Introduction to BACnet®

Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Messezentrum

This course will be presented in German only.

Course Summary:
This course helps attendees understand the basic elements required to successfully plan for BACnet®. It also reviews some of the complex issues that must be addressed to achieve interoperability. Attendees learn that interoperability covers a wide range of possible options, including how to simplify interoperability by defining specific areas where interoperability is required. Also discussed are the basic components of any multi-vendor or multi-discipline BACnet® control system, how different systems can be merged together using BACnet®, and how BACnet® facilitates the integration of older systems with BACnet®-based systems. The course does not discuss specific manufacturers or BACnet® specification writing.

How You Benefit:

• Learn how to simplify interoperability by defining specific areas where interoperability is required
• Learn the basic components of multi-vendor or multi-discipline BACnet® control system
• Understand the complex issues of BACnet® that must be addressed to achieve interoperability

Registration includes lecture notes on CD Rom.

Additional Materials Relevant to the Course: ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135-2004 - BACnet - A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks

Registration Fee: $93 US (approximately 60 € depending on exchange rate at time of registration)

 Online registration is now closed. Please register on-site at Chillventa.

Natural Ventilation

Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Messezentrum

This course will be presented in English only.

Course Summary:
With an increased awareness of the cost and environmental impacts of energy use, natural ventilation has become an increasingly attractive method for reducing energy use and cost and for providing acceptable indoor environmental quality. In favorable climates and buildings types, natural ventilation can be used as an alternative to air-conditioning plants, saving 10%-30% of total energy consumption. This course explains the various methods by which natural ventilation can be achieved, including successful examples. The course describes the calculation techniques with worked examples, ranging from simple manual calculations and spreadsheets, through to more sophisticated techniques such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), salt bath modeling and physical (scale) model testing. Options for hybrid solutions are described, including recent innovative schemes which have used the natural ventilation strategy throughout the year with added cooling in summer. The course follows the CIBSE Applications Manual AM10, Natural Ventilation in Non-Domestic Buildings.

How You Benefit:

• Understand the benefits of natural ventilation.
• Learn the various methods by which natural ventilation can be achieved.
• Learn from case studies how designers have employed natural ventilation techniques.
• Learn how to calculate natural ventilation requirements.
• Identify options for hybrid solutions.

Registration includes lecture notes on CD Rom.

Additional Materials Relevant to the Course: CIBSE Soft Cover Book: AM10: 2005 Natural Ventilation in Non-Domestic Buildings

Instructor:

Registration Fee: $93 US (approximately 60 € depending on exchange rate at time of registration)

 Online registration is now closed. Please register on-site at Chillventa.

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