Manufacturer Reports - Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration NEWS

UV System Clears Up Mold Problem For Hospital UV Bio-Wall has been used in applications ranging from proactive measures in protecting the HVAC system from biological contaminants to solving minor IAQ problems to applications that require a high degree of biological destruction. One such application is protecting a hospital facility as well as the HVAC system from mold.

Protecting Top Of The Line Equipment Every piece of cooling equipment, large or small, stationary or mobile, indoor or outdoor, needs preventive maintenance. Gayle Matthies

BAM Coils: The Other Aluminum Coil Bob Forty’s venerable HVACR experience (detailed in The NEWS, “Aluminum vs. Copper: The Great Condensing Coil Debate,” Feb. 18, 2002) and comparisons with our industry’s all-copper, all-aluminum, and copper-aluminum condensing coil designs revealed just how committed an industry’s users are to what they’re familiar with. Michael P. Panopoulos

Rental Wringers At Cypress Of Charlotte Owners of elegant retirement villas almost got more than they bargained for. Tom Gibson

Tennis Tourney Guests Cool Desert Heat When not watching the action in the 16,000-seat stadium, club members, exhibit visitors and guests of corporate sponsors were able to gain respite from the desert heat in climate controlled tents.

Frozen Food Warehouse Dries Up Icing Engineer and HVAC contractor designs a desiccant system with fabric duct that eliminates costly ice buildups, offering a projected two-year payback.

Thermal Storage Retrofit - Existing Storage Tanks Converted for Ice Federal office building shifts peak demand and gains emergency cooling for computers.

NFL Stadium Sacked By Water Damage Before Playoffs A "Hail Mary" recovery was needed just three days before an N.F.L. American Football Conference playoff game against the Baltimore Ravens.

Pentagon Moves Forward With Johnson Controls on Major Renovation Program Massive renovation will ensure compliance with current health, fire, life, and safety codes.

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HVAC Engineer and Architect Revive Building IAQ and Save College Natatorium From its inception, a student center at the College of Charleston suffered the effects of high humidity and chemical odor infiltration from the facility's natatorium. An advisory consortium led by professional consultant Robert M. Stafford Inc. came up with an economical solution.

Pizza Hut Franchisee Finds Cost Savings Richmond Enterprises, one of the oldest franchisees in the Pizza Hut restaurant chain, has discovered a low-cost air conditioning solution for its new 5,500-square-foot maintenance center.

Narrow 25-Foot-Wide High Rise Puts the Squeeze on HVAC Engineers & Contractors Manhattan's new Austrian Cultural Institute offers challenges in equipment package size and temperature control

A.O. Smith Cyclone Water Heater Chosen by Better Homes and Gardens

Better Homes and Gardens magazine began planning an environmentally friendly "Healthy Living" house. Like most modern custom homes, the project demanded a hot water supply well beyond the capacity of a typical residential water heater. To meet the home's needs, the magazine's editors selected A.0. Smith's Cyclone XHE® gas water heater.

Konoike Pacific California Employs Desiccant Technology to Optimize Cold Storage And Distribution Operations K-Pac California realized that by upgrading its cold storage facility with desiccant dehumidification numerous operations problems due to high humidity levels could be alleviated.

Gas Branch Office Has No Problem Keeping Cool in Desert Conditions When the 40-year-old air conditioner failed at the Southern California Gas branch payment office in Palm Springs, California, Goettl Air Conditioning installed a natural gas replacement that reduced energy usage by 80%.

Building Restoration Features Thermal Energy Storage System Century Life of America aims to restore landmark building to its former glory.

United Maintenance Makes Paperless Field Service a Reality United Maintenance Inc. has successfully integrated FieldCentrix wireless FX Mobile™ software for field technicians with Maxwell's® popular dispatch and accounting modules. The solution has streamlined United Maintenance's day-to-day business functions and reduced the customer billing cycle from two weeks to two days.

Scalewatcher Puts The Squeeze On Scale In Cooling Further units installed to eliminate chemical treatment for an Evapco heat exchanger in a cooling tower application.

New Pressure Test Installation Enables York Refrigeration to Safely Verify Vessel Integrity Replacing the slow and expensive hydrotest procedure with air pressure testing speeds up final certification of pressure vessels and sees a production increase of 150%.

S.D. Deacon Makes Great Buy for Best Buy Construction Project The problem with high humidity in concrete weighs heavily on S.D. Deacon until Munters takes the job on.

Underfloor-Air System Helps Add 'Wow Factor' to New Call Center State-of-the-art reservation center that will handle 7 million customer phone calls annually is now the picture of comfort.

Arden Realty Alliance with Siemens Saves $650,000 a Year in Energy The implementation of Siemens Building Technologies energy management systems in over 30 of Arden's building properties results in record-level energy savings and national recognition.

Manufacturer Profile: Art Inspires Businessman Peter Schaufler with the Bitzer Group turns 60 and explains that working hard is like a hobby for him where he gets great satisfaction from a job well done.

Flovent Minimizes Cross-Contamination for Alcon Belgium Flomerics' Flovent airflow modeling software has been instrumental in solving a cross-contamination issue for pharmaceutical company Alcon Belgium.


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