Next Dinner Meeting
December 1, 2009
Radiant Cooling
Dinner Meeting & Presentation
Guest Speaker -- Fred Bauman, P.E.
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WHAT’S NEW IN RADIANT COOLING?
Radiant cooling is attracting attention in warmer California and North American climates because it offers the potential to significantly reduce cooling energy consumption compared to all-air systems and reduce peak cooling loads when coupled with building thermal mass. This presentation will provide an introduction to typical radiant cooling system applications, recent research results addressing energy performance and integration with airside systems, and lessons learned from case studies.
FRED BAUMAN, P.E.
Fred Bauman is a Research Specialist with the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at the University of California, Berkeley. He received an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a BS in Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College. His research interests include radiant cooling, underfloor air distribution (UFAD) and task/ambient conditioning (TAC) systems, room air distribution, thermal comfort, building energy use, ventilation and indoor air quality, laboratory and field measurement methods, and natural ventilation.
Fred is the author of the “Underfloor Air Distribution (UFAD) Design Guide,” published by ASHRAE in 2003, and has also written more than 50 technical articles on UFAD systems. He has been leading CBE’s research program on radiant cooling since 2005. Fred is an active member of ASHRAE, having served as Chair of TC 5.3 (Room Air Distribution), 1995-97, and Chair of SPC 113-1990 (Method of Testing for Room Air Diffusion), 1995-2002. He has received two Best Symposium Paper Awards from ASHRAE (1992, 1993), and in 1997, received the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award.
Reservations:
Contact Bernadette Fay at Guttmann & Blaevoet Engineers, Santa Rosa
707.523.3010 x307 (v)
707.523.3210 (f)
BFay@gb-eng.com
Where:
Napa Elks Club
2840 Soscol Ave.
Napa, CA
707.571.8664
(see reservation form for address and map)