Lunch + Learns

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PAST Lunch + Learns

Alliance

Custom Air Handlers
Applications and Benefits

Dale Chavez
May 27, 2026

Baltimore Air Coil

BAC Cooling Towers: Overview & What’s New

David Longacre
May 20, 2026

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Bryan Boilers

Details Matter: Common Pitfalls Specifying Commercial Boilers and Water Heaters
Jared Lewallen | Apr 22, 2026
  • Combustion fundamentals – Differentiate between condensing and non-condensing water heater and boiler systems
  • Misapplication of boilers and equipment can cause major concerns and dangerous environments for contractors and occupants
  • Results of poor venting and combustion air including increased liability, destroyed boiler components, and potential risks to occupant safety
  • Minimum combustible and service clearance guidelines can cause major concerns and dangerous environments for contractors and occupants
  • Real world applications for proper venting, clearance, piping, and other processes to ensure best practices and guidelines
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Twin City Fan

Fume Exhaust Basic Training
Ben Prekker | Feb 18, 2026
  • Why high plume exhaust fans are used and their application
  • What questions to ask as an engineer to make the correct selection
  • Fume exhaust vocabulary
  • Lab Exhaust Fan products
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Lennox

RTU Innovation: Improving Humidity Control
Randy Speights | Jan 14, 2026
  • How Humiditrol Works – An overview of how Humiditrol manages latent load through the refrigeration cycle, improving humidity control without overcooling the space.
  • New and Upcoming Products – A look at recent product enhancements and upcoming releases designed to expand application flexibility and performance.
  • Differentiating Features – Design advantages such as independent RTU circuits that lower MCA, reduce electrical requirements, and simplify overall system design.
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Oxygen 8

Fresh Air That Fits: Energy Recovery And Split-DOAS Equipment
Brian Stinnett | Dec 10, 2025

With the recent change in regulation came a change in refrigerant; Oxygen8 now has a new line of R-32 products to accommodate. Brian will elaborate on the required changes and show off some of the new R-32 products on the Oxygen8 “Fresh Air Truck.”

Oxygen8’s “Fresh Air Truck” is a Ford F150 pickup with demo units in the back. This is your opportunity for a closeup with:

  • a Ventum H05 ERV and a Terra T06 split DOAS unit with DX coil and HGRH coils, built to see the components inside each unit
  • crossflow and counterflow heat exchanger samples
  • enthalpy membrane core heat exchanger material samples
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Novelaire

Desiccant Dehumidification Systems
Gary Smith | Nov 19, 2025
  • NovelAire and Where We Are Today
  • Product and Application Review
  • High Temp vs. Low Temp Regeneration
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GPS

Indoor Air Quality Procedures
Chris Mauro | Oct 8, 2025
  • ASHRAE’s Indoor Air Quality Procedure pathway – Validated, code-supported approach to cleaner air and leaner HVAC design
  • Hands-on training session – Guide HVAC professionals through confidently applying the IAQP method using ASHRAE tools, calculators, and real-world data
  • Cost savings with this procedure – How to reduce both capital and energy-related costs
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ATH/RBI

Boiler Applications and Design
Bob Witt | Sep 10, 2025
  • From campfires to plasma heat generation – engineers and contractors need this knowledge
  • Positively eliminate the guesswork in product selection of efficiencies
  • Know how to avoid the mistakes in system design still being taught by manufacturers today
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Dristeem

Humidification Fundamentals, Systems and Equipment
Ron Will | May 14, 2025
  • Humidification Basics – Learn why humidification plays a key role in the indoor environment.
  • Humidification Systems and Equipment – Different types of humidifiers, including proper sizing, selection and controls.
  • Installation and Maintenance – Best practices for installation, operation and maintence of the humidifiers, including water treatment systems.
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Danfoss

Modern Applications Of VFDs
Jackson Tiedmann| Apr 23, 2025
  • Why you should use a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) in your applications
  • How a VFD works
  • Options available on a VFD and when to include them
  • Differences between a Soft Starter and a VFD as well as best use cases

Stulz

Mission-Critical HVAC Equipment: Data Center And Computer
Room Applications
Andy Macdonald | Mar 19, 2025
  • Data Centers vs Computer Rooms – Definitions and Terms
  • State of the Industry
  • The Stulz USA

Jeremias

Factory-Built Exhaust Systems
Connor Rampley | Feb 19, 2025
  • Product selection – Why should anyone consider Factory-Built?
  • Sizing – Single Wall, Reduced Clearance, and UL 2221 Zero Clearance (equal to ASTM E 2336) options
  • Pricing scenarios, comparisons, and examples – Building owner benefits with factory-built
  • Services

Daikin Applied

PreciseLine Air Handlers, The Industry’s Most Compact Footprint
Jeff Empie | Jan 15, 2025
  • PreciseLine AHU overview
  • New options for new R32 refrigerant AHUs
  • Leak detection for DX models
  • New, large, horizontal AHUs that can be ordered in sections to fit through a 36” door
  • Energy recovery options

Q-PAC

Leandro de la Torriente  | Dec 11, 2024
  • Introducing the Q-PAC Fan
  • Design, quoting, installation and maintenance
  • A smarter fan for commercial AHUs

KMC Controls

Erich Kreuter | Nov 20, 2024
  • AFMS overview – Updates, developments and how it accurately calculates airflow
  • KMC router with built-in balancing tool – Where it can be used and when to use it
  • New Flexstat programmable touchscreen interface – Functions, new features/capabilities
  • Integrating modern control technologies with legacy systems

CASPR Technologies

Brett Duffy | Oct 16, 2024
  • Continuous Disinfection – Reducing infection risk both in the air and on all surfaces
  • Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) – ASHRAE 241 – Reducing harmful pathogens and VOCs in the air
  • Energy Savings – Utilizing ASHRAE 62.1 IAQP to reduce outside air and thus reduce energy usage

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