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Buried Energy Savings in ISO5 Cleanroom HVAC System Design Details

Vincent A. Sakraida, PE, LLI Technologies, Inc.
  
Cleanroom facilities are among the most energy intensive facilities operated. Though facility size, layout, and cleanliness classification have a substantial impact on the facilities overall energy consumption; there are numerous design detail decisions that impact the overall system energy efficiency. This presentation looks at various design detail options and presents the energy usage difference between them. Several of the design detail options to be presented include ducted supply air verses plenum supply air, ducted return verses return air chase, t-grid ceiling verses gel seal ceiling, deep pleat HEPA filters verses standard depth HEPA filters, HEPA filter type A verses HEPA filter type B verses HEPA filter type C verses HEPA filter type D.

This presentation will provide an energy usage comparison between various HVAC design details.

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The goal of this presentation is to aid engineers, architects and owners in understanding how various design decisions impact the overall cleanroom HVAC system energy usage. It will help the design team appreciate the energy implications of various design decisions.

Biography:

Vincent A. Sakraida, PE is a Director at LLI Technologies, Inc., a Pittsburgh based Engineering-Architectural- Construction Management practice, is a recognized leader in engineering systems for laboratories, cleanrooms, data centers, and other high technology facilities. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of PA, OH, IN, and MI.

He has worked over 22 years performing engineering design for high technology projects for corporate, government and institutional clients. He is responsible for the MEP system program development, schematic design, design development, construction documentation, construction management, and commissioning for R&D laboratories, pharmaceutical production facilities, electronic assembly facilities, and healthcare facility cleanrooms. Recent work includes projects for Carnegie Mellon University, Westinghouse Nuclear Services Group, Bayer Corp., Raytheon Corp., ITT Industries, and Abbott Laboratories.

Vincent has been active in professional organizations such as AFE (Association of Facility Engineering), ASHE (American Society for Healthcare Engineering) and ISPE (International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers). He has presented several national seminars including Project Management Seminar at 2002 AFE National Conference and Planning and Construction a Contamination Controlled Environment at 2004 Cleanroom East Conference.

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