Region IX Chapter 77

March Chapter Meeting: Distinguished Lecturer: You Can't Afford Discomfort

  • 20 Mar 2018
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Pappadeuax Seafood Kitchen, 5011 Pan American Fwy NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109

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Topic: You Can't Afford Discomfort

Speaker: Dan Int-Hout, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

     

Presentation Info

While much has been said about saving energy, little is said of the downside if the savings strategy reduces occupant productivity. The average salary in any office is 100  times greater than the full cost of heating and cooling that space. Strategies that add to the first, renovation, or operating cost of a space have to be weighed against the potential for reduced productivity when calculating the time to payback.

 We aren’t doing a very good job, it seems. BOMA continues to report that the #1 reason for tenants not renewing the lease is “occupant dissatisfaction with the thermal environment”. ASHRAE Standard 55 describes the conditions that will satisfy a majority of the occupants. It is often referenced in code, and many LEED projects have been awarded a point for compliance, at the design stage, of course.

In practice however, we find that systems don’t operate at design, or even as designed. We will discuss the issues related to maintaining comfortable conditions.at all loads, and discuss the benefits of ventilation and economizer operations.       
   

Speaker Bio

Mr. Dan Int-Hout, Chief Engineer, Krueger, is responsible for the presentation of technical data and advanced application engineering for the Grilles, Registers and Diffusers, as well as the VAV air terminals, produced by Krueger. Mr. Int-Hout originally joined Krueger in 1981, but has had several other jobs in the industry, in engineering, marketing and product research roles, with Owens Corning Fiberglas, Carrier, Titus and Environmental Technologies. 

Mr. Int-Hout has been in the air distribution research and design business since 1973, has a Masters degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University, and a Bachelors degree in Biology and Physics from Denison University. 

Mr. Int-Hout has written over thirty technical papers and articles on VAV system performance, acoustics, air diffusion, controls and occupant comfort. He was recently Chairman of both ASHRAE Technical and Standards Committees on Thermal Comfort, is a past Chairman of several other related ASHRAE Technical and Standards Committees, as well as ASHRAE Standards and Environmental Health Committees. 

He received the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award in 1993. He is currently the Chairman of the ARI Committee on Applied Acoustics (885) and Chair of ISO 205 U.S. Panel on Thermal Comfort. He is presently a member of the ASHRAE Technical Activities Committee (TAC).

Last revised: 08.23.2018
by: Stacey Chan

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