Pittsburgh, PA
Centralized heat pump systems can provide a very efficient pathway to building electrification while also addressing site resilience priorities. New projects have explored combining a simple, highly efficient energy recovery AHU with heat pumps that can reduce that energy requirement by another 20% to 50% or more. This session will explore where heat pumps and energy recovery systems have been used and highlight their energy savings and resilience potential and help meet E.O. 14057.
Instructors
Scot Duncan, CEO and Inventor of the High Efficiency Dehumidification System (HEDS), Conservant Systems Read Bio
Scot started going to Honeywell jobsites with his dad at 12. At 15, he was on the Honeywell payroll, helping field technicians work on the then-new computerized HVAC control systems. At 18, he went fulltime as a Honeywell engineer. At 20, he worked fulltime at Honeywell and went to Cal Poly Pomona, where he graduated at the top of his class. At 27, he started Retrofit Originality Incorporated to design high efficiency HVAC and TES systems. Scot created the "Load Based Optimization System" (LOBOS) HVAC optimization platform & sold it in 2014. During base energy audit investigations for USACE, Scot found HVAC-caused mold and could not find HVAC equipment to stop mold growth that was efficient & DoD-maintainable. At the request of a USACE Engineer, he invented the High Efficiency Dehumidification System (HEDS). Scot holds 13 patents on HEDS and HEDS related technologies and started Conservant Systems to commercialize HEDS.
Al Youker, Product Manager, Carrier Read Bio
Al Youker is currently the Product Manager for Commercial Water-Source/Geothermal Heat Pumps, Room Fan Coils, Air Terminals, Unit Ventilators, and Induction Terminals at Carrier Corporation. Al has over 35 years of experience in the HVAC industry with previous roles in product design, commercial sales and sales management, application engineering, service sales and sales management and aftermarket parts management. Al holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an MBA degree from Syracuse University and resides in Baldwinsville, NY.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Identify proven and effective technologies for HVAC system energy efficiency, energy recovery, decarbonization, IAQ enhancement and reduced maintenance;
- Recognize high efficiency decarbonization system technologies proven by the DoD Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) can help meet the requirements set forth in E.O. 14057;
- Identify the different types of commercial heat pump products and systems and learn how they can be applied to help meet your projects decarbonization goals and provide significant operating savings as compared to traditional HVAC systems;
- Select the methods that can be used to design for the upcoming effects of climate change - hotter and colder ambient temperatures and greater moisture loads, that also improve energy efficiency;
- Recognize energy recovery-based HVAC systems that can maintain proper moisture levels in buildings that are temporarily unoccupied or mothballed (such as barracks) while reducing energy waste and maintenance needs by over 90% annually.
