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(Canceled) Energy Efficiency Forum: Dialing it in-building tuning strategies, April 22, New Richmond, WI
Event Description
Join for an informative half-day event dedicated to helping industrial and commercial customers “dial it in” by improving the energy efficiency and productivity of their facility. The featured topic includes a two-part workshop on building tuning processes and strategies that will highlight existing building commissioning, ventilation, heat recovery, and control strategies. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to network with colleagues, earn continuing education credits, and learn immediate tactics to reduce energy costs in your building.
As a result of this training, you will be able to:
Who should attend?
The forum targets commercial and industrial customers (specifically industrial facilities and large commercial customers). Facility managers, facility operators, plant engineers, maintenance personnel, account managers and representatives, engineers, contractors and anyone involved with operating or managing equipment and systems to improve energy efficiency will also find the forum of value.
9:30 – 10 a.m. - Opening remarks
Introductions and welcoming remarks from Xcel Energy account manager
Updates on Xcel Energy’s electric vehicle program and charging stations
10 – 10:15 a.m. - Networking break/table-top exhibits
10:15 - 11:45 a.m. - Dialing it in - building tuning strategies (part 1)
Presented by: Rebecca Ellis, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CCP, BCxP, CxA, president, Questions & Solutions Engineering; Miles Ryan, PE, CEM, mechanical commissioning engineer, Questions & Solutions Engineering
Existing building commissioning
Define performance criteria
Documentation review
Control system familiarization
Field testing
Identify/quantify low-cost/no-cost energy conservation opportunities
Identify performance issues
Implementation
Ventilation (outside air)
Under-ventilating
Over-ventilating
Filtration
Building pressurization
11:45 – noon - Networking break/table-top exhibits
Noon - 12:45 p.m. - Lunch - Focus on Energy incentive program updates followed by Xcel customer case study. Learn how C&I customers deployed energy efficiency systems and technologies in their facility while also improving production processes.
Presented by: Sadith Osseni, energy project manager, Cascades, John Radle, plant engineer, American Phoenix, Oscar Brandser, key account manager, Xcel Energy, Bill Lobner, Focus on Energy
12:45 - 1 p.m. - Networking break/table-top exhibits
1 - 2:30 p.m. - Dialing it in—building tuning strategies (part 2)
Presented by: Rebecca Ellis, PE, LEED AP BD+C, CCP, BCxP, CxA, president, Questions & Solutions Engineering; Miles Ryan, PE, CEM, mechanical commissioning engineer, Questions & Solutions Engineering
Heat recovery
Ventilation-to-exhaust
Process-to-HVAC
Process-to-domestic hot water
Thermal storage
Controls
Standalone vs. building automation systems
Meeting without exceeding varying plant needs
Integration
Lighting controls
Submetering
2:30 p.m. - Energy efficiency forum concludes
Rebecca is a nationally recognized leader in the building commissioning industry. In addition to being a licensed professional engineer in 16 states, she is a LEED Accredited Professional and holds commissioning certifications from ASHRAE, the Building Commissioning Association, and the AABC Commissioning Group. She has master’s and bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and the University of Minnesota, respectively. She has helped define mainstream commissioning services and has written a monthly column about commissioning for Engineered Systems magazine for more than 20 years. Rebecca is founder and president of Questions & Solutions Engineering, a consulting engineering firm committed to working with facility owners and operators worldwide to achieve high performance from their new and existing mechanical, electrical, and life safety systems.
Miles Ryan, PE, CEM, mechanical commissioning engineer, Questions & Solutions Engineering
Miles is a licensed professional engineer with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Montana State University and a master’s degree in architectural engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder. He has ten years’ experience in the industry, getting his start as a civil engineering officer in the Air Force. He served in various roles overseeing the design, construction, and operation of facility mechanical systems at Grand Forks AFB, ND. In 2015, he became a mechanical systems instructor at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). Since leaving active duty in 2018 to join QSE, he has remained on faculty at AFIT as an Air Force Reservist to continue teaching courses in HVAC control systems as well as HVAC design and analysis.
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