The International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) announced its call for entries for the 2017 AHR Expo Innovation Awards competition. The winners in each of 10 HVACR product categories will receive special recognition.
AirViz, MacroAir’s airflow simulation service, has been overhauled to provide automated custom visualizations. This enables customers to see how high volume, low speed (HVLS) fans would move air in their facility before purchasing and installing an HVLS solution.
Nortek Air Solutions, a subsidiary of Nortek Inc., has announced new fan wheel and motor options for its Fanwall® air handling units. These designs offer enhanced benefits while continuing to provide optimized airflow efficiency, redundancy, and minimized turbulence.
The use of Aeroseal duct sealing technology to improve the energy efficiency and IAQ of a newly constructed home was featured on the PBS TV show This Old House.
The Air Movement and Control Association (AMCA) International has announced the launch of its new AMCA Fan Energy Waste Calculator hosted on the AMCA website.
The transition from winter to spring brings with it one of my favorite sports — baseball. Baseball is one of those games where memories are made and life lessons are learned. In the HVAC profession, we can learn a valuable lesson relating to HVAC system performance testing from the game of baseball.
enVerid Systems, developers of the HLR® solution to reduce HVAC energy consumption, announced the availability of its next generation, “all season” system that the company says reduces both cooling and heating energy consumption by 20-40 percent.
An undercharge of refrigerant will cause low head and suction pressures, but that is not the only thing that will cause both pressures to be low. An undercharge will have low condenser liquid subcooling readings on the high side, where a dirty air filter for the evaporator will not produce low condenser liquid subcooling readings.
This LED light kit is an option for the high-velocity, low-speed (HVLS) fan line AirVolution-D. It is suited for those looking to eliminate the effects of strobing caused by nearby ceiling lights shining through the fan’s blades.
Weinberg Capital Group (WCG) announced the recapitalization of Elyria, Ohio-based exhaust hood manufacturer HoodMart Inc. It was led by a group of private investors managed by WCG. HoodMart founder and chairman, Daniel B. Reaser Sr., will remain a shareholder and serve on the company’s board of directors.