Nicholas Haycocks

In my current role I support International Distribution Quality. I began working in Amgen in the engineering department in 2006, moving to Quality in 2009. I am a subject matter expert for critical utilities and have worked on a number of projects in a commissioning and qualification role, in many locations including China, Singapore and Kenya.

I am currently a member of the ISPE SFHCE and C&Q Community of Practice Committees, I have been a team member for a number of the ISPE guidance documents including the Commissioning and Qualification baseline guide, the first edition of the Good Engineering Practice Guide, the HVAC Good Practice Guide, CTC Mapping Good Practice Guide and the Water and Steam Commissioning Good Practice Guide. Through this I have been fortunate to meet and learn from some amazing people.

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Figure 1: Thermal energy capacity: steam versus electricity.
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Figure 1: Seasonal comfort (temperature and RH). ©ASHRAE, www.ashrae.org. Used with permission from 2017 ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55 [4].
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