Armstrong In The Media In The Media 2015 Armstrong Fluid Technology Design Envelope Symposium August 20, 2015 As seen on pmengineer.com : July 23, 2015 Armstrong Fluid Technology packed 80 engineers, designers and building owners into the Honoré Room of The Palmer House Hilton Hotel July 21 in Downtown Chicago. The pump manufacturer provided the attendees in-depth information about its Design Envelope technology which “is a demand based intelligent control solution that models equipment and system behaviour, monitors actual system conditions, and dynamically adjusts equipment operation to match system demand.” Matt Berrell, an national sales manager with Armstrong, oversaw the “Challenging the Traditional Approach to Pump Selection and Control” which laid out that 40% of total United States energy usage comes from buildings, 32% from industry and 28% from transportation. Within that 40% of building energy usage, 17% of that is from HVAC systems. Jumping off these statistics, Burrell and Armstrong say that its Design Envelope strategy is to ensure that pumps are designed for “best efficiency operation” of where the building load is 90% of the time as opposed to peak load demands. One interesting wrinkle to Armstrong’s Design Envelope Symposium was how it integrated audience participation. Before the event, the hosts handed out little remotes with buttons numbered 0-9. During the presentations by Berrell and Regional Sales Manager Jonathon Todd, they would ask attendees questions. A 10- to 15-second timer would begin and the answers would be calculated and shown on the projection screen. Here are a couple of questions Armstrong asked: 1) Why do you think buildings underperform? The top two answers were lack of integrated design approach (32%) and oversized equipment (30%). 2) How frequently do you track your HVAC system performance? The answers were monthly (27%), annually (22%), semi-annually (22%), daily (19%), weekly (11%). As a spectator of the event, I thought that making sure the audience remained engaged in the presentations was critical. Each of the four, hour-long presentations by Armstrong spurred great question-and-answers sessions at the end as well. Armstrong Fluid Technology’s has held 18 Design Envelope Symposiums in 2015 with nine in the United States, four in Canada and others in India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cairo and Beirut. Contact Armstrong Fluid Technology to see if one is coming to your city — or close by — in the future. It’s definitely worth your time. (Pictured above): Armstrong Fluid Technology National Sales Manager Matt Berrell speaks to a group of approximately 80 engineers, designers and building owners during the company’s Design Envelope Symposium at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in downtown Chicago. PME August 2015 Tags: Design Envelope Previous story Armstrong announces enhancements to its Astro 2 series of Wet-Rotor Circulators Next story Linking public institutions to communities key to tackling poverty, report says Related Posts Armstrong Event Lets Attendees ‘Take the Load Off’ January 26, 2015 Armstrong announces REVIT file availability July 9, 2014 Chiller plant automation system July 2, 2014 Q&A with Lex van der Weerd, CEO of Armstrong October 17, 2013 Recent Posts Solar Decathlon CUI Global mention 2015 Product of the Year winners – PSPC Armstrong Celebrates Energy Program The special needs of data centres Like us on facebook Post Archive Post Archive Select Month October 2015 (3) September 2015 (3) August 2015 (4) July 2015 (3) June 2015 (2) May 2015 (2) April 2015 (5) March 2015 (6) February 2015 (4) January 2015 (6) December 2014 (4) November 2014 (6) October 2014 (3) September 2014 (2) August 2014 (1) July 2014 (5) June 2014 (6) April 2014 (1) March 2014 (3) February 2014 (7) January 2014 (6) December 2013 (1) November 2013 (3) October 2013 (5) September 2013 (3) August 2013 (3) July 2013 (6) June 2013 (4) May 2013 (1) December 2012 (1) October 2012 (1) August 2012 (1) November 2011 (1) May 2011 (1) March 2011 (1) January 2011 (1) November 2010 (3) October 2010 (1) July 2010 (1) June 2010 (1) April 2010 (1) February 2010 (1) November 2009 (1) July 2009 (1) Post Categories Post Categories Select Category ADEPT (3) Armstrong Fluid Technology (34) Circulator (2) Compass (3) Data Center (1) Design Envelope (10) ECO*PULSE (2) Empowering Pumps (1) General (5) Hydronics (1) In The Media (46) Installation (4) Installations (1) OPTI-VISOR (5) Parallel Sensorless Pump Controller (3) Personel (2) Plant Automation (6) REVIT Files (1) Sustainability (4) Uncategorized (8) Copyright Armstrong Fluid Technology