Working Group: Mechanical Systems, Plumbing, and Controls

Group Co-Chairs

• Drake Erbe, Vice President of Market Development, AirXchange, Inc.
• Richard Lord, Carrier Corporation

WORKING DRAFTS:

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Calls and Meetings

The first call of the MSPC working group took place on April 9, 2010.
Download minutes from the meeting (PDF).

Draft Scope

The Mechanical Systems, Plumbing and Controls Working Group includes HVAC systems, plumbing, and water pumping and cooling systems. 

• Role of evaporative cooling in new construction?
• Ground coupling
• Multi-variant refrigeration systems
• Phase-change materials/Load balancing
• Shift from larger systems to multiple smaller systems with more refined controls systems
  • Can controls systems deal with multiple system types and integrate them effectively
  • Separate comfort conditioning, ventilation, humidity control, and thermal control systems from each other—may be opportunities to improve operational efficiencies by separating these out
• What are the feedback mechanisms from the controls systems to owners and occupants
• Heat cascading between and within buildings
  • Supermarkets are doing it a little now but there’s room for improvement
• Commercial technology problem of equipment interfaces and integration
  • Current trends in control strategies and systems and where does it need to go from here
  • IP issues, industry standards issues
  • “translators” to help systems work together—need for troubleshooting and commissioning.  We’re a long way from plug and play.
  • Keep in mind long-term building operation and maintenance needs as systems are put in
• What are the limits of unitary systems when net-zero is the goal?
  • One package with separate subsystems?
  • Scrap this model and come up with a new one?
  • How to characterize and optimize these systems as they evolve and change across climate zones and with different system functionalities.
  • How can we reconfigure/retrofit existing buildings which already have unitary systems?
• Can you or how can you do mechanical refrigeration in a net-zero building?
• Hydronic vs. air vs. electrical thermal distribution

Current Members

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Company Name	First Name	Last Name	Job Title
Adapt Engineering	Steve	Hathaway	Director of Energy Services
Adapt Engineering	Tammy	Stempel	Sr. Sustainable Building Advisor
AirAdvice, Inc.	Tim	Kensok	Vice President of Market Development
Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refridgeration Institute	Matthew	Evans
Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refridgeration Institute	Rob	Helminiak
AirCuity, Inc.	Dan	Diehl
AirCuity, Inc.	Gordon	Sharp
Airxchange, Inc.	Drake	Erbe	Vice President, Business Development
Alabama Power Company	Robert	White	Product Manager
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy	Harvey	Sachs
ASHRAE	Doug	Read	Director of Government Affairs
Autodesk	Erin	Hoffer
Beth Shearer & Associates, Inc.	Beth	Shearer	President
Blue Hill Partners LLC	Joyce	Ferris	Managing Partner
Blue Hill Partners, LLC	Walter	King	Analyst
Building Intelligence Group	Jeffrey	Seewald	Consultant
Building Intelligence Group, LLC	Paul	Ehrlich	President
CALMAC Mfg.Corp	Mark	MacCracken	CEO
Cannon Design	John	Swift	Principal
Cemtrex	Paulson	Ambookan
Consulting-Specifying Engineer	Michael	Ivanovich	Chief Editor
Continental Automated Buildings Association	Tom	Lohner	Vice President
DMI	Eric	Studer	Project Manager
Dwyer Engineering	Matt	Dwyer	President
EcoInsight, Inc.	Michael	Doane	VP, Business Development
EcoSocio Energy Solutions	John	Mueller	CEO
EE Capital Management	Brian	Hunt	Partner
Edison Electric Institute	Steve	Rosenstock	Manager, Energy Solutions
EEMAX, Inc.	Kevin	Ruppelt
EEMAX, Inc.	Aaron	Siegel	VP, Sales
Electro Industria	Gustavo	Cuevas	Manager
EMS	Rami	Ghanem
Engineering Excellence Energy and Environmental Services LLC	Thomas	Winstel	President, CEO
Epstein Global	Jeremy	Poling	Senior Sustainability Analyst
Facility Strategies Group, LLC	Matt	Pesce	Principal
Farnsworth Group	Patrick	McMahon	Senior Sustainability Manager
Garner Energy Solutions	Aaron	Needham	President/CEO
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium	John	Kelly	Executive Director
Gilbane Building Company	Mohamed	Mohamed	Energy Services Manager
Gilbane Building Company	Tom	Roger	Vice President
Good Energies	Patrick	Flynn	Analyst
Good Energies	Greg	Kats	Managing Director
Goodway	Paul	Bozek	VP of Engineering
Goodway	Tim	Kane	President
Goodway	David	Walsh	VP of Sales and Marketing
GreenCon	Jose	Ventura	President
Greenworks Studio	Chris	Buntine	Sustainability Engineer
Greenworks Studio	Elizabeth	Newell
Grundfos Pumps Corporation	Greg	Towsley
Halff Associates, Inc.	Tim	Jensen	Vice President
HOK	John	Pulley	Vice President | Director, Engineering
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America	Rita	Harrold	Director of Technology
Image Engineering Group	Don	Penn
In Posse LLC	Robert	Diemer	Partner
Independent Consultant	Brad	Hollomon
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials	Dain	Hansen
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials	Peter	DeMarco	Director of Special Programs
International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories	Philip	Wirdzek	President/Executive Director
Johnson Controls	Clay	Nesler	Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability
Johnson Controls	John	Ruiz	Program Director, Sustainable Energy Technology
Johnson Controls, Inc.	Nick	McLellan
KMC Controls, Inc.	Ben	Dorsey	VP Marketing
M.E. GROUP, Inc.	Jo	Barr	Senior Marketing Manager
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources	John	Ballam	Engineering Manager, Energy Efficiency Division, DOER
MBO, Inc.	Steven	Kaplan	Project Development
MCQUAY INTERNATIONAL	Julian	de Bullet	DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY RELATIONS
Mechanical Service Contractors of Amerca (MSCA/MCAA)	Barbara	Dolim	Executive Director
Mechanical Service Contractors of America	Thom	Brazel	2010 Vice Chairman, Board of Managers
Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA/MCAA)	John	McNerney	General Counsel
Metropolitan Architects and Planners	Sanjay	Arora
Miura North America Inc.	Jason	Smith	Energy & Environmental Specialist
MSCA	David	Bavisotto	Chairman
MSCA	Russ	Borst	Board Member
MultiStack	Howard	Kelly	Communications and Marketing Director
National Association of State Energy Officials	Jim	Arwood	Regional Coordinator
National Grid	Francis	Boucher	Advanced Building Manager
National Institute of Building Sciences	Ryan	Colker	Director of the Consultative Council/Presidential Advisor
National Insulaton Association	Ronald	King	Nia Past President - Fesi Liaison
NEMA	William	Hoyt	Industry Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Norman	Durfee	Sr. Project Manager
Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Karen	McElhaney
Optimum Energy	Heather	Van Schoiack	PR & Influencer Marketing Manager
Optimum Energy LLC	Michele	Cook	Government Market Manager
ORNL EERE Program	Melissa	Lapsa	Manager, Communications and Outreach
P.V. Sullivan Supply Company, Inc.	George	Olson
Pegasus Sustainable Century Merchant Bank	Bill	Anderson
Pegasus Sustainable Century Merchant Bank	Govi	Rao	Partner
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	William	Bahnfleth	Professor and Director
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Jeffrey	Brownson	Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	James	Freihaut	Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Lisa	Iulo	Assistant Professor of Architecture
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Richard	Mistrick	Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Penn State Indoor Environment Center	Stephen	Treado	Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
PennBarry	Jenny	Abney	Vice President
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association	Kevin	Schwalb	Director of Government Relations
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Guopeng	Liu	Research Engineer
Polk Mechanical Co.	Michael	Humphries	Project Development
PWA Engineering, LLC	Brad	Henry
RCx Building Diagnostics	Katharine	Flynn	Energy Engineer
RCx Building Diagnostics	Cindy	Omstead
REHAU Inc.	Kathleen	Saylor	CEO
REHAU, Inc.	John	Kimball	Sustainability Engineer
REJUVINAIR Inc.	Richard	Namovich	President
Roger Williams University	Robert	Potter	Associate Provost and Dean of Engineering
Ross Mechanical Group	Ross	Goldstein	VP Marketing
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology (SVIT)	Falguni	Patel	Lecturer
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP	Luke	Leung	Sustainable Engineering Practice Leader
Solar Buildings Research Network	Meli	Stylianou
South Eastern Arizona Governments Association	Susan	Buchan	Pathways Out of Poverty Program Manager
Southern California Edison	Devin	Rauss	Engineer
Southern Company	Pradeep	Vitta	Manager, End Use Energy Efficiency and PQ Research
Southface Energy Institute	Mike	Barcik	Director of Technical Services
Southface Energy Institute	Brandon	Jones	Manager, Commercial Green Building Services
Southland Industries	Shane	Stanfield	Project Engineer
Steven Winter Associates	Richard	Tesoriero
Sustainable Engineering Group, LLC	Jon	Evans	Senior Project Engineer
Teng & Associates	Chistopher	Larry
Texas Institute	Jon	Shapiro	CEO
TIAX LLC	John	Dieckmann	Director, HVAC and Refrigeration Technology
Texas Institute	Jeremy	Vickers	Director of Business Development
United For A Sustainable America	Anthony	Cannon	Managing Director
United Technologies	Craig	Walker	Director, UTC Power Programs
United Technologies Research Center	William	Sisson	Director, Sustainability, WBCSD Buildings Program
US Navy - CNIC Fleet & Family Readiness	Kevin	Rawson	Energy Conservation Coordinator, CNIC 9
Wellford Energy Advisors	Sharon	Heaton	Managing Director
West Virginia University	Edward	Crowe	Engineering Scientist