Date:               Friday, May 4^th, 2012

Location:        Intermountain Medical Center/Doty Family Education Center

5121 S. Cottonwood St. (100 West), Murray, UT

Time:              Technical Sessions (West Auditorium) – 9:30 am – 11:45 am

Lunch & Presentation (West Auditorium) – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Presenters:    R. Christopher Mathis, MC2 Mathis Consulting Company, Asheville, NC

ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Daniel N. Donahoe, 1000 kilometers, North Salt Lake, UT

Technical Session 1 – 9:30 am – 10:30 am – West Auditorium (1 PDH)

WHY BUILDINGS MATTER - R. Christopher Mathis

This hour long workshop will remind us of the critical importance of our buildings.  It will also help to re-shape our understanding of our buildings, especially as to their role in our state’s and nations overall energy, power and water demand.  Using photographs from around the world attendees will be taken on a journey that will provide clear context for the challenges on road to sustainability.  What are the systemic impediments to accomplishing these goals?  What are the challenges that exist to meaningful market transformation?  What truly defines “high performance buildings”? Where do we go from here?

Technical Session 2 – 10:45 am – 11:45 am – West Auditorium (1 PDH)

Engineering Solutions using Excel with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) - Daniel N. Donahoe

Several distinguished speakers at our ASHRAE presentations have spoken about building models. That got me thinking about how to check results of these “black box” programs such as DOE-2 and Energy Plus.  Of course, engineers can perform checks using closed form solutions in textbooks, but these formulas are usually too idealized.  Today, there are a variety of programming languages suitable for engineers. Some costs thousands of dollars; others are available for free but are somewhat complex with many versions and compatibility issues. Since most engineers have Microsoft Office on their personal computers, why not focus on using Excel with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Using Excel with VBA for simple modeling purposes will be demonstrated.

Lunch & Presentation 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – West Auditorium (1.0 PDH)

Building Science Lessons from the Honey Bee - R. Christopher Mathis

This informative and entertaining presentation is based on an ASHRAE published paper addressing lessons we might learn from the 90 million years of evolution and building science embodied in the work and structures of the honey bee.   From temperature management, thermal storage, indoor air quality, active and passive ventilation techniques and energy efficiency, the honey bee has developed a highly efficient construction system to support its biological needs.  Attendees will be challenged to consider how we might employ these time-tested building science lessons into today’s architecture and engineering practice, as well as challenging our current definitions of “sustainability”.

RSVP Today at: trenth@mp-int.com

LOCAL ASHRAE MEMBERS – Free

STUDENTS – Free
GUEST – $25

Pay at the door or www.utahashrae.org (click on Online Store to pay Guest Fee)

If you are not sure you if you can make it, go ahead and RSVP.

Please join us if your plans change and you were unable to RSVP.

Please RSVP at trenth@mp-int.com

This webcast program is brought to you by the
ASHRAE Chapter Technology Transfer Committee.

Hear leading experts discuss the role of Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems in the overall HVAC system and describe various DOAS equipment configurations, characteristics, and applications. This webcast will identify common design and operational pitfalls, and cover challenges unique to DOAS. Get information on these topics and more by participating in this FREE webcast sponsored by Valent Air Management Systems, Rotor Source, Inc., Engineered Air, Munters, and Heat Pipe Technology.

Utah ASHRAE will be hosting the webinar in the training facility of Mechanical Products Intermountain (8250 South 700 West, Midvale, UT 84047).

Thursday, April 19, 2012 from 11 am to 2 pm MDT.

It is requested that everyone bring $5 to the webinar to cover pizza and drinks for lunch.

Please RSVP to Trent Hunt at trenth@mp-int.com.

Date:               Friday, April 6^th, 2012

Location:        Intermountain Medical Center/Doty Family Education Center

5121 S. Cottonwood St. (100 West), Murray, UT

Time:              Technical Session (East Auditorium) – 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Lunch & Presentation (East Auditorium) – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Presenter:      William P. Bahnflrth, PhD, PE, Department of Architectural Engineering,

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Technical Session 9:00 am – 11:30 am – West Auditorium (2.5 PDH’s)

THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE IN THE ERA OF SUSTAINABILITY

During the 1980s and 1990s, cool thermal energy storage (TES) was a key technology in US utility demand-side management (DSM) programs. Interest in TES declined steeply as incentives disappeared during utility deregulation. Today, the focus of design has shifted from energy cost savings toward sustainability and it is reasonable to ask whether TES has anything to offer in this environment. This presentation will review the essentials of cool thermal energy storage and examine its relevance to sustainable design. Specific issues examined will include the impact of TES on site and source energy consumption, the economic case for TES without the incentives of the DSM era and the role of TES in achieving net zero energy buildings and communities.

Lunch & Presentation 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – West Auditorium (1.0 PDH)

THE ASHRAE BUILDING ENERGY LABELING PROGRAM

Whether voluntary or mandatory, the rating of the energy use and indoor environmental quality of buildings is a growing trend worldwide. In 2009, ASHRAE introduced its own “Building Energy Quotient” (bEQ) labeling program for new and existing buildings and is now in the process of piloting it in a number of locations around the U.S. It is an ambitious program comprising not only the development of an energy use performance scale, but also tools and procedures for performing ratings and certification of the qualified energy modelers and building assessors needed to implement it. This presentation will provide an overview of the bEQ program, describe its relationship to other building certification programs in the US and elsewhere, identify the potential benefits of certification, and summarize the current state of implementation of the program and plans for the future.

RSVP Today at: trenth@mp-int.com

LOCAL ASHRAE MEMBERS – Free

STUDENTS – Free
GUEST – $25

Pay at the door or www.utahashrae.org (click on Online Store to pay Guest Fee)

If you are not sure you if you can make it, go ahead and RSVP.

Please join us if your plans change and you were unable to RSVP.

Please RSVP at trenth@mp-int.com

Date:               Friday, March 2^nd, 2012

Location:        Intermountain Medical Center/Doty Family Education Center

5121 S. Cottonwood St. (100 West), Murray, UT

Time:              Technical Session (Classrooms 3, 4, and 5) – 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Lunch & Presentation (West Auditorium) – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Presenter:      Kent W Peterson, Vice President / Chief Engineer of P2S Engineering, Long Beach, CA andASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Technical Session 9:00 am – 11:30 am – West Auditorium (2.0 PDH’s)

Chiller plants must minimize the annual energy consumption while providing the necessary cooling to each of the loads in the system. This session will cover innovative techniques for the design and operation of energy-efficient optimized chilled water plants. Mr. Peterson will explain how to determine various operational parameters for optimizing plant efficiency.

Variable-primary flow chilled water systems have received much current attention. It has been suggested that the primary/secondary chilled water system concept has outlived its lifespan and that variable-primary flow is the answer to the problems that have led to its demise. Mr. Peterson will share his experience with both types of systems and when they are appropriate. He will also discuss how to optimize pumping energy in large campus chilled water distribution systems.

Engineers and facilities operators have many decisions to make when designing and operating central chilled water plants today. Many of these decisions require extensive consideration of elements beyond the perimeter of the plant. Some of these questions include:

• How can a higher chilled water delta T be achieved?

• How will the cooling coil performance impact the central plant performance?

• How do you select the proper chillers, cooling towers and pumps?

• What effect does delta T have on chiller performance?

• What plant configuration best fits the requirements?

• What control strategies can be used to optimize plant performance?

• What type of building interface should be used to connect to central systems?

• When is thermal storage viable?
This technical session will discuss ways in which designers and operators can address these technical aspects to operate energy efficient chilled water plants that perform.

Lunch & Presentation 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – West Auditorium (1.0 PDH)

Optimizing Central Chilled Water Systems

Chiller plants must minimize the annual energy consumption while providing the necessary cooling to each of the loads in the system.  This presentation will present innovative techniques for the design and operation of energy-efficient and life-cycle cost optimized chilled water plants.

Variable-primary flow chilled water systems have received much current attention.  It has been suggested that the primary/secondary chilled water system concept has outlived its lifespan and that variable-primary flow is the answer to the problems that have led to its demise.  Mr. Peterson will share his experience with both types of systems.

Engineers and facilities operators have many decisions to make when designing and operating central chilled water plants today.  Many of these decisions require extensive consideration of elements beyond the perimeter of the plant.  Some of these questions include:

How can a higher chilled water delta T be achieved?

What effect does delta T have on chiller performance?

What plant configuration best fits the requirements?

What control strategies can be used to optimize plant performance?

How do you select the proper chillers, cooling towers and pumps?

What type of building interface should be used to connect to central systems?

When is thermal storage viable?

Both designers and operators must properly address these technical aspects to operate efficient chilled water plants that perform.

RSVP Today at: trenth@mp-int.com

LOCAL ASHRAE MEMBERS – Free

STUDENTS – Free
GUEST – $25

Pay at the door or www.utahashrae.org (click on Online Store to pay Guest Fee)

If you are not sure you if you can make it, go ahead and RSVP.

Please join us if your plans change and you were unable to RSVP.

Please RSVP at trenth@mp-int.com

Date: Friday, January 6^th, 2012

Location: Intermountain Medical Center/Doty Family Education Center

5121 S. Cottonwood St. (100 West), Murray, UT

Time:  Technical Session (Classrooms 3, 4, and 5) – 9:00 am – 11:30 am

Lunch & Presentation (West Auditorium) – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Presenter:      Julian R. de Bullet, Formerly Director of Industry Relations, McQuay International and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Technical Session 9:00 am – 11:30 am – West Auditorium

Chiller Plant Design Fundamentals

This is a primer course for advanced chiller plant design courses.  It covers the basics of the components such as pumps, piping, cooling towers etc. that are used to construct a chiller.

Overview of Constant Flow Chiller Plant Design

This course takes the design through the pros and cons of single chiller, parallel, series and series counterflow chiller plant design.  It compares operating cost as well as performance.

Overview of Variable Flow Chiller Plant Design

We will focus on primary/secondary and variable primary flow chiller plant design as influenced by ASHRAE Standard 90.1.  The material will cover pros and cons, design parameters and control issues.  Next we will discuss low delta T syndrome.  We will explain what it is and why it happens.  Then we will discuss how to correct it.

Courses will be continued upon on March 2, 2012 when Kent W. Peterson, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer presents technical session on Optimizing Central Chilled Water Systems.

Lunch & Presentation 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – West Auditorium

Variable Refrigerant Flow Systems

The seminar will discuss the concept of multiple outdoor inverter driven compressors serving numerous indoor units while varying the refrigerant flow to meet individual zone requirements.   The concept has been successfully applied for more than 20 years in Europe and Asia and is rapidly gaining acceptance in North America. A typical VRF system uses ductless indoor units, but new applications can apply ducted indoor fan coils and even water cooled applications. A comparison will be made between simple chilled water systems and VRF hybrid applications. Finally, energy savings will be compared to more conventional systems.

RSVP Today at: trenth@mp-int.com

LOCAL ASHRAE MEMBERS – Free

STUDENTS – Free
GUEST – $25

Pay at the door or www.utahashrae.org (click on Online Store to pay Guest Fee)

If you are not sure you if you can make it, go ahead and RSVP.

Please join us if your plans change and you were unable to RSVP.

Please RSVP at trenth@mp-int.com

Date:               Friday, December 2^nd, 2011

Location:        Intermountain Medical Center/Doty Family Education Center

5121 S. Cottonwood St. (100 West), Murray, UT

Time:              Technical Session (Classrooms 3, 4, and 5) – 9:30 am – 11:30 am

Lunch & Presentation (West Auditorium) – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Presenter:      Dan Int-Hout, Chief Engineer – Krueger / ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Technical Session 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Classrooms 3, 4, and 5

Topic #1 – “Basics of Air Distribution”

The basic physics of air distribution must be fully understood before one can properly select components for a project. This lecture will cover:

•           Understanding Terminology

•           ADPI (Air Diffusion Performance Index)

•           Proper Diffuser Selection

•           Common Product Groups

–    Well Mixed (Inductive) Air Distribution

–    Non Inductive Air Distribution

•           Value of Diffuser Selection

Topic #2 – Hospital Operating Room, Laboratory and Clean Room Air Distribution

Air flows in Hospital OR’s, laboratories and clean rooms are special cases, which require an understanding of the special needs in rooms with patients on an operating table, rooms with fume hoods, and in clean rooms, with much higher airflow rates.  All have different needs and require special considerations and equipment.

Lunch & Presentation 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – West Auditorium

Methods of Effective Room Air Distribution

In order to meet the increased expectations of building occupants, designers must be aware of the conflicts between first cost economics, occupant productivity and life cycle costs. Buildings that do not meet the needs of the occupants often result in expensive redesign or worse, result in lawsuits against all parties involved. First, we need to understand the rules:

1.   LEED: 2009 is out, and many are not aware of some significant changes that have resulted in air distribution, IAQ and Comfort.

2.   Thermal Comfort: Determining optimum occupant comfort strategies. ASHRAE Standard 55 has been revised.

3.   Acoustics: Accurately predicting end use environments. A new classroom acoustical requirement needs to be understood.

4.   IAQ: The changing face of ASHRAE Standard 62.1, and upcoming developments.

I will briefly cover pros and cons of all 4 methods of air delivery:

-     Overhead air distribution

-     DV (Displacement Ventilation)

-     Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD)

-     Chilled Beams and the DOAS Fan Box

RSVP Today at: trenth@mp-int.com

LOCAL ASHRAE MEMBERS – Free

STUDENTS – Free
GUEST – $25

Pay at the door or www.utahashrae.org (click on Online Store to pay Guest Fee)

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Location:

Doty Family Education Center  (map)

Intermountain Medical Center

5121 Cottonwood Street

Murray, UT 84107

Presenter: Brandon Wallace, BRD Noise Control

Morning Technical Session (9:30 am to 11:30 am):

-        Classrooms 3, 4, and 5

-        Brief Introduction into Acoustics

-        Acoustic Specifications

-       Commonly used specification strategies – learn and understand why some commonly used strategies fail to meet and deliver expectations

-       Specification Types – understand how performance, design, and allowance specifications can be written for HVAC acoustics

-       Specification Best Practices – learn best practices when writing and putting together an HVAC acoustic specification

-     Application Best Practices  (learn best practices, typical attenuation levels for various treatments, and general rules of thumb)

-       Chiller Noise Treatments

-       Rooftop Unit Noise Treatments

-       Vibration Isolation

-       Roof Mounted Equipment

-       Ductwork and Silencers

Lunch Presentation (12:30 pm to 1:15 pm):  Large West Auditorium

-       Intro to Acoustics  (learn basic acoustic terminology and how it should be applied)

-       dB vs dBA

-       Sound Power vs Sound Pressure

-       NC, tone, relative loudness, etc…

-       Brief Overview of topics covered in morning technical session

Lunch will be a Fajita Bar.  Free for Utah ASHRAE Members / $25 for Guest/Visitors

$125 Early Bird dues will be accepted at the door ($140 after Friday)

Please RSVP Click here to email even if you are tentative for the morning technical session, lunch, or both.