About Decarbonising Aquatic Centres | The Deep Dive 2
This event is in two parts:
Part 1: Decarbonising Aquatic Centre - The Deep Dive 2 Seminar.
Location: Marrickville Pavilion Hall (FY23).
Part 2: Ashfield Aquatic Centre Tour'
Location: Reception of the Ashfield Aquatic Centre.
Friday 16th December 2022
Marrickville Pavilion Hall (FY23)
313 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204
Low Energy Aquatics Sessions
Electrifying aquatic centres is just the first step. If you design aquatic centres to fully leverage the efficiencies of heat pumps with a thermally superior building, the whole equation changes. These sessions revolve around the issues that are essential to anyone who is planning to build or upgrade their centre to a much higher standard and achieve that standard.
Session 1
Designing a Low Energy Aquatic Centre- the essentials
9.30am to 10.30am
Noy Hildebrand, Jarrod Leak and Michael Cook work through the steps that councils should take leading up to the design of a new aquatic centre or an upgrade. Then they dive into the details of what a low-energy aquatic centre will look like at the end of that process, using completed projects as examples. This is an opportunity to hear from experts in the field who are currently engaged with councils and private businesses to deliver some of the most energy efficient aquatic centres in Australia.
Coffee/Snacks break
10.30am to 11.00am
Informal discussion for participants from Session 1 and an opportunity to ask more detailed questions with presenters.
Session 2
Heating, Cooling and heat recovery in a Low Energy Aquatic Centre
11.00am to 12.00pm
Nick Yannakis, Tony Kimpton and Stefan Jensen discuss the elements that need to be considered when designing the heating, cooling and heat recovery systems for an aquatic centre in Victoria. This is not the first rodeo for these engineers; they have been involved in similar projects in other industries for decades and can help you understand what is possible once you get beyond accepting that heat pumps will work in Victoria and start asking the next question; what else can these machines be used for in these centres to improve energy efficiency and take things to the next level.
Session 3
Q and A with all presenters
12pm to 12.30pm
Lunch Break
12.30pm to 1.00pm
Lunch provided for participants
Tour of the Ashfield Aquatic Centre
160 Elizabeth St, Ashfield NSW 2131
1.30pm to 2.30pm
Join us for a tour of one of the busiest aquatic centres in Sydney, see the layout of the centre and hear what is involved in operating a centre of this size. Parking is available next to the centre and participants will meet in the foyer of the reception area.
Presenters
Noy Hildebrand
Noy Hildebrand is the founder and Principal Consultant of Revitalising Environments, a consultancy that helps clients shape built environments that support productivity, sustainability & health. With a background as an architect and building scientist, Noy brings the lenses of both design and analysis, along with 20 years in the building industry, with a wide array of project types, from designing medium to large new and retrofit buildings and precincts to wind tunnel modelling and spatial analytics. Since 2020, Noy has applied this diverse knowledge and experience to aquatic centre decarbonisation advising and training.
Michael Cook
Michael has over 15 years experience in the design, documentation and construction delivery of both public and private aquatic projects. Michael has a keen understanding of the drivers that deliver sustainable outcomes for aquatic centres as evidenced by the energy efficiencies and extremely low Energy Usage Intensity (EUI) value established with the Fit2Swim Swim School in Maroubra, Sydney (- currently the lowest measured energy usage of an aquatic facility in Australia).
Michael has been instrumental in the development of an ESD matrix for Paul Sadler Swimland centres in Victoria and the Kyogle Aquatic Centre in NSW. Michael’s understanding of building systems and performance, together with the knowledge base of Hunt Architects 50+ year history allows for the development of retrofit strategies to improve the performance of building envelopes.
Tony Kimpton
Tony does consulting work in the field of refrigeration engineering and heat pump applications for industrial and commercial spaces including aquatic centres. He has worked in the area of heat pumps (heating and cooling) for 35 years as an engineer, calculating loads and designing heat pump systems mainly for cooling food-related products (liquids, solids and even gases).
He was in charge of the Australian and New Zealand division of GEA refrigeration. In this business he worked with other engineers to provide the heat pump components needed to produce various applications of cooling and heating. This equipment used ammonia in larger systems, CO2, Hydrocarbons and synthetic refrigerants. Furthermore, during this time, Tony has been a member of the board for a number of not-for-profit organisations. These were environmental organisations involved in lobbying, education and promoting the use of natural refrigerants in the heating and cooling industry.
In the last 2.5 years, Tony has also been working in the field of aquatic centre heating/cooling with heat pumps. Tony has been involved in this time with work at these councils:
Canada Bay
City of Greater Dandenong
City of Darebin
Inner West
Maribyrnong
Nick Yannakis
Nick is a Technical Director and heads up the Aquatic Team at Powell Fenwick in New Zealand. It was in the early stages of Nick’s career that he identified a need for more efficient aquatic engineering services in the South Island. Nick has since directed his career toward bettering the design and functionality of many aquatic and recreational complexes.
Nick’s point of difference over competitors is his in-depth knowledge and understanding of the principal drivers in aquatic facilities. The variables involved in such facilities are different to that of a typical building. In short, aquatic facilities are energy intensive buildings that are made even more complex by the large, chemically treated bodies of heated water. Understanding the key energy drivers in not only designing the facilities but also operating them has become a passion. Nick’s knowledge has become invaluable to his clients and to many other industry leaders, who regularly employ him on a consultant basis knowing that his aquatic expertise is unrivalled.
It has been this aquatic knowledge that has helped Nick and his team help numerous councils throughout New Zealand (including the major centres Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin) to create decarbonisation strategies across their network of facilities as well as understand and improve systems within existing facilities.
Stefan Jensen
Stefan Jensen graduated in 1978 in Denmark with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. His professional career commenced in 1978 with Danfoss, Denmark followed by two years at SABROE Refrigeration A/S, Denmark as a Project Engineer. In 1983, he joined Wildridge & Sinclair, Brisbane, Australia as Technical Manager, Industrial Refrigeration.
In 1988, he joined the food machinery manufacturer Heat and Control Pty. Ltd. and was in 1992 appointed General Manager of the Heat and Control refrigeration division. In April 1996, Stefan Jensen co-founded Scantec Refrigeration Technologies Pty. Ltd. He currently holds the position of managing director.
Stefan is a Fellow of AIRAH and an Engineers Australia Fellow. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland and Victoria and registered on the National Engineering Register. He has authored over 40 technical papers for AIRAH, IIR, DKV and IIAR conferences. Stefan Jensen is a member of the Advisory Board of the IIR Working Group “Refrigerant Safety” and previously chaired the IIAR Energy Sustainability Committee. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of IIAR and of the Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) and serves as a member of the scientific committee for the 10th IIR/IIF International Ammonia and CO2 Refrigeration Technologies conference to be held in Ohrid, North Macedonia in 2023.
Jarrod Leak
Jarrod is the CEO of the Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity or A2EP, a member funded, not for profit organisation, committed to helping improve energy productivity across Australia's commercial and industrial sectors. Prior to joining A2EP, Jarrod held an executive role for Swedish engineering company, Alfa Laval, the global leader for heat exchangers, boilers and other technologies that improve energy productivity.
Since joining A2EP two years ago, Jarrod has further developed A2EP's role in supporting industry to improve energy productivity and decarbonise by providing key insights to technologies such as heat pumps, compressed air alternatives and Industry solutions.
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