January 2025 Chapter Meeting

Speaker: Terry E. Townsend, P.E.

Topic: Solutions for Existing Buildings Having Performance and IEQ Problems

Date: 1/15/2025 at 12pm

Location: This meeting will be held online through a Microsoft Teams meeting. This invite link will be provide upon your RSVP.

Bio: Terry E. Townsend, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, is president, Townsend Engineering Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Panama City, Florida. In 2006-07, he served as president of ASHRAE, where he focused the Society’s efforts on The ASHRAE Promise: A Sustainable Future, highlighting ASHRAE’s work in sustainability in the building environment. His achievements as president include launching ASHRAE’s first ever certification program, accelerating and expanding the Advanced Energy Design Guide series, setting more stringent savings for ASHRAE’s energy standard, and proving resources on how ASHRAE can minimize the impact of its meetings on the environment.

Abstract: This presentation provides an overview of an integrated Energy Audit and Retro-Commissioning approaches to identifying systems’ operational problems, the analysis of various options that include “quick fixes”, no-cost/low-cost measures and capital improvement recommendations that are presented in a priority ranking. The phases of activities presented will have special emphasis being placed on how to conduct, properly complete the documentation and financial analyses for Level 1 and Level 2 energy audits. The resolution of IEQ problems will incorporate guidance provided by the ASHRAE Indoor Air Quality Guide: Best Practices that includes performance verification techniques through the implementation of the retro-commissioning process.