Brian Basken has extensive hands-on experience with controls systems, primarily direct digital control. He has designed, installed and programmed the controls for many boiler and chilled-water systems, air handling units, and ice storage systems. He has worked on both new systems and retrofit systems, large and small.
Brian is a regular presenter at professional development courses at the University of Wisconsin on subjects related to Energy Audits, HVAC design, energy management, system analysis, and renovation of buildings.
Recent projects have benefited from his ongoing expertise with commissioning and functional testing of new and existing systems.
Ketering University: One Year, Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison: BSME Degree
U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Qualified Commissioning Process Provider Certification (QCP)
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Wisconsin Association of Energy Engineers
International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
Building Commission Association
Aurora Healthcare, Wisconsin
Setting up a database for energy use in 7,000,000 square feet of Aurora Healthcare facilities for organized Energy Management efforts by Aurora plant operations personnel. Continuous improvement is achieving increasing savings.
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Ongoing development of campus wide system to meter steam and chilled water use and to integrate data with the existing DDC system.
School District 25, Arlington Heights, Illinois
New $3,000,000 multi-vendor user friendly DDC system for seven existing elementary schools and two middle schools.
USMC Camp S.D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan
Energy Analysis of 17 buildings: Develop a computer model of each building to accurately predict energy usage. Collect field data (relative humidity, temperature, amps) using portable data loggers to verify experimental modifications to systems. Develop recommendations to improve comfort and save energy.
150 N Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
Designed a new boiler plant, chiller plant, and BAS for this building that received the US DOE Energy Star.
Cuna Mutual Group, Madison, Wisconsin
Designed boiler plants in three separate buildings on campus, with the ability to use the boiler plant from one building to simultaneously serve another in the event of a failure. Systems included both vaporized propane and fuel oil backup systems.
Designed the replacement of three chillers and cooling towers. Optimized total system energy to reduce operating costs.
Kraft Foods, Madison, Wisconsin
Designed a new BAS that utilizes both BACNET and Lon communications.
Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin
Designed HVAC system for a new addition and remodel area, including a new BAS in this area that utilizes native BACnet.
St. Michael Hospital, Life Safety Upgrade, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Field verify ductwork, fire and smoke dampers, fire and smoke doors, and building loads. Update CAD drawings (showing fire walls and dampers needed), and calculate loads and air requirements.
St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Laboratory, Central Supply, and Cystoscopy: Field verify supply and return ductwork, show ducts on AutoCAD drawings, and calculate air requirements.
Physician Plus, Madison, Wisconsin
Project Manager for a new and retrofit system to this medical building. Very tight humidity and temperature controls were necessary for six operating rooms.
The Trane Company, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Supervisor of a team that converted the entire Trane campus from an older automation system to a new system that tied the entire system together with fiber optics. This project included: ice storage system, large chiller plants of all different styles of chillers, CV and VAV air handling systems, rooftop units, and security alarms.
De Pere Elementary and Middle Schools, De Pere, Wisconsin
Designed, installed, and programmed two systems that included using Critical Ventilation Ratios to reset amount of outdoor air, variable flow heating and cooling systems; and partial ice storage system.
