BOC
Technical Webinar Series
Expand your knowledge, enroll in a BOC Web based technical webinar.
After successfully completing the webinar and
taking the quiz, you will earn 1.5 Hours of continuing education
towards maintaining your BOC Certification. Pre-recorded
webinars are listed below.
2010 LIVE BOC Technical Webinars:
All sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pacific
Standard Time and led by experts in building diagnostics
and tune-up for energy performance.
Fall Event — Thursday, September 16, 2010
Energy Tune-Up - Measurement
Tools for Building Energy Diagnostics
10 - 11 a.m. Pacific; 11 a.m.- Noon Mountain; Noon - 1 p.m. Central;
1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Eastern
Facility professionals often
wisely rely on their five senses to help them evaluate the energy
performance of their building. Along with these five senses, quality
measurement tools are important for diagnosing system performance
and managing energy consumption. This webinar will cover hand-held
measurement devices and simple data logging equipment for short
term monitoring projects to evaluate energy tune-up opportunities.
Tools include hand-held temperature probes, pressure gauges, digital
mulitmeters, calibration equipment, infrared cameras, light meters,
data loggers, and more. Learn how to select the appropriate tool
for your energy project.
SPEAKER: BetterBricks Technical Advisor REGISTER
Fees:
Single Webinar Event — $79
Combo Webinar Event (2) — $125
2010 Technical
Webinar Series (discounted tuition for full series of 4) — $200
REGISTER
ONLINE
OR to register by mail or fax download
the 2010 Webinar brochure (PDF 338k).
Pre-recorded webinars:
View pre-recorded webinars anytime. After you
register you will receive a link, log-in and password information.
Flash capable browser is required, high speed internet connection
recommended.
ENERGY TUNE UP – OPTIMIZING OUTSIDE-AIR USAGE & EQUIPMENT SCHEDULING
Two of the 4 big opportunities for energy savings in
most buildings involve problems with equipment scheduling and outside
air usage. This webinar takes an in-depth look at each, and discusses
how to diagnose them and implement strategies for improved performance.
The first – outside-air usage – wastes energy when
a building’s ventilation system provides more than the minimum
outside air necessary for air-quality needs, thereby placing extra
load on the heating and cooling system to properly condition the
air. The second – equipment scheduling– wastes energy
when lighting and HVAC systems are illuminating and conditioning
zones of the building unnecessarily. Temporary changes to operating
schedules for one-time events can all too often remain in place
and go unnoticed by facility staff long after the event is over.
Learn how to evaluate your building for opportunities in these
key areas and how to get started with a tune up program. (Recorded July 21, 2010)
SPEAKER: Jim Volkman, Strategic Energy Group & BetterBricks
Fee: $59 REGISTER
ENERGY TUNE UP – ADDRESSING PROBLEMS WITH SENSOR
ERROR AND SIMULTANEOUS HEATING & COOLING
Two of the top 4 big opportunities for energy savings in most
buildings involve problems with simultaneous heating and cooling
and sensor error. This webinar takes an in-depth look at these
two opportunities, and discusses how to diagnose them and implement
strategies for improved performance. The first - simultaneousheating
and cooling - wastes energy when the same air gets heated and cooled,
or hot and cold air streams get mixed together to make warm air.
If the control strategy is not optimized, the supply air will be
cooler than necessary and reheating it will use more energy than
necessary. The second - sensor error- causes increased heating,
cooling, or equipment operation, which can affect occupant comfort
and lead to higher energy bills. This is most often caused by uncalibrated
sensors, but can also be due to incorrectly placed sensors, failed
sensors, or mistakes in control set-up. Learn how to evaluate your
building for opportunities in these key areas and how to get started
with a tune up program. (Recorded
March 18, 2010)
SPEAKER: Mike Kaplan, P.E., Kaplan Engineering on behalf of BetterBricks
Fee: $59 REGISTER
TOP FOUR ENERGY TUNE UP OPPORTUNITIES
An energy tune up of your building’s HVAC and lighting systems
offers the biggest energy and dollar savings for the lowest cost.
Case studies from across the country confirm that most buildings
can achieve a 10% to 15% energy cost savings by taking a systematic
approach to a building tuneup. This webinar will focus on the four
most common energy savings opportunities in buildings: Sensor Error,
Simultaneous Heating & Cooling, Equipment Scheduling, and Outside-Air
Usage. Learn how to evaluate your building for opportunities in
these key areas and how to get started with a tune up program. (Recorded
Feb. 17, 2010)
SPEAKER: Jim Volkman, Strategic Energy Group & BetterBricks
Fee: $59 REGISTER
BOILER TUNE-UP
Boilers are major energy users in many facilities. The combustion
efficiency of a boiler will degrade over time necessitating a tune
up to restore the efficiency of the unit. This webinar will cover
the basics of boiler tune up strategies – how to determine
whether a boiler is in need of one, what a tune up entails, savings
expectations, and how to work with outside service contractors
offering boiler tune up services. (Recorded
Sept. 9, 2009)
PRESENTER: Greg
Jourdan, Director and Instructor, Refrigeration Technology
Program, Wenatchee Valley College
Fee: $59 REGISTER
MORNING WARM-UP STRATEGIES FOR LOWERING ENERGY COSTS
A good energy saving strategy for the winter heating season is
the use of a morning warm up cycle. Building zones that use a night
setback in temperature have to recover to comfort conditions before
occupied hours. During this warm up period an occupied space doesn’t
need ventilation air. Reducing this fraction of cold air during
the warm up cycle can reduce cost with no compromise to the indoor
environment. This webinar will discuss the how and when of morning
warm up strategies and the expected energy and cost savings in
deploying this simple step. (Recorded
July 22, 2009)
PRESENTER: Bob Davis, Research Engineer and Head Trainer, Ecotope
Fee: $59 REGISTER
THE IAQ TOP TEN FIXES
From dealing with soiled diffusers to offering
a memorable rule of thumb about building pressure, Bud Offermann
PE CIH gives his list of the top 10 items for reducing and fixing
IAQ (indoor air quality) complaints. This webinar will open with
a quick refresher in IAQ sources and pathways, then cover a checklist
of ten critical HVAC conditions to help keep the workplace air
quality in tip top shape. Participants will be able to identify
HVAC measures for further exploration and apply new approaches
for better performance. Building operators, owners, and designers
can all pick up some tips here to boost occupant satisfaction and
ensure that you’re
not courting trouble with your building ventilation, temperatures,
air pressures and moisture. (Recorded
March 19, 2009)
PRESENTER: Bud Offermann, MSME, PE, CIH, Indoor
Environmental Engineering
The instructor has 25 years experience as an IAQ researcher, sick
building investigator, mitigation planner, healthy building design
consultant, expert witness, technical author, and workshop instructor.
He is president of Indoor
Environmental Engineering, an IAQ research and forensic firm
located in San Francisco.
Fee: $59 REGISTER
LIGHTING RETROFITS: A FRESH APPROACH FOR 2009
Lighting retrofits are a key component of a facility lighting
maintenance program. With the advances in today's lighting products,
retrofits can bring dollars to the facility operating budget through
energy savings, utility cash incentives, and reduced labor costs.
Retrofits typically involve replacement of lamps and ballasts,
fixture cleaning, and inspection and troubleshooting. But there
are also other considerations such as surface reflectance, fixture
selection, and luminaire efficiency that can improve system performance.
This webinar will open with a quick refresher in high performance
lamps and ballasts, then cover three new approaches to retrofits
that will help lower power density while meeting the illumination
needs in the workspace. Participants will be able to identify new
lighting products for further exploration and apply new approaches
to lighting retrofits for better performance. (Recorded Feb. 12,
2009)
PRESENTER: Eric Strandberg,
L.C., Senior Lighting Specialist, Lighting Design Lab. Eric has
15 years experience providing lighting consultations and seminars
to facilities operators and engineers, and is the author of numerous
articles on lighting technology and maintenance. He has designed
the webinar to provide useful, ready-to-use information you can
apply for immediate results.
Fee: $59 REGISTER
DEMAND CONTROL FOR VENTILATION—USING
CO2 SENSORS FOR VENTILATION SAVINGS
Demand Control Ventilation
(DVC) systems rely on room CO2 concentrations to vary ventilation
rates. This strategy can be an effective energy savings retrofit
in spaces where occupancy rates have wide variation throughout
the day, such as conference rooms, auditoriums, classrooms and
more. This webinar discusses the basics of how ventilation rates
for healthy indoor air environments are determined and the system
components and operational issues associated with a demand control
ventilation system. Participants learn of free tools where energy
savings calculations from DCV can be estimated as well as the
common O&M steps necessary to maintain a demand control
ventilation system. (Recorded June 16, 2008)
PRESENTER: Adrienne Thomle is a Senior Product
Manager with Honeywell. She is responsible for the design and development
of the Honeywell economizers and is considered the leading expert
on economizer design and applications. Adrienne is a member of
ASHRAE and contributor to standards for energy conservation in
buildings.
Fee: $59 REGISTER
USING DATA LOGGERS TO IMPROVE BUILDING PERFORMANCE
You
can’t manage what you don’t measure—and the
more detailed the measurement data the greater the opportunity
to spot operational problems and opportunities for improvement.
Portable data loggers are excellent tools for facility staff to
obtain a host of operating measurements from important systems
and equipment like air handlers, air temperatures, motor run time,
and much more. This webinar introduces the basics of data loggers
and how this tool can be used to effectively pinpoint building
issues and explore opportunities for energy savings projects in
your facility. (Recorded July 2008)
PRESENTER: Bruce Shaffer is President of Action Energy;
a firm specializing in helping customers improve energy performance.
Fee:
$59 REGISTER
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