Austin Barolin

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Senior Energy Analyst

Solar thermal discussion points: - Solar PVT (PV + Thermal) + storage is a great technology - Other ideas we discussed are: Atomization humidification / electric humidifiersShared renewable... (More)

Austin's group:  1. Dual duct systems - cold deck / bypass deckExisting Kaiser facility (EUI 230)Look at payback vs single duct w RHDual duct with VAV - same EUI as chilled beams 2. Existin... (More)

(from Robert Dodson) Any DDC BAS should be able to accommodate varying airflows for occupied and unoccupied operation. It's often difficult to get our design engineers to specify all the di... (More)

(from Cecilia DeLoach Lynn) Operating rooms can be a key target for HVAC setback as they have such high ACH requirements. Practice Greenhealth has been working with hospitals for a number o... (More)

(from Walt Vernon) Have you checked out the ASHRAE/REVA Guidebook to Net Zero hospitals? They may address this there. In general, it seems to me we could shut everything down except patient... (More)

(from Travis English) I have data that I can share. I have about 20 ORs that are connected to our enterprise system, so i can do data analytics. Here's one facility (4 ORs) 80% of data: 36... (More)

(from Walt Vernon) There is a lot of fighting going on around this topic in the halls of ASHRAE. One question is whether or not it is going to be required (there is a movement to require 40... (More)