Our guest speaker for our November meeting will be Randall Downey, which will be exploring the key building automation strategies for optimizing a building's costliest consumer, the chilled water system, and explores how to minimize energy consumption in both new and existing installations. It will detail common chilled water system layouts including multiple chiller, pumping, and heat rejection configurations with a focus on water cooled systems. It will identify the various inefficient sequences of operation of these core components that drive operational costs up, as well as methods of operating chilled water systems to maximize energy efficiency. In addition, this presentation will cover options that are available to us today that enable Total Chilled Water System Optimization which ensures all of a building's mechanical equipment are operating together as efficiently as possible while still providing their main objective, comfort.
Randall Downey is a Solutions Consultant for Automated Logic Corporation. In this role, Randall supports authorized ALC dealers and consulting engineers providing industry thought leadership as well as design support for building automation solutions, specifications, and building system sequences. Randall’s significant experience provides invaluable insight into the design and efficient operation of the built environment.
Randall has over 27 years of building automation experience starting as a field technician and growing into leadership positions with multiple organizations. His prior roles include leading engineering teams, as well as project teams to provide project estimation, creation of submittals/shop drawings, programming of controls systems, and implementation of quality assurance processes.
His education includes multiple certifications from various controls and HVAC programs, and he is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
