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September 2024 Nashville ASHRAE Meeting - Chris Muller, Fellow ASHRAE (Distinguished Lecturer)

 

September 17, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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Adventure Science Center
800 Fort Negley Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37203-4833
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Christopher Muller
Director IEQ Technical Services
AAF International
1830 Silverstone Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
Presentation Topic:  ASHRAE Standard 62.1 and LEED: Using Enhanced Air Cleaning to Integrate IAQ and Energy Conservation
It is a fact nowadays that urban air pollution in many locations has reached and maintains unacceptable levels with regards to national and regional air quality standards. Because of this the use of enhanced air filtration in HVAC design specifications is no longer a luxury but a necessity. The time when code minimum filtration could be used in makeup air handlers is quickly disappearing and multistage air filtration systems for both particulate and gas-phase air pollution are now required to protect the health, well-being, and productivity of the building occupants. By transforming the investment in enhanced air filtration into capital equipment and ongoing energy savings by designing HVAC systems using the IAQ Procedure of ASHRAE Standard 62.1, it also serves to avoid unnecessary additional investments in ancillary equipment that would be required using the more commonly applied Ventilation Rate Procedure (VRP). With notable trends in many regions toward high-rise commercial and residential buildings, employing Standard 62.1’s IAQ Procedure as a design basic for HVAC systems in these buildings can easily achieve the dual benefits of achieving energy savings by reducing the amount of outdoor ventilation air that has to be brought into the building and achieving significantly improved indoor air quality by direct control of pollutants not guaranteed when using the VRP. The use of the IAQ Procedure can also be used in buildings seeking LEED or similar certifications by qualifying for credits under IAQ, energy conservation, design innovation, and other categories. This presentation will discuss the IAQ Procedure and current work being done to make this a more relevant design option when using ASHRAE Standard 62.1. Examples of the application of enhanced
filtration as a replacement for ventilation air in locations with significant ambient air pollution and the resulting energy savings will be provided.
About the Speaker:

Christopher "Chris" Muller is recognized as a world-wide authority on the topics of indoor/environmental air quality, the application and use of gas-phase air filtration, filtration and enhanced air cleaning, corrosion control and monitoring, and electronic equipment reliability. Chris has written and spoken extensively on these and related topics with more than 175 articles and peer-reviewed papers, more than 100 seminars, and 8 handbooks. Contributed to chapters in two handbooks on the application and use of gas-phase air filtration, wrote the chapter on contamination control in the ASHRAE Datacom Series Handbook – Particulate and Gaseous
Contamination in Datacom Environments, wrote a chapter on gas-phase air filtration in the NAFA Air Filtration Handbook, a chapter on airborne molecular contamination in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook, 2nd Ed. published by McGraw-Hill, and on Contamination Control in the Data Center Handbook: Plan, Design, Build, and Operations of a Smart Data Center, 2nd Ed. published by
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Chris has testified before the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on a proposed Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Standard, consulted on the preparation of Chinese, Dutch, and Italian governmental standards for indoor environments, and worked closely with many state and national agencies in the U.S. and abroad to develop and implement indoor environmental control strategies for airborne
contaminants. He is designated as an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and is a frequent speaker at ASHRAE Chapter and Regional meetings both domestically and abroad and received ASHRAE’s Distinguished Service Award. Co-authored ASHRAE’s Position Document on Filtration and Air Cleaning, ASHRAE IAQ Guideline, and ASHRAE Guideline 42P: Indoor Air Quality in Commercial and Institutional Buildings.ASHRAE committee activities include:
 Standing Standard Project Committee 62.1 – Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, the Research and Education
subcommittee, and co-authored the ASHRAE Standard 62.1 User’s Manual.
 Standing Standard Project Committee 127 – Method of Testing for Rating Cooling Equipment Serving Data Center (DC) and
Other Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Spaces
 Standing Standard Project Committee 145 – Test Methods for Assessing Performance of Gas Phase Air Cleaning Equipment
 Technical Committee 2.3 – Gaseous Air Contaminants and Gas Contaminant Removal Equipment
 Technical Committee 9.9 – Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment
 Technical Committee 9.11 – Clean Spaces
 Technical Committee 9.13 – Extraterrestrial and Deep Space Environmental Control Systems
 Technical Resource Group TRG4.IAQ – Indoor Air Quality Procedure Development

Tickets

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$35.00 Non-member ticket

$0.00 Government Ticket

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