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Performance Monitoring Service
HVAC Performance Monitoring (HPM) service
from EcoFactor, Redwood City, Calif., remotely
detects, analyzes and notifies users of HVAC
performance issues via the company's software-as-a-service energy analytics platform.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-201
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VRP/IAQP Estimation Software

Fresh-Aire UV, Jupiter, Fla., introduces SCOPE,
an automated estimation software tool for
reducing outdoor air requirements through
ASHRAE Standard 62.1's ventilation rate procedure and indoor air quality procedure
provisions. The software calculates minimum outdoor air allowances and return-oninvestment (ROI) results when applying VRP
and IAQP's sorptive air cleaning provision.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-202
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Building Data Dashboard

The Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard
from QA Graphics, Ankeny, Iowa, is an interactive application that communicates with
the building automation system or other devices to display building performance information in a way that's visual and easy to understand. It can be deployed via onsite kiosks, the Web, and mobile devices.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-203

Vapor Compression Simulation Software
The VapCyc vapor compression cycle design and analysis tool from Optimized Thermal
Systems, College Park, Md., enables users to
simulate multiple configurations of refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump
systems. Connecting tubes, suction line heat
exchangers, two-stage compressors, intercoolers, and fans can also be modeled.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-204
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Selection/Sizing Software

FV QuickSpec design selection and sizing
software tool from SEMCO, Columbia, Mo.,
works with the company's FV Series of outdoor air preconditioner equipment and has
options for commercial rooftop equipment
used in hospitals, hotels, office buildings,
schools and other commercial buildings.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-205

3-D BIM objects
New Castle, Pa.-based Berner offers building information modeling (BIM) files in solid
3-D models for architects and engineers to
use in product specifications for designphase commercial buildings.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-206
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online Selection tool
The LIST online louver selection tool from
Pottorff, Fort Worth, Texas, creates custom
CSI-formatted specifications and allows
users to access information such as catalog pages, REVIT models and installation instructions. The software also allows users to
drop their louver selection into schedules.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-207

B

Energy Monitoring Software
Automated Logic, Kennesaw, Ga., announces the release of Eco-Screen, an interactive
software application that showcases energy
and conservation measures within a building. This application seamlessly integrates
with the WebCTRL building automation system and metering devices to monitor energy
data, and then displays the information on
a large touch-screen monitor in a lobby or
shared area of a building.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-208
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VRP/IAQP Estimation Software
By Fresh-Aire UV

web-Based IEQ Sensor System

The new zSeries wireless sensor system from
OMEGA, Stamford, Conn., provides Webbased monitoring of temperature, humidity,
and barometric pressure in critical applications such as cleanrooms and laboratories.
The system consists of end devices that transmit up to 300 ft (91 m) without obstructions
to a "Coordinator" connected directly to an
Ethernet network and the Internet.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-209

Acoustic Modeling Software
Acoustic Information Model (AIM) software from Dynasonics, Fort Worth, Texas, is
a noise prediction tool designed to model
the amount of noise that reaches individual spaces within a building project through
HVAC and other mechanical systems. The
software includes built-in library functionality to allow users to create and maintain databases of acoustic information.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-210

Building Automation Software
American Auto-Matrix, Export, Pa., offers
AspectFT v2.0 building automation and
energy control software. The software is
designed to make building automation

Building Data Dashboard
By QA Graphics

C

Selection/Sizing Software
By SEMCO

D

IEQ Sensor System
By OMEGA
simple for facility managers by integrating
building control with common technologies
such as HTML5, Twitter, RSS, email, Google
Calendar, Microsoft Outlook and Apple
iCAL.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-211

Energy Management System
The Web Comfort energy management system from Jackson Systems, Indianapolis, enables multiple thermostats, lighting and load
sensors, meters, fans and outlets to be wirelessly networked. The system features an
easy-to-use, Web-based dashboard for programming, monitoring and control.
www.info.hotims.com/49803-212

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