Improving the Energy Efficiency of Steam Heating Systems Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 4:15 pm
Pipe and Boiler Insulation
Cost of fuels, oil, gas, electric
Heat losses from uninsulated piping
Heat losses from insulated piping
Case study – cost of insulation
Payback periods
The Low Pressure Steam Heating System
High pressure goes to low pressure – always
Water seeks its own level – sometimes
Near boiler piping – the place where problems are born
What you should know about the Hartford Loop
How to size replacement steam boilers
One-pipe steam – a matter of detail
It’s all in the venting
Two-pipe steam – a matter of control
A steam heating trap primer
What you need to know about condensate and boiler feed pumps
Vacuum: friend or foe?
Controlling the boiler water level
Water hammer – know thy enemy
Vapor systems
Cleaning the internals of a steam heating system
Credits
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Professional Engineers
6.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Architects
6.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 continuing education hours to professional engineers and 6.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in most states, including New York and New Jersey.
HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider for architects via its affiliation with the American Institute of Architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New York engineers (NYSED Sponsor No. 35) and New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 6.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey and District of Columbia architects.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This event offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but it has not been approved by any state with a continuing education requirement for contractors.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Daniel Karpen
Professional engineer and consultant in Huntington, NY
Mr. Karpen is a licensed professional engineer in New York. He has more than 20 years of experience in HVAC and energy conservation consulting. His strong background in the physical sciences and technology, combined with a knowledge of government procedures, provides a foundation for getting practical results quickly. Mr. Karpen is recognized nationally for his innovations in a wide range of energy conservation areas. Much of his work has been in the development of energy conservation management plans in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Karpen has a B.S. degree from the University of Washington, an M.A. degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an M.B.A. degree from Adelphi University. He has eight U.S. patents and two Canadian patents relating to lighting and energy conservation. Mr. Karpen is an experienced energy conservation engineer, and he has worked on making changes to engineered plans and specifications for both residential and commercial work to make structures and their systems more energy efficient.