New Emerson Innovation Center to be Proving Ground for Building Controls, HVAC Research
Center will test and evaluate commercial building controls and HVAC system efficiency
DAYTON, Ohio — In addition to supporting industry research across residential HVAC, supermarkets, commercial kitchens, and data centers, Emerson’s new 40,000-square-foot innovation center will itself be a lab for commercial building controls and HVAC technology. The Helix Innovation Center, currently under construction on the University of Dayton campus, will feature multiple HVAC systems to monitor and enhance comfort in the building and for testing and evaluation of building controls and efficiency.
“There are a number of new regulations on the horizon that affect commercial HVAC systems. This facility will give us a way to evaluate how modulating systems and controls can work to maximize efficiency and comfort while testing in a real-world environment,” said Shane Angle, vice president and general manager, commercial at Emerson Climate Technologies air conditioning business.