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2016 Webinars

The SLCAN PD Committee is accepting abstracts from anyone interested in presenting a webinar in next year's monthly series. The PD Committee is also interested to know if there are any special topics that members are interested to learn more about. Please send your input and abstracts to Kevin Humeniuk at kevin.humeniuk@architecture49.com. Thanks very much in advance.

The SLCan webinars are free for members only. Not a member? Click here to renew/join.

Non-members can attend for $60 + tax. Download the 2016 SLCan Webinar Registration Form for non-members.

  • January 15 - Lab Infrastructure Retrofit and Renovation: the JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre
  • February 10, 2016 - Otto Maass Building – Achieving Energy Efficiency While Maintaining Environmental Health, Safety, and Security
  • March 9, 2016 - Advances in Green Technologies for Washing and Sterilization Systems
  • April 13, 2016 - Process Safety: It’s Not Just for Chemical Plants and Refineries!
  • May 11, 2016 - Sidehouse vs. Penthouse – A Breakthrough in Flexible Utility Distribution for a Changing World
  • June 8, 2016 - Introduction to the Living Building Challenge
  • July 13, 2016 - Creating A Sustainable Biosafety Program
  • August 10, 2016 - Collaborative Integrated Design and Project Delivery for Cold Climate Lab Buildings
  • September 14, 2016 - Class II Biological Safety Cabinets: Considerations for Energy Efficiency and Safety
  • October 12, 2016 - Renovating Labs for Exceptional Operating Performance
  • November 16, 2016 - Safe, Energy Efficient Vivariums
  • December 14, 2016 - High Performance Run-around Energy Recovery Systems in Cold Climate

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Lab Infrastructure Retrofit and Renovation: the JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre

The recently completed JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre was designed by an integrated team of architects and engineers at Architecture49, delivered under contract with Public Works and Government Services Canada. The end client for the project is the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) and their parent agency, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Located on Logan Avenue in close proximity to the NML, the project comprised the complete renovation and retrofit of a former chemical and material-testing laboratory which was originally owned and operated by the provincial government. Now complete, the project has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the Canadian Green Building Council.

The largest PHAC program within the JC Wilt Lab is the National HIV Retrovirology Laboratory (NHRL), which has been relocated from Ottawa. The new laboratory space also allows PHAC to engage in new initiatives such as a vaccine research and development unit which targets vaccines for pandemic influenza, HIV, and emerging infectious diseases. In addition, specific key programs from the NML have been relocated to the JC Wilt Lab in order to alleviate space constraints.

This presentation will provide a broad overview of the design and construction process. It will touch on the goals and aspirations for the project, and will track how they evolved and influenced key design features. In addition, the presentation will include a description of the sustainability features incorporated into the project.

The content of this session will be of interest to members who are involved in developing new scientific programs within existing building infrastructure. It will also benefit members who are interested in sustainable design processes and methodologies.

Speaker
Kevin Humeniuk, MAA, LEED AP, Principal, National Sector Leader, Science & Technology, Architecture49 Inc.
Kevin Humeniuk is a design architect, having obtained his Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of Manitoba in 2000. He is a registered member a variety of provincial architectural associations, as well as the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Kevin is also a proud SLCan Board member and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Over his fifteen years in architectural practice Kevin has gained considerable experience in a wide variety of roles and responsibilities. He has been a project manager and design team member responsible for client liaison, functional programming, laboratory planning, and architectural production work on a variety of science projects. For the past ten years, Kevin has been exclusively involved in research laboratory projects as a project manager, project architect and laboratory planner.

Kevin has presented at various conferences and seminars, including at Tradelines, the RPIC Real Property National Workshop, and the Canadian Biosafety Symposium.

Date and Time
Friday, January 15, 2016

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Otto Maass Building – Achieving Energy Efficiency While Maintaining Environmental Health, Safety, and Security

The Otto Maass Building built in 1964 and located on the McGill University campus in downtown Montreal is dedicated to education and research in chemistry (total gross floor area of 125,000 ft2). With an average fume hood density of around 10 chemical fume hoods per 5,000 ft2 (including mechanical rooms and office spaces for a total of 235 chemical fume hoods), it was, in 2008, the biggest energy user of the campus (around 10% of the total energy consumption of the whole campus but accounting for only 3.4% of the floor area of the campus). The mechanical system supplying the lab area had not been renovated since the construction and there were no energy recovery devices installed.

McGill decided, in 2009, to completely renovate 37,500 ft2 of laboratories (40% of the building’s laboratories) and all mechanical rooms and distribution shafts serving laboratory areas, while maintaining most of its operations in the rest of the building. The biggest concern was to maintain a safe, secure, and healthy environment for users while replacing all HVAC.

One solution was to install temporary HVAC systems in the courtyard for a total of 120,000 cfm of 100% fresh air to supply the spaces that were left occupied. Since all central distribution shafts were renovated, the temporary air distribution was placed on the outside wall and many windows were removed to pass the ducts serving each room.

During the 12-month project, which included the winter period with temperatures as low as -20 F, laboratory works had to be carefully planned and scheduled so researchers had enough lab space to continue their experiments.

In the end, a total of 150,000 cfm of capacity (6 supply systems of 25,000 cfm each at 100% fresh air and 6 exhaust systems of similar capacity) was installed. The energy efficient installations included VAV, motion sensors for light, ventilation and fume hood face velocity, run around glycol recuperation loop, low temperature terminal reheat that is heated by various heat pumps in lab equipment rooms and by the heat rejection of a major server room located in another building, low velocity system, reuse of office air for minimum ACH required in lab space, precooling of exhaust air (with recuperated condensate) for greater energy recovery in the summer.

In addition, energy meters were installed to monitor the energy consumption of the building via energy management software used by the University.

Speaker
Pierre-Luc Baril, Eng., LEED AP BD+C, ASHRAE HFDP, Project Manager and Associate, Pageau Morel et associés inc.
Pierre-Luc Baril quickly carved out a place for himself in the PAGEAU MOREL team, having been hired soon after graduating in 2006. A rigorous and conscientious engineer, he works primarily on science and office building projects, is a LEED accredited professional since 2007, and HFDP since 2008 (ASHRAE Healthcare Facilities Design Professional). Pierre-Luc is also involved in Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) and gives a certificate course at the École Polytechnique de Montréal. In addition to his involvement on the Otto Maass project, he has worked on monitoring the construction of McGill’s Life Sciences Complex (180,000 ft2 of cancer research laboratories, genetic biology, cell information systems, animal facility, sector for transgenic animals and a containment level 3 laboratory), on the John Abbott College project for the new Science and Technologies Building (115,000 ft2 of classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices and student service spaces), and on several other laboratory and animal facility projects.

Date and Time
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

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Advances in Green Technologies for Washing and Sterilization Systems

Many administrators are looking for ways to reduce energy consumption and minimize operational costs in their existing or new laboratory animal research facilities. Cage washers and sterilizers (autoclaves) have traditionally accounted for a significant part of utility consumption and associated costs. The presenter will describe how existing and new technologies can be integrated into these decontamination systems to save space, water and energy, thus reducing associated operation costs. Technologies such as exhaust heat recovery, effluent heat recovery, closed loop effluent cooling, recycling or reuse of wash and rinse water, smart filling for washer sump, smart drying system, single pass rinsing, vacuum pump water saving system, and sterilizer jacket cascade cooling will be described. The advantages of using vaporized hydrogen peroxide in conjunction with cage and rack washers or with steam autoclaves will be discussed. The benefits of each of these features will be presented and where applicable, examples of payback calculation tools including the amount of utility saved and associated costs will also be demonstrated.

Speaker
Marcel Dion, Director of Marketing, Washing and Sterilization Systems, Life Sciences Division, STERIS Corporation
Marcel Dion is Director of Marketing, Washing and Sterilization Systems, for the STERIS Life Sciences Division. He is based in the Quebec facility in Canada, where all STERIS washers are designed and manufactured. For the past 32 years, he has focused on bringing on the market innovative research and pharmaceutical grade washing systems used in both Healthcare and Life Sciences industries. Marcel has a degree in instrumentation and control and is a member of ISPE, AALAS, LAMA as well as PDA organizations.

Date and Time
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

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Process Safety: It’s Not Just for Chemical Plants and Refineries!

In this presentation Richard Sarnie will discuss lessons learned and relearned over decades in the manufacturing process industry on preventing and mitigating process safety incidents (loss of containment events) and how these lessons learned can and should be applied across many types of manufacturing and cold storage operations such as the food, beverage, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry. He will:

  • Present a rationale as to why a risk-based rather than regulatory-based approach to managing process safety and other risk exposures is prudent;
  • Discuss the continuing movement by many organizations to more formal and comprehensive enterprise risk management systems;
  • A review of the typical steps or phases an organization usually takes in developing and improving management system processes;
  • Provide an overview of chemical industry best practices for managing process safety (with a focus on AIChE CCPS recommendations as described in the CCPS Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety and many other CCPS books);
  • Describe numerous process safety management system deficiencies (root causes) associated with serious chemical process safety incidents that have repeatedly occurred during the last 50+ years; and,
  • Discuss how proven process safety management practices and use of multiple layers of protection can help better manage risks in manufacturing and cold storage facilities.

Speaker
Richard W. Sarnie, CSP, P.E., ARM-E, Director, CCPS Projects, Center for Chemical Process Safety, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Richard Sarnie has over 30 years of risk management and safety experience in the manufacturing, transportation, mining and retail service industries. Rich’s unique and innovative approaches to safety, risk management and loss prevention have earned him profiles in National Underwriter magazine, which called him the “Ideal Risk Manager,” and Risk and Insurance magazine, which gave him the title, “The Zero Zealot.” Rich has been a presenter and keynote speaker on numerous occasions at local and national risk management and safety conferences and seminars. His topics have included safety, loss control, captives and creative risk financing techniques.

Rich has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lowell (MA) and an MBA from Western New England College. Rich is a Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E) in Safety, an Associate in Risk Management with an Enterprise Risk Management Designation (ARM-E), a Construction Risk & Insurance Specialist (CRIS), and a Management Liability Insurance Specialist (MLIS). Rich is licensed in New Jersey as a Producer of Property & Casualty Insurance. He is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Date and Time
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

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Sidehouse vs. Penthouse – A Breakthrough in Flexible Utility Distribution for a Changing World

Buildings are thought of as static while science is dynamic. Science building facilities need increasingly segregated and controlled environments while teaching and research need increased connectivity amongst faculty and students. Is this dichotomy possible to resolve?

The key is to design the building to maximize efficiency and flexibility. By designing a scalable utility distribution strategy stacked in a sidehouse concept, a breakthrough in planning flexibility is achieved. Air handlers are scaled on a per floor basis, with ductwork distributed horizontally, eliminating vertical service shafts. Co-locating all of the equipment, stairs, and elevators into a sidecore allows labs, support, offices and open workspaces to connect in a tighter and more dynamic learning environment. The sidehouse occupies less overall footprint than a traditional penthouse, isolates vibration from vivaria and labs and is more serviceable over the facility lifecycle. The flexibility allows reduced gross ups, increased space utilization, and flexible expansions and reorganization of lab space, while enhancing connections and collaboration. All of this is achieved while also resulting in a building that has made better, efficient use of its physical space, used fewer materials, and plans for the future in a responsible and sustainable way.

Using Carleton University's Health Sciences Building and Memorial University's Animal Resource Centre as case studies, the presentation will demonstrate how significant an impact the Utility Distribution Strategy has on the science building. It not only shapes the planning and design of the facility, but has even more impact on the long-term flexibility and serviceability of the building.

Speaker
Jay Levine, OAA LEED AP BD+C, Principal, NXL Architects
Jay Levine is a founding partner of NXL Architects, a Toronto-based architecture firm. Jay graduated from University of Waterloo in 1986 and for twenty-five years has focused on architecture for the sciences. Jay has built a reputation throughout the industry as an authority on the specialized requirements of pharmaceutical, biotech, and life sciences facilities. Jay has led the design of complex research or production facilities for clients such as Carleton University, University Health Network (UHN), York University, University of Toronto, Alphora Research Inc., Therapure Biopharma, and Biovail Corporation. In his capacity as Principal of NXL Architects and a specialist in complex controlled-environment designs, Jay has spoken at a variety of conferences and seminars for the Toronto Biotechnology Initiative, the Toronto Research Symposium, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, Tradeline Conference on Research Facilities, the Insight Conference on the use of BIM technology, and the SLCan Sustainable Laboratory National Workshop.

Date and Time
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

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Introduction to the Living Building Challenge

The Institute describes the Living Building Challenge in the following way: “The Living Building Challenge defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible today and acts to diminish the gap between current limits and ideal solutions. This certification program covers all building at all scales and is a unified tool for transformative design, allowing us to envision a future that is Socially Just, Culturally Rich and Ecologically Restorative. Whether your project is a single building, a park, a college campus or even a complete neighbourhood community, the Living Building Challenge provides a framework for design, construction and the symbiotic relationship between people and all aspects of the built environment.”

The Institute has provided a very informative and inspiring one-hour presentation (can be condensed to 30 min.) for the Ambassador Presenters to use as an educational tool.

Speaker
Pádraic O’Connell, Sustainability Consultant, MMM Group Ltd.
Pádraic O’Connell has extensive experience in the built environment and the energy efficiency of buildings. He has over eight years experience working in architectural firms. Pádraic is currently working as a sustainability consultant in a consulting engineering firm.

Pádraic received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Technology in 2006, and has completed his Masters of Science in Environmental Design of Buildings. He is a former board member of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council. He is also a LEED accredited professional and Living Building Challenge Ambassador.

Date and Time
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

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Creating A Sustainable Biosafety Program

John Shannon will present an approach to creating a holistic sustainable biosafety program. He will outline the key physical and programmatic elements necessary for a typical medical research laboratory. John will demonstrate how a sustainable program will be adaptable to changes in legislation, particularly relevant in light of the newly implemented Human Pathogens and Toxins Regulations administered by Public Health Agency of Canada.

Speaker
John Shannon, Safety Manager, MedRist and Biosafety Officer and Laser Safety Officer, University Health Network Research
John Shannon is the Safety Manager of MedRist and in Research at the University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Additionally, he is the Biosafety Officer and Laser Safety Officer for UHN Research. He leads a team of Safety Coordinators that are driven in developing and maintaining UHN Research safety programs including biosafety, chemical safety and general laboratory safety. He is a key UHN liaison with safety and environmental Regulatory bodies. In alignment with infrastructure-related projects, John ensures that space planning and design initiatives across UHN comply with legislation, standards and guidelines to create safe, healthy and secure research environments. John and his team have conducted over 1,600 safety audits, 1,400 biosafety risk assessments and have provided safety training for over 7,500 students and staff. John has 13 years of direct laboratory experience from Princess Margaret Hospital/Ontario Cancer Institute as a Research Laboratory Manager and has co-authored seven peer-reviewed papers. He has completed various biosafety training courses including the High Containment Biosafety training in Winnipeg at the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health. John is a Joint Health and Safety Committee Co-Chair at UHN, is a member of American Biological Safety Association (ABSA), Canadian Association of Biological Safety Officers and affiliate member of Ontario Universities Biosafety Officers. John graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Date and Time
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

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Collaborative Integrated Design and Project Delivery for Cold Climate Lab Buildings

The new Gilead Process Development and Analytical Chemistry lab buildings are significant additions to Edmonton’s biotech community. The presentation shows the process of planning, design, construction and occupancy of two high performance labs for Gilead. By the time of the presentation both of these buildings will be occupied.

There is much talk today about Integrated Project Delivery – but there are few great examples of complex lab buildings successfully completed.

Starting with an overview of the collaborative planning, design and construction process, the presentation describes the roles and responsibilities of the owner, the design team and the construction team in the successful completion of these buildings.

Illustrations of the design itself, how it was informed, and how the lessons learned from the first building, were applied to the second building, are included to show the benefits of the collaborative process.

Exploring the project life cycle from conceptual planning, through design and documentation through to the commissioning and occupancy phases, we conclude with lessons that can be applied to other cold-climate lab buildings.

Speakers
Vivian Manasc, FRAIC, LEED AP, Manasc Isaac Architects
Vivian Manasc is an architect with over 30 years of integrated design and project leadership experience and is involved in the strategic design and project planning of high-performance lab buildings.

Derek Heslop, MRAIC, Manasc Isaac Architects
Derek is an architect with over 30 years of project leadership and design experience for high-performance cold-climate lab ad research facilities, and has recently completed the integrated design and construction of the Gilead W1 and W2 buildings in Edmonton.

Date and Time
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

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Class II Biological Safety Cabinets: Considerations for Energy Efficiency and Safety

Class II Biological Safety Cabinets (BSC) are widely used in life science research to provide users product protection (sterility) and personnel protection (containment) of biologicals and chemicals. It is important to select the proper BSC for the application, while also considering the energy and cost implications from a facility standpoint. This webinar will review Classes and Types of BSC’s and how BSC selection impacts facility energy requirements. Next will follow a review of energy saving motor technology, and advancements in lighting and control technology that can help to reduce energy costs to operate BSC’s. Finally, the webinar will cover important factors to consider during the risk assessment process to ensure the safety of the users and their research are not compromised.

Speaker
Scott Christensen, Vice President of North American Sales, NuAire Inc.
Scott Christensen has over 35 years of experience within the life science industry, 20 with NuAire Inc. He has visited many life science research facilities worldwide and is knowledgeable in the technology behind the use of Class II Bio-safety Cabinets and Laminar Airflow Equipment. He collaborates frequently with lab planners, architects and users to develop innovative containment strategies to meet the specific needs of researchers.

Date and Time
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

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Renovating Labs for Exceptional Operating Performance

Basic code compliant standard design practice rarely results in exceptional low energy laboratories. Designing a high performance facility requires careful scrutiny of needs, requirements and opportunities for individual systems and the building as a whole. Furthermore, the commitment to performance must continue after the building is occupied. The Chemistry Laboratory renovation at a University in New England demonstrates the significant improvements feasible through planning, analysis, building performance modeling, and continuous energy monitoring. The 1960’s building was repositioned into one of the University’s most fume hood intensive labs. Every energy saving opportunity was aggressively pursued starting with the optimization of outdoor air volume and conditioning requirements. CFD analysis was used to support fume hood face velocity reduction combined with the installation of an air quality monitoring system. Cooling and reheat energy was significantly reduced by proper zoning and supplementary cooling. Fan pressure drop was minimized wherever possible and occupancy sensors are used to reduce energy use even further. Finally, an advanced building controls and analytics package was installed to support on-going performance tracking and management. After one year of operation, Measurement and Verification results are beginning to indicate how the building is performing and are generating interesting lessons learned that are informing the renovation and design of other laboratories on the University campus.

Speaker
Luka Matutinovic, P.Eng, LEED AP BD+C Associate Built Ecology, WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff

Luka Matutinovic leads the Built Ecology Practice in Boston, providing high-performance sustainable design services as part of WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff’s integrated MEP offering. By combining his experience with predictive, whole-building performance modeling, and knowledge of how buildings actually perform gained from retro-commissioning and energy audits, Luka helps teams make more informed design decisions. Luka’s background in Infrastructure Engineering, Building Physics and Sustainable Design and his passion for strategic thinking and asking “So what?” questions are reflected in his divers range of projects. Some of his notable projects include the Retro-commissioning of the 1.3M sf Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto, Oxford’s landmark LEED EB Platinum tower, and, the performance simulation of MaRS West Tower, a 780,000 sf LEED Gold Core & Shell office and laboratory building. Most recently, Luka has been leading the Measurement and Verification process at Yale University’s Kline Chemistry Lab. Luka is an active industry contributor, serving as Vice-President of the Boston and Canadian Chapters of the International Building Performance Simulation Association and is working on the development of ASHRAE Standard 209 for the Energy-Simulation aided Design of Buildings.

Date and Time
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

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Safe, Energy Efficient Vivariums

The largest source of a vivarium’s energy consumption and carbon emissions is often the significant use of outside air to provide high air change per hour (ACH) dilution ventilation. In the past a prescriptive approach to ventilation was advocated that made it difficult to save energy in these facilities. However, a demand based control approach to ventilation is now being used successfully in many facilities to cut HVAC energy use significantly. This approach as mentioned in the new 2011 ASHRAE Applications Handbook uses real time sensing of vivarium contaminants to vary the minimum ventilation rate of the vivarium to provide both better safety, critical information about the environment as well as lower energy use. This presentation will review the concept and an enabling technology as well as provide some case study results and quantitative analyses of energy savings.

Speaker
Peter Hmelyar, Vice President of Channel Sales, Aircuity Inc.
Peter Hmelyar is the Vice President of Channel Sales for Aircuity Inc. and joined the company in November 2000. He is responsible for all channel sales activities for the Aircuity OptiNet System in the United States and Canada. He previously was the Regional Vice President, Central Region, which included (19) states and (2) Canadian provinces.

Peter has over 35 years of sales management experience in the building and laboratory controls businesses. Peter spent 10 years at Phoenix Controls in various positions of sales management including their VP of Global Sales with responsibility for all of their sales activities. During this time and before at Solidyne and Margaux Systems where he held VP of Sales, and VP of Sales and Marketing positions respectively, Peter achieved great success working through independent distribution channels to provide building and laboratory controls solutions to their customers. He holds a BSME from the University of Akron.

Date and Time
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

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High Performance Run-around Energy Recovery Systems in Cold Climate

HVAC systems are among the greatest energy consumers of large buildings - in particular lab buildings with 100% outside air. European high-performance 'run around energy recovery systems' (RAERS) with advanced control software are operating at efficiencies of net 70-90% (based on annual energy consumption for heating and cooling), taking into account the additional electricity needed for glycol pumps and added fan power to compensate for air pressure drop in the coils.

While the thermodynamics of an energy recovery system are relatively simple, it is critical that high-performance systems operate at optimum performance under varying operating parameters. With several variable input parameters (outside air / supply air / return air temperatures; air volumes; glycol volumes & temperatures), controlling and optimizing a system requires a numerical simulation based controller that allows variable amounts of heat transfer fluid to be circulated throughout the system.

In multi-functional systems, additional heat and/or cold is introduced into the glycol circuit, either to boost the heating/cooling capability of the energy recovery system from waste heat/cold sources, or to control the supply air temperature to the building to eliminate the need of separate heating/cooling coils in the supply air handlers. These features add yet another level of complexity to the controller function.

Rudolf Zaengerle, PhD, President, Konvekta USA Inc.
Rudolf Zaengerle is the President of Konvekta’s North American operation; a subsidiary of the Swiss based Konvekta AG, a manufacturer of high performance energy recovery systems.

He holds a Master of Mechanical Engineering degree and a PhD in Business Administration, both from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He has also studied at Harvard Business School.

He was an Assistant Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology’s Energy Sustainability & Urban Planning Institute before he relocated to the USA more than 20 years ago to manage Swiss technology businesses in North America.

Date and Time
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

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