conferences
North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association, Inc.
58th NCHEA Annual Conference & Exhibition
August 9-13, 2010
Myrtle Beach, SC
Presenters: Bill Hennen, PE, Electrical Engineer, Affiliated Engineers, Inc., and Nelson Long, PE, LEED® AP, Healthcare Project Manager, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Fire Alarm Design and Implementation
In this session we will discuss the design of new and renovated fire alarm systems. We will present the applicability of various components including smoke detectors, beam detectors, heat detectors, duct detectors, and VESDA systems. We will review the design parameters of voice evacuation systems. We will review various "rule of thumb" and code minimums. We will focus on renovation and the specific issues that arise when adding onto or modifying an existing system including operation during construction, testing, back-up and capacity. Mechanical systems that interface with the fire alarm system will be presented include air pressurization, smoke purge, smoke dampers and stair pressurization. Specific regulations for high-rise buildings will be presented including fire command centers, fire fighters communications, mechanical smoke controls and elevator annunciator.
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
2010 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
August 15-20, 2010
Pacific Grove, CA
Putting the "Action" into Climate Action Planning
Presenter: Mike Walters, LEED® AP
Climate action plans are the necessary first step in reducing campus energy and associated carbon emissions. Explore the often more substantial implementation challenges to realizing tangible results.
Surpassing the Roadblocks in Incorporating Measurement and Verification into the Building Design Process
Presenters: Jeannette LeBoyer, LEED® AP and Fred Betz, PhD, LEED® AP
Measurement and verification of building systems offers the capability to understand how people use buildings and how energy efficiency technologies perform in real-world settings. Examine such challenges as value-engineering, building design liability, and understanding of benefits.
International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories
Labs21 2010 Annual Conference
September 28-30, 2010
Albuquerque, NM
Energy Planning from Square One - Integrated Resource Planning
Pre-Conference Workshop
Presenters: Mike Walters, PE, LEED® AP, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
and Rob McKenna, Energy Strategies, LLC
Results in the Application of Chilled Beams to Laboratory Design
Presenters: Dean Eriksen, PE, LEED® AP
and Bruce McLay, PE, LEED® AP, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Smart Building Design - Five Energy Saving Conventions
Presenters:
Joe Limpert, PE, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
The Sustainability Charette is Not Enough - Process & Tools for Conceptual Phase Analysis
Presenter: Mike Walters, PE, LEED® AP, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Tradeline Animal Research Facilities 2010
November 8-9, 2010
San Diego, CA
Forum Presenters: Joe Limpert, PE, LEED® AP, Principal/Laboratory Planner, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.; Scott Gassen, Project Manager, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; August H. Battles, DVM, Director, Animal Care Services, University of Florida
New HVAC Design Concept for Rodent Rooms at UF - a Multifunctional, Cost-saving Model
The University of Florida has an innovative new rodent holding room concept that increases net holding space, reduces energy use, and improves the maintainability of equipment - and meets NIH facility grant design requirements with less capital. Here, session leaders detail features of this new solution based on a flexible HVAC controls strategy that increases space utilization, control system sequencing that lowers energy use, and the application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for holding rooms and planning for the future maintainability of equipment. They compare energy, space, cost, and commissioning results to previous UF vivarium projects.
HEALTHCARE DESIGN.10
November 13-16, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Presenter: Greg Quinn, PE, LEED® AP, Principal, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
BIM Status Check:
Where Is It Now? Where Is It Going? How Will It Impact Future Healthcare Projects?
AEI is a developmental advisor working with AutoDesk to refine and reconcile its industry-standard BIM platforms, ABS and Revit. Recently designing the 1.3 million-square-foot, 24-story Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, AEI had occasion to put these three-dimensional, integrated design tools to a demanding test. AEI had to devise hybrid solutions to effect functional coordination and achieve BIM delivery goals, compensating for ABS capacity shortcomings and customizing programs to better synch document transfer. This presentation provides a full present view and elaborates on the questions remaining to be answered concerning BIM.
USGBC International Greenbuild Conference and Expo
November 17-19, 2010
Chicago, IL
Booth # 1430
Educational Session Presenters: Mike Walters, PE, LEED® AP, Sustainable Systems & Energy Analysis, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.; Bill Odell, Senior Vice Presdident - Design Principle, HOK; Colin Rohlfing, Senior Associate, HOK; and Duncan Phillips, Ph.D. P, Associate and Project Director, RWDI.
Performance against all odds: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia drives savings even when faced with harsh realities.
Operational since October 2009, KAUST is the largest LEED Platinum project in the world. The panel will compare perceived savings with actual data supplied by the comprehensive campus automation system.
