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Technology Transfer

to grow the decarb movement

Slipstream scales know-how around building technologies.

Traditional education may not prepare designers and operators to integrate all the elements of smart building design. Our technology transfer work fills this gap.

High performance buildings work as a system: sensors and controls, distributed energy resources, load flexibility, control networks, communications, and cybersecurity.

Slipstream partners with professional societies, universities, and government agencies to advance knowledge and skills in systems integration.

Advanced Controls: Bridging the Knowledge Gap for DoD Technicians (Training Sessions)

We developed a comprehensive training resource to help energy managers and building operators use advanced controls to capitalize on energy savings. The training content includes 17 short sessions for energy managers and 21 in-depth hour-long sessions targeting building operators and facility engineers.

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Air-Source Heat Pump Trainings (Market Transformation)

Market transformation begins with education. We created a free training workspace for HVAC providers to learn more about air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) and help transform the heat pump market in Northern Illinois.

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Maximize Your Facility

Building owners, facility managers, and maintenance professionals could always use a quick resource to improve building performance.

Maximize Your Facility is a series of free videos with proactive solutions to common commercial building problems, preventive maintenance strategies, and tips to save energy and improve equipment life.

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Southface Institute Training

Southface Institute offers multiple free and low-cost training courses related to Distributed Energy Resources (DER) inspection, implementation, and operation for skilled tradespeople and building operators. Visit their website to enhance your DER knowledge on topics like HVAC and Mechanical Code Training and Building Envelope Code Training, and find out how you can get free Continuing Education Units for completing applicable training courses.

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Integrating Lighting and HVAC Controls: Solutions for High Performance Buildings

Dissemination, training, and design guides

Government agencies and professional societies make great partners in evolving knowledge around advanced technologies.

We de-risk and validate new technologies in the field. We share our learning about energy performance and how technology impacts people in buildings. Pilots and tech transfer efforts include:

Integrating connected lighting, automated shades, and intelligent energy storage for maximum load flexibility (U.S. DOE)
Integrating networked lighting with HVAC and plug load controls (U.S. DOE)
GEB software demonstrations (U.S. DOE, U.S. GSA)
Smart valve performance on chilled water systems
Advanced controls technology transfer (U.S. DOD)
Integrated lighting technology transfer (U.S. DOD)
Smart building curriculum for academic and professional education (U.S. DOE)

Slipstream is a co-author of the ASHRAE Smart Grid Application Guide: Integrating Facilities with the Electric Grid.

Academic partners:

Center for Building Energy Research at Iowa State University
The Texas A&M
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Virginia Tech

Professional partners:

The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI)
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
New Buildings Institute (NBI)
The Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE)
TRC Companies, Inc.
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineers

Government partners:

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories (LBNL)
National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL)
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL)
U. S. Department of Defense Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)
U. S. General Services Administration Proving Ground Program (GSA)
U. S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Utility partners:

ComEd
MGE
MECA
National Grid
Xcel Energy

Technology Transfer to grow the decarb movement

Technology Transfer

to grow the decarb movement