About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere America 2014
published on 18 June 2014
17 pages
4 MB

Michael Morehead - Global Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, Genentech, presents the objectives, approaches, and challenges for a 10-year program at Genentech’s South San Francisco campus to eliminate refrigerants that deplete the ozone layer, affect the climate, or are persistent in the atmosphere. After a brief overview of the campus and program objectives, Morehead focuses on specific solutions (and challenges) under consideration for several major system categories: small & large DX HVAC, centralised chilled water plants, process cooling, cold/freezer rooms, and laboratory freezers.

About the speaker(s)

Michael Morehead

 

Mr. Michael Morehead has been with Genentech for 10 years in the Global Engineering organization. His current role is Sr. Mechanical Engineer for a program to eliminate HCFC and HFC refrigerants from Genentech’s South San Francisco campus. Through a series of projects over 8 years, all existing campus cooling systems will be replaced with systems using refrigerants having low global warming potential and minimal impact to the atmosphere. Mr. Morehead’s prior roles at Genentech include Sr. Project Manager and Sr. Manager for the Global Engineering Project Management group.

Mr. Morehead has 25 years of experience in the design and construction of laboratory, institutional, and commercial capital projects. Prior to joining Genentech, Michael was a Vice President with WSP/Flack+Kurtz, an international engineering firm. He holds a degree in Architectural Engineering from Penn State University and is a registered Mechanical Professional Engineer.