The City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment has two significant deadlines coming up. The Energy Benchmarking enforcements deadline is October 1st. Post October 1st, all non-compliant building owners that have failed to submit complete 2018 energy benchmarking reports will be issued Notice if Violations with assessed fines.

Additionally, October 1st is also the Building Tune-Up deadline for facilities with 100,000 to 199,999 square feet of nonresidential space. Warning letters will be issued to all non-compliant building owners that fail to submit complete tune-ups by the reporting deadline.

SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER PRESENTATION

Thursday, September 19
Check in 11:30, Presentation noon – 1:00 PM
Smart Buildings Center
Pacific Tower, 1200 12th Ave. S., Suite 110, Seattle, WA 98144 · 206-538-0832
Register by Tuesday, September 17

A solid-state circuit breaker opens or breaks a circuit on a solid-state level and is therefore faster (and safer) than what’s available today.  In addition, because it already has the solid-state platform – a solid-state circuit breaker is smart, meaning it senses, learns, and can be programmed to control power like never before, and without additional equipment.  This, in turn, lowers equipment costs, installation, and carbon footprint.

Speaker, Douglas Ehlers, PE 

•  Application Solutions Engineer for Atom Power
•  Licensed Professional Engineer in five states
•  Nearly 15 years experience in electrical power and controls
•  Interdisciplinary experience in mechanical systems

Atom Power was founded in 2014 in Charlotte, NC with a mission to save lives, facilities, and simplify with innovations in solid-state power distribution. Atom Power built the world’s first and only commercially ready solid-state circuit breaker. Using semiconductors to control the current digitally, their breakthrough in circuit protection and power distribution unlocks a future where power is smartly controlled and exponentially safer. Atom Power’s key investors include Next 47, ABB Technology Ventures, and Eaton Corporation.

Registration Details
Join us for the Electric League’s Monthly Luncheon Meeting and Networking Event, Thursday, September 19 at the Smart Buildings Center, 1200 12th Ave S, Seattle WA 98144. Check-in and a lunch buffet begin at 11:30 AM.  The presentation will run from noon – 1:00 PM.

Advance registration and payment is required, and is being accepted now. Please assist our planning by registering early. League Members: $40; Non-League Members: $50. A late fee applies for registrations received after Tuesday, September 17.  Register below or call 425-498-8098.

Parking
Access to the parking garage is via the 110th & 108th street parking entrances. Take an EST Building elevator to the lobby level; the PSE Auditorium is connected to the lobby.

Technical and Interactive
Building Commissioning Workshop
Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23/24
8 AM – 5 PM
Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center

Workshop Description
This Building Commissioning Technical Workshop will use the Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx) process as a mechanism to introduce and work with the technical skill set used by commissioning providers in virtually every commissioning process from New Construction Commissioning (NCx) to EBCx to Ongoing Commissioning.

The class will begin with an overview of the EBCx and NCx processes to establish a general level of understanding of the goals of a building commissioning process and thus, the framework for the rest of the class.  It will then provide an overview of the technical skills used by most commissioning providers as they work on facilities.

At that point, the class will move to interactive exercises that will use a combination of three dimensional SketchUp models and field activities to expose the attendees to the application of the commissioning skill set.   After working with a very simple SketchUp model with the instructor to get up to speed on using SketchUp, the instructors will lead attendees, working as teams, through scoping a virtual chilled water plant, and virtual air handling system, and a virtual condenser water system using the SketchUp models.

The model-based exercises will be supplemented with field activities in the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center mechanical spaces to reinforce and practice some of the skills the attendees have been exposed to by working with the models.  Subsequently, the instructors will work interactively with the students using trend data, spreadsheets and other tools to develop selected findings in the models.

The finding development session will explore what needs to be done to investigate, implement, and verify common commissioning findings  While the exercises will be specific to the opportunities observed in the models, the techniques and concepts explored will be broad-based and applicable to virtually any commissioning process.

CLICK HERE for more information including a detailed daily agenda.

Instructor David Sellers, Facility Dynamics
As a gifted educator and speaker, David Sellers, PE has secured his niche in the commissioning community as a leader in commissioning and controls design by making the holistic commissioning process an imperative element of a successfully run building. He leads many of our seminars on controls design offering over 40 years of hands-on experience to a growing number of operators who are best trying to understand and operate buildings while meeting the goals of improved comfort, seamless operation, and at times, energy and financial savings. A testament to his commitment to the commissioning community is his multiple sessions at the National Conference on Building Commissioning, the on-site development and training work associated with the Marriott Advanced Engineering Program, and multiple Pacific Energy Center workshops. In 2017, David was the recipient of the Benner Award which recognized outstanding performance in ensuring that commissioning is seen as “business as usual” in the commercial building industry.

Facility Dynamics Engineering specializes in providing optimal building performance to facilities and their control systems through the commissioning process. For nearly 30 years ago, our team has demonstrated that a building can operate the way it was designed to or with certain measures, even better than its intended design. With numerous repeat clients and a portfolio of over 4,000 projects, our team of engineers is comprised of former owners, superintendents, and facility managers allowing our owner-focused approach to successfully lead every project with a unique understanding of all involved stakeholders.

Course will provide 16-hours of self-reported CEUs     
$750   ($700 Electric League Members)
REGISTRATION

In July 2020, buildings will have to meet new higher energy efficiency standards than ever, now being adopted with the Washington State Energy Code. The right window systems can help buildings reach high-performance goals for lighting, comfort and energy efficient living, while achieving or exceeding these tougher compliance standards. If you are in the business, a student, or a professional wanting to achieve these goals  in the future, join us for this month’s NW EcoBuilding Guild ShiftBuilding Symposium: A Window On The Future – High-Performance Window System in Bellingham on Wednesday, September 18th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM and in Seattle on Thursday, September 19th from 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM. Register for advanced ticket reduced pricing today! 

 

 

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The article provides some answers to key questions like what does smart building technology truly offer the commercial world, and what are the benefits.  To read the full article and additional benefits of smart building technologies to commercial building owners, click here.