MECH Talks
MECH Talk events are a platform for sharing ideas, case studies, and data with leaders in the design and construction community. MECH Talks are loosely inspired by our friend Theodore’s quote “Ideas change everything, because CHANGE appears to be the new constant in our industry. Each event we host provides a space for us to stop and share how we can successfully adapted to those changes.
The upcoming MECH Talk event at Oracle Park will focus on some big changes happening to buildings today: electrification, new refrigerants, code changes and cutting edge technology.
Following the presentations we can root for the SF Giants as they take on the St. Louis Cardinals
Upcoming MECH Talks
Talk to your DMG rep about attending our next MECH Talks.
Our 100+ people attended our inaugural MECH Talks at Oracle Park and participated in presentations from:
Doug Davenport of Prospect SV kicked off the event. Doug emphasized how legislation, regulations, and other market drivers are demanding that we understand our total carbon impact and how we can work to reduce it.
Nick Werner from DMG presented a case study that replaced a VAV Air Handler, gas boilers, and air-cooled chillers.
Ian Bailey from DMG recapped a recent project where we utilized a Dual-Fuel approach for a packaged Rooftop Unit replacement, resulting in a 99.8% reduction in gas usage with the new system.
Sean Jarvie, the CTO of Flow Environmental Systems, walked the group through the economics of replacing gas-fired boilers with heat pumps. Flow’s ANSWR CO2 heat pump can produce water at low, medium, and high temperatures with a wide range of entering temperatures, utilizing existing piping, pumps, and coils.
Goran Ostojic of Zamba HVAC shared case studies. Zamba’s innovative electric unit is capable of heating, cooling, humidity control, ventilation, filtration, and air purification. Connect the unit that fits in a wall cavity to chilled and hot water lines, along with low-voltage power, and you’re good to go.
Aubrey Gewehr, from Venacity, demonstrated how decoupling ventilation from heating and cooling can provide significant energy savings. With the high effectiveness of the ventilation air, most of the VRF system’s capacities can be downsized, offering potential system savings of 50-80%.
Isaac Simpson, Sales Director at DMG, shared a case study in the making: LG’s Inverter Scroll Heat Pump Chiller launched three years ago. Replacing the traditional boiler and cooling tower with heat pumps that deliver high-efficiency all-electric systems that save millions of gallons of water each year and significantly reduce the cost of maintenance – without having to re-pipe the building.
