Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Location: The Warehouse, 25 W. Cimarron Street
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Speaker: Joe Brennan, Camfil Farr
Topic: Energy savings and sustainability, how making the right filter chose can achieve this

Speaker Bio: Joe Brennan is the Director of Branch Operations for Camfil Farr and resides in Parker Colorado with his wife & two daughters. He has been in the air filtration industry for over 20 years, twelve of which were as an independent Rep & Distributor, beginning in 1988 through 1993 on the Southside of Chicago. The West beckoned in 1993, when he and his wife moved to Albuquerque and spent a number of years, further developing his background in HVAC filtration while also expanding his skills to include a focus on high purity HEPA, ULPA & Containment products with customers like Intel, Los Alamos National Labs & Sandia National Labs. In 2003, opportunity knocked in Dallas, where Joe first began applying the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) approach to air filtration. This is done through Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis of filter purchases, assessing a value to energy consumed by the fan related to pressure drop across the filters, labor to change filters, and related disposal costs. Coinciding with the TCO approach, our business really began to change with the introduction of ASHRAE 52.2 in 1999, which forced many in our industry to understand the technology and performance behind air filter products. The cost of energy typically represents as much as 60-80% of the total cost of ownership for filter purchases. In other words, if you spend $100 on filters, you could easily be spending $600-800 on energy for the fan power necessary to push/pull air through the filters. By reducing the average pressure drop, there can be a realized savings in energy spending that equal’s or exceed the budget for filters. The economic environment we live in has everyone trying to do more with less. Budgets have shrunk, staffing has been reduced, and the importance of sustainability, to protect and preserve our world today and for future generations, has never been more important. Thank you for the opportunity to offer a fresh perspective on how to apply air filtration technology. Joe Brennan