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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TO KEEP ON YOUR RADARMike Bailey PE, CEMDirector Engineering Services, Ecova

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Beware of Snake Oil & Silver Bullets!

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STATUS: Not ReadyCOST: Single rack $40k - $60K

Additional Information:

• Technology works; numbers don’t

• 40 kWh of electricity

• Need 10X capacity improvement

• Plus 10X cost reduction

Point of Use Battery Storage

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Lighting

Rethinking How We Think About Lighting!

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Technology Limited Design

What if that constraint

went away?

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Simulate Natural Light

Variable Light Levels AND COLOR

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Light only where and when needed

Individually Controllable

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Natural light harvesting

LED supplemental light, provides custom controls

NREL Net Zero Office

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Not your grandfathers point light source!

Expensive but costs are falling and lots of research

Organic LED (OLED)

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HVAC

Yes, there’s more!

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Zonal Reheat System

Traditional HVAC:

• Move large volumes of air

• Simultaneous heating and cooling

• Energy Intensive

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Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) Multi-Split Heat Pumps

VRF / Multi-splits / DOAS

Dedicated Outside Air Systems (DOAS)

Radiant SystemsChilled Beams

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VRF Enables Internal Heat Recovery

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VRF Enables Full Cooling

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VRF Enables Full Heating

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Fresh Air & Daylight

Natural Ventilation

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Old Saw-Tooth Roofs: Great Natural Light & Ventilation

Sometimes We Need to Relearn…

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• Look where Google is investing• Robots• Google Glass• Nest• Computer driven cars• Android good investment,

Motorola – yet to be seen• Where is this going?

• EXPLOSION of data – we have seen nothing yet

• “Augmented Reality”• Sensors everywhere

• Every powered fixture• Appliances• Passive & energy harvesting

• “Living” building systems

Final Thoughts… Future Forecast

“Internet of Things” (IOT) – data from everything

Available to anyone, anywhere on multiple devices

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Questions?

Mike BaileyEmail: mbailey@ecova.com