About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere America 2015
published on 26 June 2015
12 pages
2 MB

The DOE’s Antonio Bouza examined the program goals for HVAC, water heating, and appliance R&D such as BTO’s goals to achieve 50% energy savings in buildings and the acceleration of the development of new technologies. Bouza made clear the preliminary target to introduce them in the simplest application first, a tactic proven to have the highest probability of success. Bouza also outlined some of DOE's ARRA projects including developing next generation refrigeration lubricants for low GWP/ODP refrigeration and air conditioning, as well as energy efficient commercial refrigeration with CO₂ and scroll expanders. Lastly, Bouza discussed the DOE’s project partnerships with HillPhoenix (Transcritical CO₂ Advansor System) and XERGY (Advanced Hybrid Water-Heater Using Electrochemical Compression).

About the speaker(s)

Antonio M. Bouza

 

Antonio M. Bouza is a Technology Manager with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Building Technologies Office (BTO). He is the emerging technology lead on Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Water Heating and Appliances research. He is the U.S. National Executive Committee (ExCo) delegate to the IEA’s Heat Pump Program. Previously at DOE, he was a project manager for several rulemakings with respect to energy efficiency standards. Before joining DOE, he was senior engineer with EG&G Technical Services and worked for Environmental Research and Development Corp performing emissions testing on alternative fuel vehicles. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park, a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.