ASHRAE Journal - March 2011 - 98

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The Show had 1,937 exhibitors from 30 countries. The Commercial Packaged Ventilation System with optimal energy recovery from Modine is designed to bring fresh, tempered outside air into a facility. The 15 ton to 30 ton (53 kW to 106 kW) system can be customized to meet a building’s outside ventilation air requirements, regardless of geographic location. “By including our advanced Energy Recovery Ventilation option, the system becomes a high efficiency, 100% dedicated outside air unit,” said Matthew J. McBurney, director, Commercial Products, North America. The DEF UV-Series standard output UVC products from UV Resources can be used in any setting, including HVAC cooling coils and filters, to control the growth of mold, its by-products and airborne pathogens including tuberculosis and other common HVAC airborne pathogens. Owens Corning has launched PureFiber™ technology, which offers a new class of high-performance, formaldehydefree features to the company’s offering of insulation products. The new formulation uses minimum 99% by weight natural materials consisting of minerals and plant-based compounds and integrates with the company’s fiberglass insulation that uses a minimum of 30% post-consumer recycled content and 50% total recycled content. The Emerson Blue™ Easy Set™ thermostats are non-programmable and feature Home, Sleep and Away preset buttons. “Many consumers are looking for simplicity in a thermostat,” said Geoff Godwin, vice president of marketing, Emerson Climate Technologies. “We’ve designed these thermostats to address key concerns of the growing baby boomer population, after doing research with contractors and their customers.” The SlimVent™ obround grease duct from Schebler Chimney Solutions is now UL 2221 classified for zero-clearance to combustibles carrying a two-hour fire rating. The product is suitable for grease duct installations where round products do not meet overhead clearances, providing up to 28% space savings. Invensys also introduced products to help facility managers. The ConneXSoft Industry Application for Facilities Management (FMS) 3.0 can collect and process building automation information from large distributed campuses or multibuilding/
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Year, From Page 12 The product preconditions outside air for introduction into downstream HVAC units, lessening the load on HVAC systems. Therefore, HVAC systems have to work less to condition the air to a certain temperature when used in conjunction with the DOAS. This saves energy and costs. Also, the product is designed to connect to the company’s VRF outdoor unit with inverter-driven technology to provide energy-efficient outside air by using waste heat from cooling cycles to provide reheat capability without needing an additional or supplemental energy source. “This was unexpected, even though we have great engineers in our business that are taking our ideas and developing them into products that are extraordinary,” said Cobb. “It was with a lot of pain and aggravation that they did that; taking something that existed and developing it into a box that works. “They came to terms with what we needed in the U.S., and developed the technology for the product, which has been ‘tested and trued’ in the marketplace.” “We feel that this [AHR Expo] is the perfect place to highlight innovation,” said Stevens. “[AHR Expo is] a place where there are over 1,900 companies displaying the very newest and best products and technologies from around the world.” “I’m proud to say that energy efficiency, safety, comfort, environmental responsibility—we know more about them from some of the [products] we’re going to see today,” said Morrison Carter, chairman of the board of directors of the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). “We can be proud that we are providing solutions to our customers.” “The exposition is one of the largest and most comprehensive in our industry, and really showcases the products that are available to meet our growing demand,” said ASHRAE President Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E. “This Expo gives engineers and contractors a way to see existing and new innovative products and find available products that fit their situations that perhaps may not have occurred to them before. “Through the interaction of the people touring the show with the people that are displaying their products, they can get new ideas and new ways to be more innovative and efficient.” multisite operations to allow central supervision. Bry-Air’s EcoDry™ desiccant dehumidifiers with the BrySmart™ PCL microprocessor-based controls incorporate a patent-pending system that dynamically operates the rotor speed, reactivation energy and reservation air volume parameters to reduce energy consumption up to 45%. Belimo Americas offers the ZG-JSL linkage. The linkage has a built-in shaft, which allows the direct coupling of the company’s actuators. The anti-rotation plate enables the installed actuator to be rotated 90° for space-saving applications.
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