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Accelerating Adoption of Green Building Technologies
Jamie JamesPresident, Tower Labs @MaRS
Sustainable Buildings Canada
April 25, 2012
2011Living Building, Portland, OR
Slide Courtesy of www.USGBC.org
Buildings & Construction
• Canadian Construction, Machinery & Equipment = $345B-$350B (www.statcan.gc.ca)
• ON Construction (2009) = $97B (5% of GDP)
• US Construction = ~13% of $13T GDP
• Global construction = 8%-10% of global GDP
R & DDDemonstration Deployment
Innovation, Emerging
Technology real estate owners/developers
Demonstration-to-Deployment
Project MGTM&V
The Tridel Group of Companies• Family-owned, Toronto-Based• Vertically integrated Condominium Developer• 7 decades, 65,500 homes• ~1,500 homes/year
The MaRS Institute & Discovery District• Toronto’s Innovation Hub• Independent NGO• 3 Practices: ICT, CleanTech, Health Sciences• 500 Active Clients across sectors• Advisory services for entrepreneurs
Tridel XXXXXXXXXXXXX
FOUNDERS
PROGRAMS
Advanced Materials for Building Energy Recovery
In Suite Ventilation Air HRV vs ERVHRV: Heat Recovery Ventilators. Sensible heat only recovered
ERV: Energy Recovery Ventilator - total energy in the air is recovered (heat + moisture) ERV
HRV
EVOLUTION OF CONDOMINIUM VENTILATION
The Old Way of Doing Things
Ventilation Air Energy Recovery
EVOLUTION OF CONDOMINIUM VENTILATION2nd Generation: Improved
EVOLUTION OF CONDOMINIUM VENTILATION3rd Generation: Stand Alone In-Suite Units
Integrated De-centralized ER Ventilation
EVOLUTION OF CONDOMINIUM VENTILATION3rd Generation (Phase 2): Integrated HVAC Systems
Evaluating New Approaches for Greater Flexibility
ERV
FAN COIL
ERV with dPoint
Fan CoilWith ERV +dPoint
Deployment
Multi-Phase Pilot/Demonstration + M&V
Test Units
~700 Units
With Support From:
Test Units
Test UnitsTest Units
Solar Co-generation
Source: The Toronto Star
The First Mechatronic Variable Speed Drive (MVSD)What? •To become the world’s most efficient and cost-effective Variable Speed Drive (VSD)•VSDs vary the speed of electric motors, dramatically reducing energy consumption
For?•Any motor, engine or generator that will benefit from variable speed•First target market: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) motors driving fans & pumps = a billion $ market opportunity
Why? reduce VSD costs & harmonics
• Morphing pulleys, synchronized shifting a world’s first
• less expensive, more efficient & robust than VFDs - no problematic harmonics
• Shifts under load
• High torque start-up capability
Technology Validation•Beta Assembly Proven in a live environment
• 20hp motor, York Makeup Air Unit (rooftop fan) • 24 story condominium in Toronto, Canada
•Higher efficiency and harmonic claims verified
Building Energy Use Comparison
LEED
Pre-LEED
LEED vs pre-LEED Building Comparison
Residential Electricity-18%
Building Electricity-7%
Natural Gas- 50%
25% reduction in energy costs
Building Energy Use Comparison
Modeling Stack Effect
Problem:• Uncontrolled airflows in tall buildings may increase Make Up Air requirements and negatively impact the performance of mechanical systems
Modeling Stack Effect
Stack Effect Modeling Study
For more information, please contact: Paul Bottero, President
Phone: 416-605-7470Email: [email protected]
www.inmotive.com
For more information, please contact: David Kriebel
Phone: 604-488-1132Email: [email protected]
www.dpoint.ca
Tower Labs is grateful for support from our initial sponsors:
THANK YOU
For more information, please contact: Jamie James, President
Phone: 416-673-6516Email: [email protected]
Subhi Alsayed, Director of Projects Phone: 416-673-6516
Email: [email protected]
www.towerlabs.org
