General Manager, Armstrong World Industries

40 Pages·2013·3.62 MB·English

Speaker
Brian Patterson
Chairman, EMerge Alliance
General Manager, Armstrong World Industries
– Brian T. Patterson is the Chairman of the EMerge Alliance, a 501c non-profit corporation established to
create application standards for dc power distribution systems use in commercial buildings. The alliance
also promotes the development of an eco-system to support the rapid adoption of those standards that
includes building owners and managers, architects and designers, engineers and contractors, policy,
regulatory and compliance officials, academic and independent researchers, and original equipment
manufacturers and system integrators.
– Patterson’s extensive technical and work history in electronics, fiber optics and building technologies
has resulted in his holding many patents in those fields. He is also the General Manger of Business
Development for the Building Products Division of Armstrong World Industries, a founding member of
the Alliance, is a member of the IEEE and an active participant in UL/NEMA/NFPA task groups on dc
power, the NIST SGIP DRGS DEWG chairman of the Microgrid subgroup, the DOE sponsored Energy
Efficiency Hub and GridStar projects, and the DOE Zero Net Energy Commercial Building Consortium.
He is EMerge liaison to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association; the Underwriters
Laboratories; the NSF sponsored Center for Power Electronic Systems (at the University of Virginia
Technology); the FREEDM Systems Center (at the University of North Carolina); the Power Electronics
Research Group (at the University of Texas-Austin) and serves on the Technology Road Mapping
Committee of PSMA.
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The New Electron Economy
Future of Civilized Progress is Based on Use of Electrons
Source: ABB –Innovations in DC Technology
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Electron Use Climbs – Energy/Function Drops
Of All Electricity Ever Generated – ½ Used in Last 15 Yrs.
Source: ABB –Innovations in DC Technology
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Filling the Generation Gap:
Developing Clean Alternatives at the Central Source End
Source: ABB –Innovations in DC Technology
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Utility Scale Remote Alternate Generation
The Hidden Challenge is in Transmission
Source: ABB –Innovations in DC Technology
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Need: New High Voltage Transmission Grids
HVDC is the Clear Choice
Source: ABB –Innovations in DC Technology
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HVDC vs. Traditional AC Transmission
Smaller, Cheaper, More Efficient
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European Community HVDC Macro Grid
> 50 Transmission Lines and Counting
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North American HVDC Grid Development
>35 Transmission Lines and Counting
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