Come join us for the October monthly meeting of the ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter

 Where to Park 

 Meeting Agenda

Registration - 5:30

Do's and Dont's Presentation - 6:00

Dinner - 7:00

Main Program - 7:30

Adjournment - 9:00

 Technical Presentation

Topic: Leveraging Efficiency and Owner Value

 Turbocor compressors are gaining traction in the market place thanks in a large part to their excellent efficiencies. Leveraging those efficiencies can increase the savings realized by the owner and end users. By correlating the three components of the building load profile across the year, the available condenser water temps and then properly loading the Turbocor compressors to optimize the remarkable owner advantages. Comparisons of different compressor types and their part load energy curves, the effect of oil on heat exchanger U-Value and how this shifts the load points where the Turbocor energy crosses the curve of traditional compressors has great implications for the Total Cost of Ownership of a particular system. Data from a new comparison study conducted by Danfoss during 2012/ 2013 using Trane Trace modeling software and an interesting case study from Texas and the various scenarios will illustrate the energy savings possible from the Turbocor compressor.

Presenter: Jackson Ball, Group Vice President, The Artic Chiller Group

Jackson Ball is the Group Vice President and Partner in The Arctic Chiller Group which owns ArctiChill, Arctic Cool and Freezco Systems. The company has two factories in Canada and the US. He has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing  companies and channel development in heat transfer, refrigeration, and high efficiency Turbocor compressors and VSD systems in HVAC and process applications. He has been involved with the Turbocor phenomenon since its beginnings in North America and has been one of the foremost evangelists for the technology in terms of superior Total Cost of Ownership, and how to sustainably achieve it. Currently he works with Arctic business leaders and its customers around equipment and software technologies, market approaches, group documentation, joint ventures, strategic national and international relationships and the fun of building successful businesses in collaboration with all the stakeholders.

Jackson is a business process and software systems professional engineering more than 2000 interactive web business and service functions across three portals for internal and external partner users. He built the ChillerNET chiller monitoring and threshold alerting service, and ThermalEFFECT which can convert asset based equipment purchases to billable utilities that are fully deductible using real-time chiller system data to generate monthly BTUH consumption invoices that float with usage, heating and/or cooling.  Owners retain their capital, obtain the highest quality equipment that they use and not purchase, obtain local ongoing incentivized support and industry best sustainable energy efficiency. Jackson believes this business model along with properly engineered integrated equipment with powerful online monitoring, control and business-function technologies can reshape an industry, delivering energy-efficient ultimate value directly where it is consumed and be brand agnostic.

Main Program

Topic: Chiller Technology - Round Table Discusion

A chillers basic duty is to supply chilled water to a building to meet the needs of the owner or end users. How the chiller provides chilled water can vary greatly depending upon the application and needs of that specific site. Understanding the features and technology behind the system can have a huge impact to not only the comfort of the building but the energy consumption of the central plant.

The round table discussion will explore the current technologies available in the market place today as well as new and future technologies. A number of innovations have been developed in the past few years, including magnetic bearing oil-free compressors, updated screw technology, variable speed scroll and variable capacity scroll compressors. Improved condenser desings have increased overall EER and IEER efficiencies through the use of variable speed condenser fans and enhanced condenser coil technologies.

Representatives will each have a few minutes to discuss current and future technological advancements of their products. The panel moderator will then present questions for the representatives to discuss how their innovations can lead to a more energy efficient design.

Representatives from the following companies will be participating:

The Arctic Chiller Group
Carrier
Daikin McQuay
Smardt
York

Presenters: Rob Brown, Richard Miller, Eric Lum, Marites Calad, Kevin Ishikawa

 Rob Brown (Air Treatment)
Rob joined the Air Treatment Team in February of 2013.  He has been involved with the HVAC industry for 5 years now. Previously work experience includes Cerus Industrial, a motor control and automation manufacturer, serving as a Regional Sales Manager then two years as the National Sales Manager for the HVAC Division.  Rob graduated from Linfield College in Oregon majoring in International Business and minored in Japanese. 

 Richard Miller (VSI Solutions)
Richard Miller is a 24-year veteran of the fluid flow and handling industry, stemming from work experience in related companies: Ingersoll-Dresser Pump (now Flowserve), Alfa Laval, KSB, and Armstrong Pumps. His career includes roles in design, sales, product application, and customer support for pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, chillers, boilers and other hydronic equipment.  Before VSI Solutions, Richard was Armstrong’s Energy Solutions Manager (North America). In this role, he worked with Consulting Engineers, Contractors and Building Owners to demonstrate ways to save on energy costs related to HVAC systems.  He is also an expert in all types of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps for HVAC, fire protection, plumbing, potable water, wastewater, industrial, mining, pulp & paper, chemical and petro-chemical applications.  Mr. Miller holds an Engineering degree (Mechanical) from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.  Utilising his vast experience, he has traveled around the world educating people on different ways to save energy.

Eric Lum (Carrier)
With over 28 years of industry experience under his belt, Eric has spent the last 12 of them at his current place of employment, Carrier Hawaii.  He is a graduate from the University of Hawaii where he received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and where he also served as the ASHRAE Student Chapter President.  While in college, Eric worked part time at Ferris and Hamig Hawaii, under former ASHRAE Hawaii President and ASHRAE Fellow Frank Lum.  After graduation, Eric began his career as a consulting engineer at the firm Thermal Engineering where he worked with both private and public sectors giving him a variety of experience on both large and small jobs.  Now at Carrier Hawaii he assists with the designs of equipment as an applied sales engineer.   During his free time you can find Eric on the soccer field as an assistant coach for his daughter.  He also enjoys watching NASCAR and wrenching on cars.

Ms. Marites Calad (Norman S. Wright)
Marites is currently the Vice President/Branch Manager for Norman S. Wright Mechanical Equipment Corporation – Pacific managing the Hawaii and Guam offices. Marites has been with Norman S. Wright for a little over 16 years and was instrumental in opening their Guam office in 2007. Marites began her career at Norman S. Wright as an application engineer. Marites earned her bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at Santa Clara University. She worked for a local engineering firm, Notkin Hawaii Inc., for nearly two years prior to joining Norman S. Wright. Marites has been an active member of ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter since 1997.She served as chairperson for almost all committees and all chapter official positions before serving as Chapter President in 2006-2007. She has served as Regional Vice-Chair for Membership Promotion and currently the Nominating Committee Alternate for Region X.

Kevin Ishikawa (ACS Supply)
Kevin Ishikawa is the President ACS Supply Corp. and earned his BSME from the University of Hawaii in 1990. Kevin began his HVAC sales career as a student intern for Trane Pacific in 1989. Upon graduation, he worked as a full time sales engineer at Trane Pacific until 1992. He then moved to Carrier Hawaii in 1992 and worked as a sales engineer there until 2004.In 2004, Kevin opened ACS Supply Corp. as a locally owned distributorship representing HVAC equipment lines including York International Corporation.