For the memory of those fallen, here is a tribute from the eyes of a child, my daughter Claire, then 3. To your courage and sacrifice.

Topics discussed will cover examples of renewable HVAC energy systems intregration with direct digital controls, solar thermal hydronic heating, CHP fuel cells for residential and commercial buildings.

Hors d’oeurves and refreshments will be served and afterward attendees are welcome to join us for a Bay cruise around Mc Covey Cove in a 42′ Grand Banks fishing trawler.

Parking is available at Pier 40 @ $10.00 a day– Pre-register to secure a discount parking pass.

Please RSVP by Monday, October 21, 2013 to Bill@sustainabledesignpm.com or call 831-459-7300.

Speakers: Bill Shady, P.E. and CEO of Sustainable Design and Product Management and developer of the Climate Right System will review case studies and T. J. Kay, VP of Environmental Systems, Inc. will discuss digital controls in the Climate Right System.

When: Wednesday, October 23rd, 4pm to 5:30pm. Hor d’ Oeurves and refreshments will be served. Attendees are invited to join us after for a Bay Cruise aboard a 42″ Grand Banks Fishing Trawler for a McCovey Cove hangout and viewing of the new Bay Bridge span.

Where: South Beach Harbor Meeting room- Pier 40A, King and Second Street, San Francisco, CA

Transportation: Easy access on “N” Judah and “T” line.

Parking: Available at Pier 40 for $10.00. Register early to secure discounted parking pass.

Register: Please RSVP by Monday, October 21st, 2013 to Bill Shady at bill@sustainabledesignpm.com or call 831-459-7300

Plumbing and heating contractor Le Duc and Dexter installed a wood fired solar assisted HVAC system in a Russian River hilltop retreat in the Sonoma wine country area of Cazadero, CA. This compact mechanical system feaures the innovative and digital controlled Climate Right System.  Abe Stallcup, P.E. of Monterey Energy Group, specified the Climate Right System in the original design of the project, which was featured in the June edition of Green Mechanical Contractor. Read the full featured article here.

Frontal view of The Climate Right System

SDPM’s Climate Right Systems, the all-in-one hydronic heating and cooling package, was recently installed in a luxury home in Pacific Palisades and is the subject of a feature in the Spring, 2012 issue of  Radiant Living Magazine.

In the article, SDPM’s CEO and founder, Bill Shady, P.E. discusses how his “plug and play” appliance arrived at the job site already built and tested at the factory with no need to fabricate onsite and he explains that the “Right” in Climate Right Systems stands for “renewable, integrated, gas hybrid thermal systems.”

To read more about the installation in this 8500 sq. ft. concrete and timber framed home overlooking the Santa Monica Bay, view the online edition here and scroll to page 16. You may also visit the project page on our website to view more photos and a video of the delivery of The Climate Right Systems.

To benefit from a West Coast perspective, I talked with Bill Shady, P.E., owner of Sustainable Design and Product Management, a Santa Cruz-based consulting engineering and product development firm. Bill’s primary market covers the entire state of California, but he has projects all over North America, as well as international commissions. “2011 was a recovery year for everybody,” said Shady. “The economy and construction industry contracted so quickly, it took people by surprise. We look for 2012 to be a year of positive growth.”

Bill certainly has a positive outlook. He’s rolling out a brand new, innovative product called the Climate Right System, a packaged mechanical and control system that I plan to cover in greater detail in a future column. The product is in growth mode, with nine systems on order.

“My market is full of young, wealthy, stock-laden Internet and software entrepreneurs,” says Shady. “I foresee the high-end custom estate home market picking up.”

Bill also forecasts growth in the hydronics market for the multi-family high-rise commercial market. The owners of these projects are looking for mechanical systems with a small footprint that are economical to operate and allow for sub-metering, according to Bill. So it sounds like this is a good time to be in the hydronics business in California. 

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“I’ve had some time to look at the SDPM appliances for integrating and controlling multiple energy sources for hybrid HVAC systems. For a long time I’ve been a big fan of the appliance principle and specifically for systems which incorporate hydronics as the integrating medium. The SDPM product line developed by Bill Shady, P.E., and his team enables the merging of renewable systems into a form that facilitates function by overcoming the complex challenges of custom on site fabricated systems. With this product line, Bill has applied his engineering skills with his passion for conservation in demonstrating that even the most complex energy management system can be standardized by simple recognized shapes. It looks like an appliance, has the same parts as an appliance and its very coolness is elevated by how effectively it conserves time and energy in the world of engineering, contracting and sustainability.”

Robert Bean, R.E.T., P.L.(Eng.)

Energy and IEQ Strategist

Healthyheating.com

8000 square foot modern architecture by world renowned architect Ricardo Legoretta. Features high ceilings, sharp rectangular lines and an abundance of light. The entire building is heated with embedded radiant hydronic tubing through insulated PEX distribution to manifolds by zone controls with slab sensors and air sensors.

Controlled by the digital energy management system, the unique features of the mechanical system include de-humidification, whole house ventilation with variable speed exhaust fan and filtered outside air make-up. Multiple fan coils provide zone controls with dampers.

The Climate Right System specified for this project includes a 199,000 Btuh high efficiency boiler by Lochinvar, two Triangle Tube SME 60 160 gallon storage tanks with 120 gallons of stored domestic water, and 200 gallons of heating system fluid generated by a stationary hydrogen fuel cell by ClearEdge Power. Excess heat generated by the combined heat and power system is sent to the swimming pool floor and walls where tubing was embedded to create a radiant pool shell.

An additional solar thermal collection feature is installed where the pool deck is embedded with  tubing and a sensor that pumps pool water into the pool deck, either heating the pool by cooling the deck or cooling the pool at night by heating the deck.

The digital control system includes graphical user interfaces on a touch pad PC and provides visual indications, as well as animated equipment while the HVAC and energy systems are working. Any alarms generated by the control system are sent to the service contractor and home owner so problems can be diagnosed before a service call is required.

The home is targeted to be net zero electric consumption with the grid tied fuel cell while using the waste heat generated 24 hours per day for domestic hot water, space heating through radiant floors and the swimming pool shell.

Design Architect: Legoretta + Legoretta, Mexico City, Mexico

Executive Architect: Bernstein and Zubietta, Venice, CA

Mechanical Engineer: SDPM

Plumbing Engineer: SDPM

General Contractor: RJC Builders, Los Angeles, CA

Mechanical Contractor: Yantzer Brothers Air

CHP: ClearEdge Power

Expected completion: Spring 2012