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AEC425 - Cost-Effective Energy Savings with Drain Water Heat Recovery...THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED
THIS COURSE IS NO LONGER OFFERED.
Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:
- Identify opportunities for reclaiming heat energy from Drain Water in buildings.
- Describe how Falling Film Heat Exchangers work and why this class of technology is the most common used for Drain Water Heat Recovery (DWHR).
- Describe the various DWHR connection scenarios for single residential.
- Describe the various DWHR connection scenarios for multi-unit residential buildings.
Apply more specific DWHR commercial applications including health care buildings, prisons, recreational facilities, food service operations, and laundry facilities, in both slab-on-grade and gravity flow configurations.
- Recall DWHR examples of total installed cost and typical energy savings (for water heating and total building) for commercial, residential, and multi-unit residential projects.
Approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes. Delivered online, at your own pace.
Presented by Gerald Van Decker on behalf of RenewABILITY Energy Inc.. View the Privacy Policy .
Presenter Information
Name: Gerald Van Decker
Title: Founder and CEO, RenewABILITY Energy Inc.
Background: Gerald Van Decker (P.Eng., M.A.Sc.) is the Founder and CEO of RenewABILITY Energy Inc. based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Gerald is the Power-Pipe® inventor and driver for the successful expansion of the Drain Water Heat Recovery market within North America. He left his position at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) in July 2000 to start the business. While at NRCan Gerald was involved in project management and R&D activities in Active Solar Technologies. He participated in International Energy Agency (IEA) tasks in the Solar Heating and Cooling Program. Gerald also contributed to early stage development of large cell honeycomb translucent insulation used in the highly successful Solera® and was Research Engineer for Edgetech I.G., manufacturers of the SuperSpacer®. He also worked in Sweden for the R&D arm of Sweden's largest Power Utility conducting Solar Water Heating R&D.
Gerald holds a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor's Degree in Systems Design Engineering both from the University of Waterloo in Canada. His Master’s Thesis work on modeling Transpired Solar Air Heaters (e.g. Solarwall®) was published in the International Journal of Solar Energy. He is a Professional Engineer registered in the province of Ontario.
