Building Operators Association of Canada BOA Invites you to our first Trade/Speaking Event in over Four years

Presentation Topic: 

   Heather Campbell, Executive Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates. 

Guest Speakers:  

   Heather Campbell, Executive Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates. 

 Brief: 

  Heather's presentation will be

  Opportunity and Energy Transitions

 -  Why Clean Technology is Critical to Alberta.  

Heather will discuss hydrogen with respect to decarbonization and energy transition in residential and commercial heating. 

  Building Operators Association of Canada BOA Invites you to our first Trade/Speaking Event in over Four years

Presentation Topic: 

  The Benefits and Best Practices of Cooling Tower Water Filtration

Guest Speakers:  

  David Lamarre and team with Exel Systems will be giving a presentation on The Benefits and Best Practices of Cooling Tower Water Filtration.  

 Brief: 

  Opportunity to increase efficiency while conserving water and corresponding water treatment. 

  Building Operators Association of Canada BOA Invites you to our first in person Meeting in over two years

Presentation Topic: 

 Building Operators association first in person meeting in a long time.  Engineered Air of Calgary speaking of what's new and what every building Operator should know, as it pertains to their products. 

Guest Speakers:  

Guest speakers are Presenter: Arvin Silva , Southern Alberta Sales – Engineered Air Title: Retrofit and Replacement HVAC Units 

 Brief: 

Summary: A general discussion on retrofitting and replacing existing HVAC units. An overview on our new generation Cencon controllers.  Bio: Arvin graduated from University of Calgary with Mechanical Engineering and has been employed with Engineered Air for 7 years. He was working in Saskatchewan Sales for the last 5 years before transferring to Calgary Sales in August. also in attendance is Kurt Touet who is a engineering associate from the Saskatoon branch of Engineered Air, who was voluntold to attend the seminar. Engineered air Speaking on new products for the commercial/ residential uses for 2023 

  Building Operators Association of Canada BOA Invites you to our May Webinar   

Presentation Topic: 

Part 2 Open Water Systems

Guest Speakers:

Tiffany Petrunia, B.Sc. Account Manager  Education Bachelor of Science, University of Calgary Tiffany lives in Calgary with her husband, two daughters, dog, and 2 cats. 

Years at SUEZ: 15 

Tiffany joined SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions in 2007. She began her career as an Account Manager servicing a wide variety of markets, including gas processing facilities, Universities, Hospitals, Food and Beverage plants and Commercial buildings in Calgary and Southern Alberta. In 2014 Tiffany accepted the role of Area Manager for Southern Alberta and Southern British Columbia further expanding to cover the Edmonton commercial market in 2015. This increased her market exposure to additional industries such as gas processing, mining, and metals processing. In 2019 Tiffany returned to the Calgary area as a senior account manager. Tiffany’s focus has been on production optimization, problem solving, and cost reducing projects for her customers over the past 15 years. She has extensive experience in  many aspects of water treatment including wastewater, cooling, low and high pressure boiler treatment, as well as water purification and pre-treatment.

 Brief: 

The Challenging Dynamics of Open System Water Treatment. We will discuss basic cooling tower water treatment. This includes cycles of concentration, evaporation, & latent heat transfer. The importance of pre-season cleaning, & operational best practices. Control of biologics & risk management, including Legionella mitigation. Corrosion & reposition chemistry and monitoring in cooling towers.

  SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions 

 Water Treatment - Closed Loop - Best Practices  

Water treatment is one of the most important facets of Building Operations it is often misunderstood and mistakes can be slow to show up but devastating to systems, sometimes unrecoverable but always expensive.

Guest Speaker:

Tiffany Petrunia, B.Sc. Account Manager 

Education Bachelor of Science, University of Calgary Tiffany lives in Calgary with her husband, two daughters, dog, and 2 cats. Her interests include camping, hiking, rock climbing, snowboarding, mountain biking, yoga and spending time with family. 

Years at SUEZ: 15 Tiffany joined SUEZ Water Technologies and Solutions in 2007. She began her career as an Account Manager servicing a wide variety of markets, including gas processing facilities, Universities, Hospitals, Food and Beverage plants and Commercial buildings in Calgary and Southern Alberta. In 2014 Tiffany accepted the role of Area Manager for Southern Alberta and Southern British Columbia further expanding to cover the Edmonton commercial market in 2015. This increased her market exposure to additional industries such as gas processing, mining, and metals processing. In 2019 Tiffany returned to the Calgary area as a senior account manager. Tiffany’s focus has been on production optimization, problem solving, and cost reducing projects for her customers over the past 15 years. She has extensive experience in  many aspects of water treatment including wastewater, cooling, low and high pressure boiler treatment, as well as water purification and pre-treatment.

Topics up for discussion

Closed loop chemistry (corrosion inhibitors and dispersants) options overview:

                -Molybdenum

                -Nitrate

                -Organic/phosphate based

                -Other technologies (amine or polyamine)

                -Azoles (copper protection)

Closed loop Monitoring:

                -Key monitoring parameters and why

                -Monitoring options (chemical testing, PTSA probes)

Closed loop Filtration

                -Importance

Glycol Loops

                -Protection options (mild steel and copper coils)

                -Monitoring

                -pH and the importance of glycol breakdown knowledge