ASHRAE Hawaii + Hawaii Energy - Workshop Series

Tuesday, April 1, 2024 | Hawaii National Bank Building | Hawaii Energy Training Room (5th floor)

8:45am - 4:00pm

Registration

In-Person Attendance (coffee and lunch provided): FREE - Register HERE

Virtual Attendance: FREE - Register HERE

Parking at the 888 Nuuanu Parking Lot (outdoors between Smith and Nuuanu) will be fully validated.

Unitary Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning (HVAC)

Participants will learn about the fundamentals of HVAC systems found in residential and small-to-medium commercial and industrial facilities. The focus is on package-unit, split and VRF system components, controls, and applications. This course begins with the science of human comfort and heat transfer as it affects HVAC sizing and efficiency. Next we look at several types of unitary HVAC equipment, how it works, and the advantages of different configurations. We will take a look at new advances in HVAC technology for condensers, evaporators, and compressors including variable refrigerant flow.

After that, we explore control opportunities, equipment performance, and high tech systems. We conclude by investigating the impact of maintenance efficiency, fault detection, field auditing, and unit replacement economics.

This course presents the fundamentals of air-conditioning systems found in residential and small-to-medium commercial and industrial facilities. Some previous AC system experience is helpful, but this workshop covers the basics.

Speaker

David Wylie, PE, MBA | David Wylie Consulting

David Wylie has a wide range of energy engineering experience, including research, development, program design, measurement, feasibility study of electrical and mechanical systems, and energy supply for commercial and industrial facilities. He has a college teaching credential, teaches what he knows from experience, has more than 10,000 hours of classroom instruction experience, and has developed more than 100 individual classes in the past 30 years. David takes sophisticated engineering concepts and relates them in a way you can understand — in a friendly and practical way. 

Facing challenges with creative solutions is a way of life for David. He was the W of ASW Engineering, a group of partners who in 1976 began delivering expert engineering management for energy efficiency. The company sold in 2013 and David now works as an independent consultant. Several of David’s articles have been published in trade magazines, and he has written a book titled “New Refrigerants for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Systems.”  David has been recognized for innovations in engineering from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Southern California Edison, and California’s governor.

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