Pittsburgh, PA
Building Controls are critical to ensuring buildings work properly and continue to perform as expected. The instructors will give a fundamental overview of the commissioning process and the use of the building's controls systems to optimize energy and water use. In this session, learn how to navigate the building controls and ensure the sequencing is done right.
Instructors
William McMullen, Director of Technical Services, Chinook Systems Read Bio
William McMullen serves as Director of Technical Services and is responsible for all facets of Chinooks project development and delivery. Bill has more than 33 years of experience in life cycle building operations, facility engineering, commissioning, and energy engineering along with extensive knowledge of building automation, and system integration. Bill is past president of the Building Commissioning Association, and an instructor at North Carolina State University, teaching courses on commissioning, TAB and energy efficiency. Bill is the recipient of the President's Award from the BCxA and the Federal Energy Management Program's Federal Energy and Water Management Award. Prior to joining Chinook, Bill was the Business Unit Manager for Dewberry's Energy Solutions Group and was the eastern operations manager for the energy solutions group at Eaton Corporation. Prior to that, Bill was a principal and vice president at EMC Engineers--a national leader in energy efficiency, commissioning, and retrocommissioning.
David Sellers, Senior Engineer, Facility Dynamics Engineering Read Bio
David Sellers is Senior Engineer with Facility Dynamics Engineering. FDE's core business is building commissioning and control system design. They also do some forensic engineering, mostly to diagnose and correct problems with building systems, typically on the mechanical side, with over 40 years of experience. David's primary focuses at FDE currently include providing technical hands-on training, existing building and new construction commissioning project support, and control system design. In addition to his project work, David maintains the FDE commissioning blog - A Field Perspective on Engineering - and the related commissioning resources web site. David holds a B.S. from Parks College of St. Louis University in Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering, and is a licensed airframe and power plant mechanic. He also is a registered professional engineering in the states of Missouri and Washington, and was the 2017 Benner Award Winner at the National Conference on Building Commissioning.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Recognize overall commissioning terms and components of the Whole Building commissioning process;
- Recognize the proper sequence, and specific steps in commissioning a BAS/Building control system;
- Identify the activities of Control systems commissioning in design phase, construction phase, performance testing (acceptance) and operations phase;
- Recognize the concepts and application of continuous monitoring, persistence measures, and building life cycle performance that can be delivered via the commissioning process.
