This video discusses heating, ventilation and air conditioning in buildings including regulations and ownership, management and operation, maintenance, lifecycle opportunities to improve performance and delivery of upgrade projects.
The videos are presented by Bryon Price, AG Coombs Group.
Full seminar
Blowing Hot and Cold - HVAC: why it is important (Video 49 MIN)
Chapters
HVAC: why it is important (Video 3.21 MIN)
HVAC: what it does (Video 3.03 MIN)
HVAC: how it works (Video 6.01 MIN)
HVAC: how it uses energy and water (Video 5.46 MIN)
HVAC: regulatory issues and refrigerant phase out (Video 7.10 MIN)
HVAC: performance, compliance, costs and lifecycle (Video 3.47 MIN)
HVAC: maintenance, upgrades (Video 4.42 MIN)
HVAC: cost of electricity and works (Video 11.07 MIN)
HVAC: lifecycle management, car analogy (Video 4.47 MIN)
Find out how you can improve building performance over the lifecycle of HVAC plants and equipment including: installation and commissioning, management, operation and maintenance, tuning, and replacement and retrofit.
Blowing Hot and Cold - HVAC: management and improvement opportunities (Video 47 MIN)
HVAC: wins through installation and commissioning (Video 6:52 min)
HVAC: wins through management and efficient operation (Video 3:11 min)
HVAC: energy savings and metering/monitoring (Video 8:34 min)
HVAC: wins through effective maintenance (Video 5:00 min)
HVAC: improvement through tuning (Video 9:18 min)
HVAC: replacement and retrofit (Video 14:59 min)
Slides
How does HVAC work, ownership requirements and issues (PDF 2 MB)
HVAC management and improvement opportunities (PDF 1.8 MB)
Fact sheet
Managing HVAC for better building performance (PDF 352 KB)
Environmental Upgrade Agreements: a better way to pay, Sustainable Melbourne Fund (PDF 1.6 MB)
Environmental Upgrade Agreements: accelerating energy efficiency in commercial buildings, National Australia Bank (PDF 1.7 MB)
Energy Efficient Office Buildings program, Sustainability Victoria (PDF 680 KB)
Environmental upgrade agreements: a better way to pay (Video 13.02 min)
Environmental upgrade agreements: accelerating energy efficiency in commercial buildings (Video 13:35 min)
Smarter Resources Smarter Business: Energy Efficient Office Buildings Program (Video 11.35 min)
This tutorial series covers the basics of lighting retrofitting, from benchmarking your current lighting performance to choosing the right technologies and understanding the components of lighting efficiency. If you are looking to upgrade your lights or to get more from your existing set up, this series will provide a concise overview of the commercial lighting sector.
The videos are presented by Steven Beletich.
Lighting sectoral energy (Video 29 min)
Lighting sectoral energy (Video 1.13 min)
Lighting terminology (Video 1.06 min)
Lamp types (Video 1.35 min)
Anatomy of a fluorescent light (Video 1.12 min)
Impact of lighting on HVAC loads (Video 2.32 min)
Demonstration of what contributes to lighting efficiency (Video 2.36 min)
Efficiency and lamp type (Video 2.22 min)
Ballast technology (Video 1.56 min)
Transformer technology (Video .50 min)
Luminaire photometric performance (Video .50 min)
Lighting control systems (Video 1.20 min)
Lighting layout (Video 2.23 min)
Demonstration of lighting power (Video 4.30 min)
Quantifying lighting performance (Video 1.49 min)
Quantifying lighting power density (Video .59 min)
How to work out your lighting power density (Video 1.51 min)
Commerical Building Disclosure grid method (Video 1.26 min)
Good lighting design has many benefits including better productivity and ascetics. This tutorial series takes you through meeting Australian Lighting Standards, lighting design and software and uses a case study to make a compelling business case for a lighting upgrade. Communicate the benefits of a lighting upgrade using language designed to communicate a project’s return on investment.
What is lighting design (Video 40 min)
What is lighting design (Video 1.51 min)
Lighting Design Standards (Video 1.58 min)
Lux (Video 4.02 min)
Cut off angle for luminaires (Video 2 min)
Lamp colour temperature (Video 2.44 min)
Lighting design software (Video 1.58 min)
Case study (Video 4.19 min)
Building a successful business case (Video 10.21 min)
LEDs (Video 11.40 min)
Planning a lighting retrofit – seminar presentation 9 May 2013 (PDF 1.3 MB)
Delivering positive lighting outcomes – seminar presentation 22 May 2013 (PDF 3 MB)
This series covers the basics of retrofitting, choosing consultants, benchmarking building performance, technologies and more.
The videos are presented by Dr Paul Bannister.
Retrofitting - choosing retrofit technologies (Video 39 min)
Why retrofit? (Video 3.54 min)
When to retrofit? (Video 2.30 min)
Benchmarking building performance (Video 6.07 min)
Energy audits and building assessments (Video 7.57 min)
The cost of retrofitting office and hotel buildings (Video .51 min)
Opportunities for performance improvement (Video 3.17 min)
The implementation process (Video 2.21 min)
Common failures (Video 2.24 MIN)
Monitoring and verification (Video .37 min)
Project management (Video .36 min)
Retrofitting - Choosing retrofit technologies (Video 46 min)
Energy use in buildings / overview – HVAC technologies (Video 3.54 min)
Chiller hardware (Video 5.27 min)
Chiller operation (Video 3.53 min)
Cooling towers (Video 1.51 min)
Boilers (Video 4.36 min)
Co/trigeneration (Video 3.22 min)
Fans and pumps (Video 3.17 min)
Water and air cooled package units (Video 4.30 min)
HVAC controls, outside air and filters (Video 3.47 min)
Lighting technologies (Video 3.05 min)
Lighting controls (Video 2.14 min)
Office equipment (Video 3.51 min)
Lifts (Video .59 min)
Conclusions (Video 1.21 min)
Getting started
Presented by Michele Leembruggen: Introduction to retrofitting: financing (PDF 1.8 MB)
Presented by Michael Griffiths: How to engage with consultants (PDF 2.4 MB)
Presented by Dr Dave Collins: Green buildings that work (PDF 1.6 MB)
Presented by Dr Paul Bannister: How to retrofit your building: from benchmarking to commissioning (PDF 2.4 MB)
Optimising performance and choosing technology
Presented by Dr Paul Bannister:Optimising building performance (PDF 3 MB)
Presented by Ron Lazarovits: Building retrofitting – 440 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne (PDF 274 KB)
Presented by Michele Leembruggen: Financing (PDF 1.4 MB)
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