Fox Valley Section

October 2009 Program: Tour of 'North Central College's New "Green" Building Ground-Source Heat Pump System' [Download Newsletter]

PRESENTER: Mr. Mark Nussbaum

VENUE: North Central College, 440 S. Brainard St., Naperville, IL

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 5:30 pm

The large new Residence Hall/Recreation Center building at North Central College in Naperville is heated and cooled by a unique Ground-Source-Heat Pump (GSHP) system. The designer of this innovative system, mechanical engineer Mark Nussbaum, will give an overview of the various energy saving features, along with some statistics on the equipment sizing, building loads, loop size and design, ventilation system and energy recovery systems. He will begin by leading a tour of pertinent areas of this four story dormitory building that encompasses a full NCAA Division III indoor Track and Field facility. This "green" building's GSHP system has a base design load of 340 tons, and uses both water-to-water GSHP units and Water-to-Air GSHP units. The installed ground loop is comprised of sixty, 650 feet deep loops into relatively steady 50 to 60 degree Fahrenheit ground water, connected in a parallel format. The water-to-water units provide chilled water for dorm room cooling fan coils, hot water for dorm room radiant floor heating, and hot water to support domestic water heat exchangers. Free cooling heat exchangers are incorporated if loop temperatures are low enough when there is a call for cooling. Additionally, ventilation is provided using heat pump style, energy recovery ventilators that exchange waste energy from the exhaust into the fresh air stream then further condition that air with a water-to-air heat pump. Variable speed pumping and some demand control ventilation strategies are incorporated where appropriate.

SCHEDULE:
5:30PM - Registration
5:45PM - Buffet Sandwich Dinners
6:30PM - Tour of the building
7:00PM - Presentation

COST: (Including Dinner)
$10.00 Members and Guests
$5.00 Students
Pay for meals at the door, by check or cash

RESERVATIONS:
Send e-mail to Maureen Murray ( mmurray@packereng.com) with the subject 'ASME Meeting' and include your name, phone number, ASME membership number, company name, address. Also include the names, contact information for any guests. If you do not have e-mail access, call (630) 577-1974, and leave a message stating this is a reservation for the ASME Meeting on October 21 and include the above information.

DEADLINE:
5 PM, October 14, 2009.


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