Mike Bodón
ME
AQUIS | President & CEO
Speaker
Track B: Emerging Technologies and Renewable Energy
Session B1: HVAC, Heat Pumps, and Thermal Energy Networks
May 1, 2024 | 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Leveraging AI for HVAC Energy Efficiency: AHU Optimization through Continuous Coil Monitoring
| This presentation discusses the impact of poorly maintained AHU coils on HVAC systems. Inefficiencies caused by poorly maintained coils have an exponential impact on energy consumption, especially since HVAC accounts for upwards of 50% of all commercial facility energy use.Until recently, coil fouling determination methods were based on either differential pressure testing or visual inspection (NADCA), and neither accurately quantify true coil fouling levels. Inspection intervals also aren’t standardized and vary greatly, leading to maintenance uncertainties and deviations from optimal cleaning frequencies. This often leads to increased energy costs due to operating inefficient systems, or increased maintenance costs from cleaning coils too often.
Here, we’ll introduce a new coil monitoring technology that combines AI machine learning algorithms with traditional HVAC thermodynamic models to determine true “Coil Fouling Levels” in real-time, and with great precision. This cloud-based technology delivers key facility data to help determine ideal timeframes for coil servicing. |
Speaker Bio
Since 2008, Mike Bodón has served as President and CEO of AQUIS, the nationwide leader in air handler renewal.
An alumnus of the College of Engineering at Rutgers University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Mike began his career with GE Plastics and later served as Director of Engineering for CHEP, a leading international supply chain management company.
In early 2004, Mike and a colleague from GE Plastics were approached and asked to develop a fire code-compliant solution for the refurbishment of mechanical air handling units. Successful pioneering soon led to the formation of AQUIS, which has grown exponentially over the past 18 years largely through Mike’s leadership and vision, and whose customers include many of the nation’s top hospitals, universities, government organizations, and Fortune 500 companies.
Mike is a native of New Jersey and has lived in Orlando with his wife and three children since 2000.