4. Buildings & Construction
• Canadian Construction, Machinery & Equipment
= $345B-$350B (www.statcan.gc.ca)
• ON Construction (2009) = $97B (5% of GDP)
• US Construction = ~13% of $13T GDP
• Global construction = 8%-10% of global GDP
5. R&D Spending
Industry Sector (as % of annual sales)
Biotechnology 13% - 15%
Semiconductors 11-14%
Pharmaceuticals 8-12%
Electronics 4-7%
Medical devices 7-10%
Software 8-10%
Aerospace 6-9%
Mechanical
devices/machines 2-5%
Automotive 2-4%
Chemicals 2-3%
International industry
average 4.10%
Construction industry 0.2-0.5%
Source: R&D Magazine, 2003 Annual R&D Funding Forecast
As reprinted in Building Design & Construction Magazine, White Paper on Sustainability, Nov. 2003
Research Spending by Industrial Sector
8. The Tridel Group of Companies
• Family-owned, Toronto-Based
• Vertically integrated Condominium
Developer
• 7 decades, 65,500 homes
• ~1,500 homes/year
The MaRS Institute & Discovery
District
• Toronto’s Innovation Hub
• Independent NGO
• 3 Practices: ICT, CleanTech, Health
Sciences
• 500 Active Clients across sectors
• Advisory services for entrepreneurs
Tridel
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FOUNDERS
11. In Suite Ventilation Air
HRV vs
ERVHRV: Heat Recovery
Ventilators. Sensible
heat only recovered
ERV: Energy
Recovery Ventilator -
total energy in the air
is recovered (heat +
moisture) ERV
HRV
20. The First Mechatronic Variable Speed Drive (MVSD)
What?
•To become the world’s most efficient and cost-effective Variable
Speed Drive (VSD)
•VSDs vary the speed of electric motors, dramatically reducing
energy consumption
For?
•Any motor, engine or generator that will benefit from variable speed
•First target market: Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC)
motors driving fans & pumps = a billion $ market opportunity
Why?
reduce VSD costs & harmonics
21. • Morphing pulleys, synchronized
shifting a world’s first
• less expensive, more efficient &
robust than VFDs - no
problematic harmonics
• Shifts under load
• High torque start-up capability
22.
23.
24. Technology Validation
•Beta Assembly Proven in a live environment
• 20hp motor, York Makeup Air Unit (rooftop fan)
• 24 story condominium in Toronto, Canada
•Higher efficiency and harmonic claims verified
30. Problem:
• Uncontrolled airflows in
tall buildings may increase
Make Up Air requirements
and negatively impact the
performance of
mechanical systems
Modeling Stack Effect
34. For more information, please contact:
Paul Bottero, President
Phone: 416-605-7470
Email: pbottero@inmotive.com
www.inmotive.com
For more information, please contact:
David Kriebel
Phone: 604-488-1132
Email: dkriebel@dpoint.ca
www.dpoint.ca
Tower Labs is grateful for support from our initial sponsors:
35. THANK YOU
For more information, please contact:
Jamie James, President
Phone: 416-673-6516
Email: jjames@towerlabs.org
Subhi Alsayed, Director of Projects
Phone: 416-673-6516
Email: salsayed@towerbs.org
www.towerlabs.org
Notes de l'éditeur
If you start to look at developing a taxonomy of green building products and technologies, you see a lot of overlap with the cleantech sector.
ERV cores are installed inside the suites, usually in a ceiling bulkhead, and connected to the fan coil units. Outside air is delivered directly into the suites.
The video above illustrates the pulley segments shifting into position as they complete a
gear change. Much like a bike’s gears, except the gears move to the belt, not the belt to the
gears.
Describe Process:
Measured performance of a VSD for a couple of weeks with power meter
Assembled inMotive MVSD on skid
Replaced baseline VSD with MVSD for a period of 2 weeks, measured power consumption
Returned system to base
Green loan costs: $87,000/yr fixed for 7 years. Net savings of >$35,000/yr for years. Then full amount accrues to Condo Corp in 2015.
Caveat: Warm winters = lower savings.
