Technical Session

DDC Control Systems Reliability

This Technical Session will take you through a closer look at DDC Control systems design, installation, and ongoing maintenance for reliable operation.  This presentation will include:

• Case histories of control systems not operating as intended
• Control logic and programming types
• Control network considerations, design, and installation practices
• Maintenance considerations

Speaker: Mike Lynaugh

Mike is the Director of Sales and Partner at Air-Ex Air Conditioning Inc.  He joined the firm in 2006.  He is degreed in Electronics and has over 20 years experience related to Building Automation Systems, service, retrofit, new construction, and systems design.

Over his career, Mike has been involved with numerous in-service buildings and campuses in the Los Angeles metro area such as Allergan, Bank of America Data Center, CHOC Hospital, GSA, Ronald Regan State Office Building, and USC.  He is an active member of the Orange Empire Chapter and is currently serving on the Board of Governors.

Dinner Program

Are High Performing Buildings Really Performing?

Is it possible today, at an incremental construction cost of 2-10% to create buildings which operate at 50% and even 75% less energy than Standard 90.1 - 2004?  A few high profile buildings touted to be designed as low-energy have been extensively metered and studied.

This month's presentation provides an overview of the process, performance, technologies, and lessons learned for these recent 'high performance' buildings, which range in measured energy savings of 25-70% over Standard 90.1.  There are opportunities for even greater energy savings in the future - achieving widespread, cost-effective low-energy and net-zero energy commercial buildings by 2025.

Speaker: Drury Crawley, Ph.D.

Dr. Dru Crawley leads the team developing a new generation of building performance software for energy and sustainability at Bentley Systems.  This includes AECOsim Energy Simulator, AECOsim Compliance Manager, Open Plant with HVAC, and Hevacomp (Simulator, Electrical Designer, and Mechanical Designer).

AECO sim Energy Simulator is a BIM-based, full featured graphic interface for the U.S. Department of Energy's flagship EnergyPlus building simulations program.  AECOsim Compliance Manager eases the documentation and submission of all the data required for LEED.

Prior to joining Bentley in 2010, Dr. Crawley led the U.S. Department of Energy's Commercial Buildings Initiative.