John Petraglia of SCSC presented,
"Advanced Control Systems - Smart
Building Window Management Systems" at
the June 2009 Research Frontier's Inc. (RFI)
annual meeting. John's presentation was
a continuation of Greg Sottile's (RFI
Director of Market Development)
presentation in which Greg discussed the
advantages of SPD SmartGlass for
daylight harvesting (the use of natural
light in lieu of artificial light),
energy efficiency, occupant comfort,
glare control, aesthetics, privacy, and
security. John's presentation discussed
how SCSC's Smart Building Window
Management System is designed to provide
all of the functionality that Greg
discussed.
John discussed why a Smart Management
System is needed for larger buildings
for determining the optimum balance
between energy efficiency and occupant
comfort. He then presented the
characteristics, features and functions
of SCSC's Smart Building System. John
concluded by introducing our contract
with the New York State Energy Research
and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to
build and demonstrate a prototype of our
Smart Building System.
View the presentation on the SPD Control
Systems Corporation web site:
In the parking lot at the RFI 2009
Shareholder Annual Meeting was a
Cadillac CTS with two curved SPD glass
sunroofs and four SPD strips across the
top of the windshield operating as an
SPD sun visor. All of theCadillac's SPD
functions were powered by the SCSC Auto
Controller in the trunk. See pictures
at
Joe Harary (RFI CEO & President) announced, at
the RFI Annual Shareholder Meeting, the results
of independent testing regarding the energy
efficiency of SPD-Smart windows. The test
results indicate that SPD-Smart windows have
extraordinary solar heat rejection and control
capabilities. The tests were conducted by DSET
Laboratories, a division of Atlas Material
Testing Technology, in accordance with ASTM and
ASHRAE testing (window industry standards and
calculation protocols).
From RFI Press Release
"The energy efficiency of window products is of
great importance in today's world," commented
Joseph M. Harary, President and CEO of Research
Frontiers. "SPD-Smart products instantly give
users the ability to control the amount of
light, glare and heat entering a home, building,
aircraft, boat or automobile. When compared to
published data about the energy efficiency and
other performance characteristics of all other
types of windows offered for the architectural
market - including other smart window
technologies - we find none comparable to SPD-Smart
windows."
The United States Department of Energy estimates
that tintable smart windows can save building
operators up to 40% on their energy bills,
reduce the size of HVAC systems by as much as
25%, and reduce building operating costs by up
to 20%. To maximize these dramatic savings, a
smart window must be able to both reject and
variably control the transmission of solar heat
as well as visible light.
The testing of one type of SPD-Smart window
indicates broad range in the amount of solar
energy that can be instantly regulated. This
type of window can reject 87% of the sun's heat
or allow 57% of it to be transmitted. The range
of heat control is the largest known of any
window ever offered. Such performance can reduce
cooling and heating costs particularly in
northern climates by rejecting heat in the
summer and transmitting heat in the winter. This
window also has a very wide range of visible
light transmission with a contrast ratio (the
ratio of the darkest to the lightest states of
the variable tint) exceeding 100:1.
SCSC has been building relationships with
government, government related organizations,
and universities that are established leaders in
advancing energy efficiency through a focus on
dynamic windows, daylighting, and other related
technologies. In the last month, with the RFI
announcement of the exceptional SHGC (Solar Heat
Gain Coefficient) results, the interest of these
organizations has dramatically increased. We
now have a number of opportunities in discussion
that will accelerate recognition of SPD as the
superior dynamic window technology.
The organizations we are dealing with include:
DOE Dept.
of
Energy
LBL
Lawrence Berkeley
Lab
FSEC
Florida Solar Energy
Center
ORNL
Oak Ridge National Lab
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Authority
CEC
California Energy Commission
NREL
National Renewable Energy Lab
CASE
Center for Architecture Science and
Ecology
RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
CEWIT Stony Brook
University Center for Excellence in Wireless
Tech. CFES
Rensselaer Polytechnic Center for Future Energy
Systems
NYSERDA New York
State Energy Research and Development Authority
In order to effectively pursue the opportunities
presented by the above organization an SPD
industry team consisting of SCSC, RFI and RFI
licensee needs to be formed. We are in the
process of working with RFI to form this team
and start pursuing these opportunities.
Due to a trademark action by Warner Brothers we
can no longer use the name "RoadRunner ". As a
result we have renamed our entire product line.
The products are now called
TintMaker. Individual products
are named as follows;
