• Wed, November 4, 2020 (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST) •

Covid-19 has brought health and safety challenges we didn’t foresee twelve months ago. The pandemic prompted the question; can we still provide a safe indoor environment without sacrificing energy efficiency in commercial buildings?

This presentation will present some best practices and real-world findings demonstrating that – yes, you can have both! Mitigation strategies to be discussed include:

• Comfort controls with air-pressure management
• Hi-MERV, low resistance, anti-bacterial outdoor and indoor HVAC filters
• Duct mounted Photo-Catalytic Oxidation to kill the remaining airborne and surface virus, bacteria, and fungus

A case study will be shared validating this approach including indoor/outdoor particulate matter sensor data, laboratory testing results of surface swabs, and in-house data trending from building control systems.

Speaker: William Hickner, Unity Controls

Bill is CTO and Partner at Unity Energy Solutions Group Corporation, also known as Unity Controls, Established in 2015. Unity is an HVAC software, firmware, and controls integrator based in Bainbridge Island, WA. Prior to joining Unity Controls, Bill was a partner at Kite and Lightning from 2010 to 2015, and a partner at (ESMS) Energy Savings Management Systems from 1997 to 2010. ESMS was the first automated-controls company to be awarded a prescriptive incentive by the ETO in 2003. All three businesses focused on the goal of energy conservation using automated controls.