually in energy use. In 2000, Mr. Sharp founded Aircuity, which was spun out of Honeywell and is a smart airside energy efficiency company.

Gordon is a graduate of MIT with bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering. He is Executive Vice President and a member of the board of directors of I2SL (International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories), the nonprofit foundation that oper-ates the Labs21 conference.

He is also a member of two important standards on ventilation: the ANSI/AIHA Standard Z9.5 Committee on Laboratory Ventilation and the ASHRAE SSPC 170 Committee on Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. He is also a voting member of ASHRAE technical committee TC9.10: Laboratory Systems and TC9.11: Clean Spaces/Cleanrooms.

Gordon is a frequent speaker at national and international confer-ences on the topics of energy efficiency in buildings and indoor environmental quality and has testified before the US Congress on the topics of climate change and energy efficiency.


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NOLAN HILL Topic: CHP 101 - Introduction to Combined Heat and Power for Com-mercial Facilities

Nolan graduated from BYU-Idaho with a bachelors degree in business manage-ment, with an emphasis in marketing. He worked for Professional Marketing International for 10 years as a project manager and product developer, specifi-cally managing large revenue producing

accounts and coordinating event workshops around the country. He also worked on products sold on infomercials based solely around entrepreneurship, building business in real estate and ecommerce.

His current company, Highland West Energy, is an energy corpora-tion. It specializes in mechanical (HVAC) energy efficiency, and works with engineering groups and general contractors to install Highland’s systems. They are engineered to be flexible so as to work with the demand of the building, not to meet peak flows. The systems are designed to utilize the power grid or be a backup system for peak electrical demands. Highland is committed to providing each client with customized mechanical efficiency systems, and focuses specifi-cally on coupling combined heat and power, or CHP, systems with other energy conservation measures.

Highland West Energy focuses on collaboration with its partners in engineering, installation, and in maintenance. Highland’s goal is to ensure its customers have long lasting CHP systems for 15- 20 years.


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Program Sponsors ($250)

CHC Hydronics Felts‐House Engineering

FM Sheet Metal Innova ve Air

Johnson Controls, Inc.

Ro‐Bar Technical Services

Sabol & Rice SEEDIdaho

Sigler Technical Air Products

Tikker Engineering Trane

Speaker Sponsors Air20 Aircuity Ebtron

Highland West Energy IAQA Idaho Chapter

Mountain West Mechanical

P2S Engineering Siemens

Summit Environmental Trane


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ASHRAE Resource Promotion What is the RP Campaign?

The RP Campaign is an annual fundraising campaign benefiting the funding of numerous ASHRAE Programs. These programs include:

ASHRAE Research ASHRAE Scholarships for undergraduate students ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) development of new courses &

materials Graduate Research Projects (Grants-in-Aid) Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) Leadership Training Permanently endowed support to all of the above programs

The RP Campaign is overseen by the RP Committee, a standing ASHRAE Committee. The Committee is made up of 14 Regional Vice Chairs (RVC), 1 Consultant (past RVC), 3 Vice Chairs (past Consult-ant), and Chair (past Vice Chair). Staff support includes a 3-member team based at ASHRAE Headquarters. The RP Campaign raises over $2.2 million a year from over 6,000 do-nors. These donors are made up of ASHRAE Members, industry asso-ciations, and industry organizations. If you need further information please contact the Idaho Chapter RP Chair, Dan Russell – [email protected] – or the ASHRAE RP Staff – [email protected] – they’ll be happy to help answer your questions or direct you to someone who specializes in that area. We would like to offer a BIG THANK YOU to all of our sponsors this year. In particular, we had several corporate donors step up in a huge way. Please take a moment and review the names of sponsors on the previous pages, and thank them for their generosity if you get a mo-ment.


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The ASHRAE Idaho chapter offers you an easy way to stay connected and up-to-date on the latest developments in the HVAC&R Industry. When you join, you’ll have access to: Networking opportunities with local industry professionals 10 + PDHs per year Monthly lunch meetings Tech conference Access to remote webinar broadcast for monthly technical presentations Video archive of presentations Periodic newsletter with community updates, job postings and PDH

opportunities Ability to submit information to the newsletter Who can join ASHRAE? Membership in ASHRAE is open to any person associated with building systems, particularly HVAC&R, energy efficiency; indoor air quality; and sustainability within the building industry. ASHRAE has different member grades, from college students through ex-perienced professionals. To learn more about ASHRAE and find the grade appropriate for you, go to: https://www.ashrae.org/membership--conferences/join-now The ASHRAE Idaho chapter is a great professional resource. Grab a mem-ber of the leadership team and find out how you can join today!


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