“GREEN” CAREERSPLUMBING, MECHANICAL

(HVAC)Presented by:

John M. Reilly, Training Director

United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 333

Skilled Artisans Serving Lansing, Jackson and Battle Creek

PARTNERS:UNITED ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 333

Skilled Artisans serving Lansing, Jackson and Battle Creekwww.ua333.org

MID-MICHIGAN MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, 3MCAwww.mid-michiganmca.org

MICHIGAN APPRENTICESHIP STEERING COMMITTEE, MASCIwww.aboutmasci.org

GREEN MECHANICAL COUNCILwww.greenmech.org

US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, USGBCwww.usgbc.org

“GREEN” Objectives....Energy independence?Economic Opportunity?

Environmental stewardship?Just a new hobby?

-or-All of these

“TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE”

UNDERSTAND YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINTDefined as:

CALCULATOR

• The amount of carbon generated by any given product or process.• For action there is a resulting carbon trail.• Measured in tons of carbon dioxide.• Green Awareness Training, HVAC Excellence

HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGAn occupied building employing the use of sustainable materials, efficiencies, water

and energy conserving technologies and practices; LEED language.

NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGA building with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions annually

TOP TEN GREEN SCRAPERS

GEOTHERMAL GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

For Heating as well as Cooling•24 Hour Installation Certification hosted by the United Association and IGSHPA.

•Examples: Lansing Community College West Campus, LSD’s Pattengill Middle School, Washtenaw Community College.

•Availability, Return on Investment?

•Sustainable? Environmental concerns?

Lansing School District – Pattengill Middle School

SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING• Passive Solar• Active Solar• Solar Air Heating• Solar CoolingAbsorption or Thermal Driven

• Solar Water Heating

Availability? Reliability? Affordability? Biggest Question...Sustainable?

RAINWATER HARVESTINGhttp://www.gm.com/corporate/responsibility/environment/news/2006/leed-cert_080406.jsp

LANSING GM DELTA ASSEMBLY PLANT, 2006•Non-manufacturing water use has been reduced by 45 percent, for a savings of over 4.1 million gallons of water annually.

• Rainwater is collected from the roof by a cutting-edge roof drain system. It is then stored in cisterns above rest rooms and is used instead of potable water to flush toilets.

• Waterless urinals that use a filter-based technology save over 1 million gallons of water annually.

• MSU Recycling Center – Under Construction

Lawrence V. Bliss AIA, LEED AP;

•Not a “Green” or sustainable discipline but a “Green product brought to you by men and women of the Construction Building Trades

•How many various Skilled Trade applications can be identified in the photos?

•Two facilities constructed in the Local 333Jurisdiction.

ETAHNOL PRODUCTION

JACKSON POWER PLANT, 2000

•Combined cycle natural gas and steam generators.

•Waste Heat Recovery.

•Stack Scrubbers Capture 90 Percent of sulfur Emissions.

5 - YEAR PLUMBER, PIPEFITTER APPRENTICESHIP 5 - YEAR HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION CURRICULUM…………..10,000 HOURS

• Green Awareness Certification, 20 hours

• Building Automation• Water Treatment, Grey Water

Recycling• High Efficient Heating and Cooling • Steam Technology and Conservation• Combustion Analysis• R410a Certification – R22 Phase out

• Motor Efficiency, VFD’s• Pump Performance• Heat Loss Calculation• Welder Certifications, Orbital• Heat Recovery, Economizers• Water Distribution, Protection• High Efficient Plumbing Fixtures• Geothermal Installation Cert., 24 Hour• Solar Heating and Cooling• Cogeneration, Nuclear, Nat. Gas, Coal• Valve Repair, 40 Hour• Sewer Reclamation, Digesters -Many More-

RECRUITMENT…..

“Virtually everyone is a stakeholder in energy efficiency. Each one of us must act

now to maximize the efficiency of our existing mechanical systems, and specify

high efficiency replacements”

LOCAL 333