Smart home technology is rapidly becoming commonplace, with 24 percent of American households owning a smart speaker in late 2018, per a study by Nielsen Holdings Inc.
What happens if the smart controls that tell a smart thermostat how to operate aren’t acting, well, very smart? Or the system won’t work with the Wi-Fi at a customer’s house?
This monitoring system detects problems before a central residential air conditioner breaks down. It provides real-time data and historical data on vapor pressure/temperature, superheat/subcool, liquid pressure/temperature, amperage, daily run time, and status of overcharged/undercharged units.
Expanded for high percentage and 100 percent outside air, the re-engineered rooftop ventilator models RV-110 and RVE-180 with energy recovery offer capacities up to 18,000 cfm, up to 70 tons of packaged cooling, and 1,200 MBH indirect gas-fired heating.
This product features 10:1 mechanical turndown capability. It is an option for a wide variety of commercial and industrial building applications, including new construction and retrofit projects.
This product controls the HVAC system from inside a facility, or from any BACnet-compliant BMS, including the company’s WebCTRL® building automation system.
Amanaâ brand Heating & Air Conditioning dealers can now give homeowners a free smart home bundle if they purchase select Amana brand indoor comfort systems between March and May 2019.
I don’t have to tell the readers of this magazine that the HVAC industry is changing quickly. A lot of us just spent a few days at the AHR Expo in Atlanta, being introduced to a lot of the new products that are changing the industry. In all honesty, we probably could have spent an entire week looking at all the technology.
This product converts traditional motors, pumps, and mounted bearings into smart, wirelessly connected devices. It measures key parameters from the surface of the equipment, which can be used to gain meaningful information on the condition and performance of the equipment. This enables users to identify inefficiencies within their system and to reduce risks related to operation and maintenance.
Location isn’t everything, but it helps. Just ask homeowners selling their property, or restaurant owners. In the HVAC world, it also rings true for some motors and drives and the professionals who work with them. That includes contractors, even if maybe not in the way that one would expect. Some current and next-gen drives will make location matter in a new way: Contractors can spend more time further away from the equipment itself.