Join Us for Our Monthly Lunch Meeting!

Please arrive at 11:30am for networking and lunch, presentation will start at 12pm.

Presentation Topic/Summary: Space Pressurization - Concept and Practice

Program teaches ventilation control design for critical pressurized spaces such as laboratories, clean rooms and health care facilities.  Topics run from basic physics of pressurization, through air flow control issues and detailed design considerations.  Covers goals and concepts behind pressurization.  Emphasis on the importance of the room envelope.  Explains the common control methods, and when to choose each one..

Speaker: Jim Coogan, P.E. ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Jim Coogan is a Principal Engineer in product development and applications at Siemens Building Technologies.  In 40 years designing controls for mechanical systems, he has contributed to products ranging from simple room controllers to Internet-based operator interfaces.  His work has resulted in numerous patents.

Jim has chaired several ASHRAE Technical Committees including, Control Theory and Applications, and Laboratory Systems.  He also chaired the committee that developed a Standard Method of Test for Airflow Controls.  Jim chaired the 2022 revision ANSI Z9.5 Standard: Laboratory Ventilation.  Jim speaks regularly at the annual conference of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories and occasionally at meetings of safety organizations.

Publications include technical papers on room pressurization and laboratory system commissioning and VAV flow control.  Jim earned his SB in mechanical engineering at MIT.

*Please register early so that we can give an accurate head count. Late fees will go into effect Friday, May15th after 5:00pm.

Tickets

$35.00 Member Ticket
$45.00 after 05:00 pm May 15

$45.00 Non-Member Ticket
$55.00 after 05:00 pm May 15