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

     The topic of the October 12th educational webinar  

tekmar presenting Levels of building and system controls.

 Eric is is the Technical Sales Manager for Tekmar Control Systems, we are doing webinars and have a talk on modules in (Watts Works).   A Watts Brand, based out of Vernon, BC. Canada. Eric’s passion is HVAC building controls in the mid-level residential, high end residential, light commercial and commercial facilities that we call our homes, our businesses, our built environment. With 30 plus years working for HVAC Controls manufacturers, building distribution of these products through Agencies, P & H, Mechanical and Control contracting companies here in Canada,     tekmar products are manufactured in our 60,000 square foot facility located in Vernon, BC, Canada, so  you are buying Canadian made, when you purchase.  Training has been a very big component of getting these companies equipped to meet the needs in their  marketplaces. Many weeks / months of hands on training sessions completed, ensuring best possible  results for our customers.   Learning online available here https://training.watts.com: Log in to the site .  

     The topic of the June 8th educational webinar will be HVAC Control Valves - What You Need to Know   

 Luc Chamberland Sales Manager Canada - Control Valve Specialist

Spartan Peripheral Devices
Over the years, Luc's reputation as
control valve retrofit specialist has been spreading in Canada's major engineering firms. He has become a reference for mechanical departments coast to coast. Active ASHRAE Montreal chapter member, he has been representing Spartan Peripheral Devices since 2010 in  HVAC exhibitions CMPX - CMX - CIPHEX WEST AB,BC MEET Trade Shows.

Luc is focussed on problem solving and helping understanding control valves and the applications they are involved with in our daily lives. 

    ENMAX Power – Preparing the Grid for the Future.

ENMAX Power is the regulated electrical utility that owns, operates and maintains the transmission and distribution system in and around Calgary. As new technologies are advanced, such as electric vehicles and distributed energy resources like solar generation, ENMAX Power is taking proactive steps to understand the grid of the future. Join us to learn more about the trends we are seeing and what we are doing to be prepared. 

   Green Waste Reduction using cutting edge clean technology for waste management of Cardboard, Wet Waste and Organics.
The presentation will be a collaboration between VP Glen Smith of Eco-Growth Environmental and with additional subject matter expertise provided by Kim Caron President with Executive Mat Group of Companies and Mike Thompson of Clean Power World Wide 

Curt LaMontagne of Calgary-based C5+ clears up some misinformation and shares valuable

information he has on keeping our buildings safe during this pandemic. This is a continued education for

Building Operators and Property Managers

 Mike Gerald speaks to operating facilities using filtration in conjunction with other systems in the protection of people while living and working with Covid-19.