Sustainable IEQ Systems Technology Roadmap Executive Summary

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Sustainable IEQ SystemsTechnology
RoadmapExecutive Summary

• Presentation to Syracuse CoE BoardJune 24, 2008

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SyrCoE IEQ RT Subcommittee
Co-chairs Industry Academic Staff
support Meetings(attendees)

• Alan Hedge, Cornell ULarry Wetzel, Air
  Innovations
• Hugh Henderson, CDH EnergyDave Green, King
  King ArchitectsShannon Magari, Colden
  Corp.Kevin Stack, Northeast Green Building
  ConsultingJohn Vasselli, Carrier
• Ken Barker, Upstate Medical UAndrea Ferro,
  Clarkson UPhil Hopke, Clarkson UEz Khalifa,
  Syracuse UUsha Satish, Upstate Medical UJensen
  Zhang, Syracuse U
• Ed Bogucz, Syracuse CoE (staff liaison)Lisa
  Cleckner, Syracuse CoESuresh Santanam, Syracuse
  CoE
• 12/14/07 (10), 1/11/08 (10), 1/16/08 (12)
  5/5/08 (10), 5/12/08 (12), 5/19/08 (10), 6/5/08
  (6)
• 140 person-hours in subcommittee discussions

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Technology Roadmap Executive Summary

• Mission Scope
• Business Drivers
• Technology Enablers Indoor Air Quality
• The Ideal Position
• Elements of the Roadmap
• Technology Roadmap
• Action Items
• (Complete Roadmap presentation follows the
  excerpts)

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Sustainable IEQ Systems

• Mission Create and commercialize innovations
  that improve indoor environmental quality in
  built environments through efficient and
  responsible use of energy and natural resources
• ScopeSustainable IEQ Systems create and
  maintain conditions that directly impact
  occupant comfort, health, and well-being,
  including
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Air movement
• Air quality
• Light
• Acoustics
• Sensory connections to nature (visual, auditory,
  air movement)
• Protection from exposure to health and safety
  risks

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Business Drivers

• Energy cost and availability
• Rising global demand for energy in developing
  nations and projected declines in availability
  of fossil fuels combine to drive increases in
  energy cost
• 40 of energy consumed in US associated with
  buildings (vs. 32, industry 28,
  transportation)
• Global climate change
• Changes in global climate are virtually certain
  to cause increased demand for cooling and
  declining air quality in cities (IPPC, 2007)
• Improving building energy efficiency is a key
  strategy for reducing rate of change and also
  for adapting to changes that are expected to
  occur
• Human health, performance, comfort security
• Sick building syndrome and related illnesses
  affect between 30 to 70 million in US
• Asthma and allergies can be triggered by poor
  indoor air quality
• Conventional HVAC systems facilitate spread of
  infectious respiratory illnesses and other
  potentially harmful contaminants (e.g., homeland
  security threats)
• Poor IEQ is estimated to cost the US economy
  between 40B and 258B annually in lost
  productivity
• Conventional IEQ systems leave large numbers of
  occupants dissatisfied
• 41 dissatisfied with thermal comfort 31 with
  air quality 43 with acoustics
• First cost of new equipment vs. life cycle cost

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Technology Enablers Indoor Air Quality

• Source control
• The first strategy for improving IAQ is to
  control (and eliminate if possible) sources of
  contamination
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) building
  materials, furnishings,
• Particulate Matter (PM) animal dander,
  combustion, air chemistry,
• Ventilation
• Introduction of outside air can dilute
  concentrations of indoor contaminants (if quality
  of outdoor air is acceptable)
• Ventilation using outside air increases energy
  consumption if conditioning (heating, cooling,
  humidity control) is required
• Purification
• Filtration or other technologies can reduce
  concentrationsof indoor contaminants
• Complements/replaces ventilation when useful
  (lower energy cost) or necessary (unacceptable
  outdoor air quality)

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The Ideal Position

• Within 5 years, Syracuse CoE members will earn
  international recognition for advancements in
  each of the following areas
• Education
• Funding
• Resources
• Research
• Demonstration
• Commercialization
• This is our Technology roadmap and product
  pipeline

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Education

• Position the Syracuse CoE as the go to experts
  in IEQ
• Public awareness myths and misconceptions
• Government awareness
• Website One-stop source for information on IEQ
• Build and maintain database and search
  capabilities
• Seminars, symposiums and speaker series
• Students Undergraduate and graduate programs
• Technician training and accreditation programs

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Funding

• Needed for
• Resource procurement
• Operating
• Project funds
• Sources
• Institutions and NGAs
• Government agencies
• Private corporations and foundations

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Resources

• At Federation Institutes and Members
• Facilities
• Laboratories instruments, computational
  capabilities, energy analysis
• Offices, classrooms and meeting rooms
• Test chambers
• TIEQ and similar labs for human health and
  performance evaluations
• For shop and field demonstrations and testing
  (noted below)
• Faculty
• Recruit experts in the field of IEQ
• Applied technology experience
• Collaborations and facilities for critical key
  components
• Sensors real time, low cost
• Fans low sound and low energy
• Filters low cost, low pressure drop,
  multi-functional

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Targeted Research

• Expand, improve and focus CARTI programs
• Extend and/or initiate research on strategically
  targeted topics, including
• Sensors Evaluate low-cost sensors for real-time
  monitoring of key quantities
• Fans Target improved energy efficiency and lower
  sound
• Filters high efficiency, low pressure drop,
  particulate and gases
• Health Impacts of IEQ systems on health of
  individuals who have asthma
• Productivity/performance Individual responses to
  IEQ factors

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Technology Demonstration

• Expand and improve TAD program
• Advance results of current research to
  proof-of-concept demonstrations
• Improved air filtration systems, with low cost
  and low pressure drop
• Energy-efficient Personal Environmental
  Conditioning Systems (PECS)
• Energy-efficient humidity control system
• New substrate for furnishings manufactured from
  natural materials
• Components and assemblies
• Conceptual designs, computer simulations and
  prototypes
• Shop testing and validation
• Medical prioritization of marker compounds
• Environmental particulates and gases
• Field testing
• Instruments, data loggers, communications
• Qualified environmental and medical technicians

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Commercialization

• Improve and expand CAP program
• Commercialize results of current technology
  demonstration projects
• Component testing and validation
• Systems integration
• Manufacturability
• Marketing and distribution

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Technology Roadmap
Year 5 (2012-13)
Year 1 (2008-09)
Year 3 (2010-11)
Business, Technology and other Drivers
Energy cost and availability, Climate change,
Human health performance, First costs
HQ/Carrier TIEQ
Healthy Buildings 2009
IAQVEC 2010
Milestones (features, capabilities)
Mixed-mode ventilation sys demo
Education and outreach activities
Source Control demo
Commercialize PECS
Dynamic vent/purification sys
Document current projects
TIEQ Index
Current CAP projects
Prototype PECS, distributed control sys
Technology Enablers / RD Programs
Sensor, fan, filter, purification and
related RD projects
Current Co-op, CARTI, TAD projects
Follow-on study of IEQ in schools
Prelim study of IEQ in schools
Individualized response to IEQ factors
Staffing
TIEQ Lab PI, staff
Biologic contaminant expertise
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Action Items
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Sustainable IEQ SystemsTechnology Roadmap

• Presentation to Syracuse CoE BoardJune 24, 2008

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SyrCoE IEQ RT Subcommittee
Co-chairs Industry Academic Staff
support Meetings(attendees)

• Alan Hedge, Cornell ULarry Wetzel, Air
  Innovations
• Hugh Henderson, CDH EnergyDave Green, King
  King ArchitectsShannon Magari, Colden
  Corp.Kevin Stack, Northeast Green Building
  ConsultingJohn Vasselli, Carrier
• Ken Barker, Upstate Medical UAndrea Ferro,
  Clarkson UPhil Hopke, Clarkson UEz Khalifa,
  Syracuse UUsha Satish, Upstate Medical UJensen
  Zhang, Syracuse U
• Ed Bogucz, Syracuse CoE (staff liaison)Lisa
  Cleckner, Syracuse CoESuresh Santanam, Syracuse
  CoE
• 12/14/07 (10), 1/11/08 (10), 1/16/08 (12)
  5/5/08 (10), 5/12/08 (12), 5/19/08 (10), 6/5/08
  (6)
• 140 person-hours in subcommittee discussions

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Elements of the Technology Roadmap

• Mission Scope
• Business Drivers
• Systems Vision
• The Ideal Position
• Technical / Other Drivers
• The Ideal Customer
• Technology Enablers
• Research Development
• Key Staffing Needs
• Technology Roadmap
• Action Items

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Mission and Scope

• Mission Create and commercialize innovations
  that improve indoor environmental quality in
  built environments through efficient and
  responsible use of energy and natural resources
• ScopeSustainable IEQ Systems create and
  maintain conditions that directly impact
  occupant comfort, health, and well-being,
  including
• Temperature
• Humidity
• Air movement
• Air quality
• Light
• Acoustics
• Sensory connections to nature (visual, auditory,
  air movement)
• Protection from exposure to health and safety
  risks

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Business Drivers

• Energy cost and availability
• Rising global demand for energy in developing
  nations and projected declines in availability
  of fossil fuels combine to drive increases in
  energy cost
• 40 of energy consumed in US associated with
  buildings (vs. 32, industry 28,
  transportation)
• Global climate change
• Changes in global climate are virtually certain
  to cause increased demand for cooling and
  declining air quality in cities (IPPC, 2007)
• Improving building energy efficiency is a key
  strategy for reducing rate of change and also
  for adapting to changes that are expected to
  occur
• Human health, performance, comfort security
• Sick building syndrome and related illnesses
  affect between 30 to 70 million in US
• Asthma and allergies can be triggered by poor
  indoor air quality
• Conventional HVAC systems facilitate spread of
  infectious respiratory illnesses and other
  potentially harmful contaminants (e.g., homeland
  security threats)
• Poor IEQ is estimated to cost the US economy
  between 40B and 258B annually in lost
  productivity
• Conventional IEQ systems leave large numbers of
  occupants dissatisfied
• 41 dissatisfied with thermal comfort 31 with
  air quality 43 with acoustics
• First cost of new equipment

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Energy use Occupant response
30-70 million sufferadverse health effects
2x energy consumptionof European state-of-art
Typical US
Energy cost to provide IEQ
Futurescenarios?
Typical European
5,000 deaths/daydue to poor IEQ
75 reductionin energy use
35,000 deaths in 2003 European heat wave
40-258B/yr gainedin workforce productivity
DevelopingCountries
IEQ satisfaction
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0
20
60
satisfied
100
80
EnvisionedFutureSystems
Current State of Practice
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Sustainable IEQ Systems Vision

• Develop an integrated network of systems across
  three nested scales 1) Whole building
  2) Zone 3) Individual occupant
• Opportunities for innovations at each scale
• Energy savings via maintaining warmer (in summer)
  or cooler (in winter) conditions in zones and
  unoccupied spaces than in current practice
• Improved comfort, productivity, health, and
  security via spot conditioning in vicinity of
  individual occupants

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Opportunities for Innovations
Higher Inhaled Air Quality Improved Thermal
Comfort Lower Energy Consumption
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The Ideal Position

• Within 5 years, Syracuse CoE members will earn
  international recognition for advancements at
  three stages in the product pipeline targeted
  research ? demonstrations ? innovations
• Targeted Research (CARTI projects)Extend and/or
  initiate research on strategically targeted
  topics, including
• Sensors Evaluate low-cost sensors for real-time
  monitoring of key quantities
• Fans Target improved energy efficiency and lower
  sound
• Health Impacts of IEQ systems on health of
  individuals who have asthma
• Productivity/performance Individual responses to
  IEQ factors
• Technology demonstrations (TAD projects)Advance
  results of current research to proof-of-concept
  demonstrations
• Improved air filtration systems, with low cost
  and low pressure drop
• Energy-efficient Personal Environmental
  Conditioning Systems (PECS)
• Commercialization of innovations (CAP
  projects)Commercialize results of current
  technology demonstration projects
• Energy-efficient humidity control system
• New substrate for furnishings manufactured from
  natural materials
• EducationPosition the Syracuse CoE as the go
  to experts in IEQ strategies

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Technical / Other Drivers

• Sensors and controls
• New/future Syracuse CoE facilities for IEQ RD
• SU Link addition ICUBE Lab includes
  personalized IEQ control
• KingKing Headquarters building infrastructure
  for personal IEQ control
• Syracuse CoE HQ Carrer Total IEQ Lab (for tests
  of human subjects)
• Near Westside Neighborhood WCNY building
  individual homes
• JP Morgan Chase Tech Center
• New York State 15 by 15 Initiative
• Decrease electricity demand by 15 from projected
  levels by 2015
• Regulation
• EU Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings
• Key conferences (opportunities for knowledge
  transfer and/or acquisition)
• Indoor Air 2008, Copenhagen Aug. 17-22, 2008
• Healthy Buildings 2009, Syracuse, Sept 2009
• 7th Inter. Conf. Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation,
  and Energy Conservation (IAQVEC), Syracuse, 2010

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The Ideal Customers

• End-use purchasers of IEQ products and services
• Commercial businesses
• Schools and institutions
• Families and individuals (residential housing)
• Stakeholders
• Firms that design manufacture IEQ products
• Firms that provide IEQ services
• Industry groups
• Education and research institutions
• Governmental/regulatory agencies
• RD sponsors
• Economic development sponsors
• Policy issues

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Technology Enablers Indoor Air Quality

• Source control
• The first strategy for improving IAQ is to
  control (and eliminate if possible) sources of
  contamination
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) building
  materials, furnishings,
• Particulate Matter (PM) animal dander,
  combustion, air chemistry,
• Ventilation
• Introduction of outside air can dilute
  concentrations of indoor contaminants (if quality
  of outdoor air is acceptable)
• Ventilation using outside air increases energy
  consumption if conditioning (heating, cooling,
  humidity control) is required
• Purification
• Filtration or other technologies can reduce
  concentrationsof indoor contaminants
• Complements/replaces ventilation when useful
  (lower energy cost) or necessary (unacceptable
  outdoor air quality)

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Research Development IAQ

• Source Control
• Material emission and adsorption of VOCs
• Indoor air chemistry
• Impact of human activity on indoor air quality
• Ventilation
• Personalized Environmental Conditioning Systems
  (PECS)
• New facades for natural ventilation, e.g., wind
  assisted
• Mixed-mode ventilation systems, combining
  natural and mechanical technologies
• Energy recovery ventilators
• Purification
• Improved filtration with reduced pressure drop
• Innovative technologies, such as UV
  photocatalytic oxidation

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Research Development

• Systems Integration
• Optimized, efficient operation of large numbers
  of distributed PECS
• Dynamic, efficient operation of ventilation
  and/or purification approaches based on changing
  outdoor conditions and indoor needs
• Occupant Response
• Individual comfort factors (not groups of
  individuals)
• Impact of IEQ factors on human performance
• Impact of IEQ factors on human health
• Transport processes that determine exposure to
  contaminants in the personal microenvironment
• User interfaces for operable elements, e.g.,
  windows (when to open, when to close)

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Education

• Position the Syracuse CoE as the go to experts
  in IEQ strategies
• Public awareness
• Government awareness
• Website One-stop source for information on IEQ
• Build and maintain database and search
  capabilities
• Seminars, symposiums and speaker series
• Students Undergraduate and graduate programs
• Technician training and accreditation programs

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Key Staffing Needs

• Carrier TIEQ Lab
• Faculty PI to lead studies of individualized TIEQ
  response
• Staff members
• Biologic contaminants
• Faculty PI to lead studies of purification
  technologies for biologic contaminants

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Technology Roadmap
Year 5 (2012-13)
Year 1 (2008-09)
Year 3 (2010-11)
Business, Technology and other Drivers
Energy cost and availability, Climate change,
Human health performance, First costs
HQ/Carrier TIEQ
Healthy Buildings 2009
IAQVEC 2010
Milestones (features, capabilities)
Mixed-mode ventilation sys demo
Education and outreach activities
Source Control demo
Commercialize PECS
Dynamic vent/purification sys
Document current projects
TIEQ Index
Current CAP projects
Prototype PECS, distributed control sys
Technology Enablers / RD Programs
Sensor, fan, filter, purification and
related RD projects
Current Co-op, CARTI, TAD projects
Follow-on study of IEQ in schools
Prelim study of IEQ in schools
Individualized response to IEQ factors
Staffing
TIEQ Lab PI, staff
Biologic contaminant expertise
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Action Items