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LEED standards and certification have emerged as a primary means of offering compelling “proof” that buildings are achieving environmental goals they were designed to reach. And with the advent of wireless sensors, buildings equipped with disparate electrical and mechanical systems are now being monitored even more carefully for performance anomalies that can rob buildings of optimal energy efficiency. Given all of these advancements, Mr. Wolins will explain why buildings continue to suffer from “energy drift”—typically reflecting 15-25 percent loss in energy efficiency within one to two years. In this session attendees will learn:
• Why commercial buildings continue to suffer from “energy drift” despite advancements in control systems, the increasing deployment of sensors and the growing adoption of LEED standards and certification.
• Specific sources of ongoing energy drift.
• Why the integration of disparate energy management system data is insufficient to achieve optimal energy efficiency.
• How the deployment of new “Automated Continuous Commissioning” (ACC) systems can automatically predict, detect, diagnose and prioritize faults and anomalies, enabling companies to slash annual energy spending 15-25 percent.
WHEN &
WHERE:
Green Intelligent Buildings Conference
Hilton Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA
TRACK 2, “Operations and Maintenance”
Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 1:00 p.m.
About the Speaker
David Wolins, CEO, Scientific Conservation
Mr. Wolins has dedicated his career to the advancement of the energy efficiency industry and has worked over a 25 year period with facilities, their processes and their HVAC, refrigeration, controls and metering systems. He was responsible for the design and execution of many cutting edge energy improvement projects including PG&E’s ACT² and BPA’s small commercial demand response program. In 1993, Mr. Wolins founded EnFlex, which developed connectivity and enterprise solutions for the delivery of building systems data. Customers included Chevron Energy Services, Costco, Kroger, U.S. Postal Service, and the utilities Bonneville Power Administration, Entergy and PG&E. In 2008 Mr. Wolins sold EnFlex to SunEdison. Mr. Wolins holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.
About Scientific Conservation
Scientific Conservation Inc. (SCI) is a leading provider of energy efficiency and system optimization solutions for the $5 billion commercial building market. The SCIwatch automatic continuous commissioning solution is the industry’s first software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform to help cut annual energy spending up to 25 percent by comparing predicted energy and system efficiencies against real-time operation. SCI is headquartered in Berkeley, Calif., with offices in Atlanta. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/SCIwatch.
