Join us for our March 2nd, 2021 Chapter meeting featuring a very relevant speaker and topic: 

HVAC Systems Design for Airborne Infection Control Spaces in Healthcare Facilities

The presentation starts with the US guidelines and standards of Healthcare Facilities Design, then it discusses the typical environment-controlled spaces, such as operating room (operation theatre), infection isolation room, protective environments and critical-care room. It further discuses architectural considerations, temperature and humidity controls, ventilation requirements, HVAC air-handling systems, flow diagrams, pressurization, filtrations and UV treatment, as well as water-borne microbial contamination control, etc. Comparison with European standards and practices in these infection control spaces is also provided. Many design samples and photos are included.

Presentation by ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, Wei Sun

Mr. Sun is an ASHRAE Fellow, he served as the Chairman of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC9.11 (Clean Spaces) from 2007-2010. He is also a member of ASHRAE Technical Committees TC9.6 (Healthcare Facilities) and TC9.10 (Laboratory Systems). He served as a Regional Vice Chair (RVC) for ASHRAE Region V (Ohio, Indiana and Michigan) in 2008-2010, and President of ASHRAE Detroit Chapter in 2010-2011. He served as ASHRAE society CTTC (Chapter Technology Transfer Committee) Vice Chair and Chair from 2011 through 2013, a past member of ASHRAE’s Honors & Awards committee, currently as a member of AHSRAE society's Nominating committee. In other leadership roles, Mr. Sun served as the President of IEST (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, based in Chicago) Society in 2016-2017 in charge of all society leadership and management responsibilities. He is also the USA Delegate for ISO cleanroom standards 14644 on behalf of USA since 2012. As the Principal Author, his 450-page new technical book “ASHRAE Design Guide for Cleanrooms” was published in 2017, he led over 20 co-authors and spent 6 years to accomplish this major achievement. In 2018 Mr. Sun has been also chairing the NEBB’s Cleanroom Performance Testing (CPT) Committee to develop its new edition of testing standard. In 2019 Mr. Sun received both ASHRAE society’s Distinguished Service Award (DSA) and Exceptional Service Award (ESA) which recognizes his extraordinary contributions to HVAC design, research, public speeches, management and industry leadership. Mr. Sun received his BSME from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology in China in 1985. In 1989 he was awarded with an academic scholarship from University of Kentucky and then received his MSAE degree from University of Kentucky in 1992. Since then Mr. Sun has been working in the US as a consulting engineer for 28 years in building mechanical systems design, HVAC, consulting, training and research. He is a registered Professional Engineer in many states in the United States. Prior to his current position as the President at Engsysco, Inc., he has worked for several national architectural and engineering firms in the Midwest. He has served as senior engineer, lead engineer, group leader, department head and has led the designs of many large and sophisticated cleanroom facilities, hospitals, bio-safety laboratories, and high-rise buildings. In addition to his cleanroom, hospital and laboratory design expertise, he has been serving as a Principal Investigator for many ASHRAE and governmental research projects, his research findings have been published in ASHRAE Transactions, ASHRAE Journal, Labs21(DOE/EPA), CEC Research, and his research outcomes and recommendations have been included in ASHRAE books, IEST’s Recommended Practices, and even in ISO new cleanroom standards. He led a US research consortium team to build a state-of-the-art, fully automated cleanroom test lab and new technologies demonstration center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He has been invited to conduct numerous technical speeches and training seminars in national and international conferences, he has visited 35 countries since 2006. Mr. Sun has served as the “USA HVAC&R Advisor” for Japan Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News (JARN) magazine from 2004-2008. He also served as a “USA Consultant” for the Ministry of Health of Malaysia for their standardization effort for healthcare facilities. Mr. Sun has served as a research program/proposals reviewer for US NIOSH/CDC and DOE. In 2010 he served as the ASHRAE Society's "Technology Awards Judging Panel" Chair. Mr. Sun is the recipient of ASHRAE Dan Mills Award for Technology Transfer in 2006, IEST’s Willis Whitfield Award in 2016, and Robert Mielke Award in 2017, and an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer (DL) since 2009.

Meeting invites will be sent out via email to all registered persons on the morning of March 2nd.

12pm (noon) meeting start time.

Tickets

$5.00 1 Seat Webinar Attendance

$0.00 Student