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P r o d u c t s T B he growing importance of energy efficiency and sustainability has given birth to new generations of products and technologies available in the marketplace. A sampling is included here. A exterior lighting fixture eW Burst Powercore from Philips Color Kinetics, Burlington, mass., is an exterior-rated led lighting fixture designed for accent and site lighting. Architectural and landscape versions are available in various lens degree spreads. The fixture provides white light in 2700 K and 4000 K, as well as four solid colors for uplighting, floodlighting, and decorative lighting applications. it integrates the company’s Powercore technology to directly accept line voltage, which significantly simplifies installation and lowers total system cost. HPB.hotims.com/33328-151 B solar Positioning Block The solar Positioning function Block (sPfB) from WAGO, germantown, Wis., increases concentrated solar arrangement efficacy by using dynamic solar mirrors to track the sun’s arc. The device uses multiple variables and inputs, including atmospheric pressure, site elevation, azimuth, latitude, longitude, date and local time. Calculations are then paired with the internal clock of the company’s programmable fieldbus controller, optimizing mirror position. data is communicated to a connected dc motor control module and encoder, or other component (e.g., variable frequency drive) for alignment. HPB.hotims.com/33328-155 C rooftop solar energy system The sunsource Commercial energy system from lennox, dallas, feeds energy directly into the company’s solarready energence®rooftop unit and supplies any excess electricity to the rest of the building or to the power grid. designed to reduce business energy spending and emissions, the system can effectively double the rooftop unit’s efficiency level from 17.0 seer to an effective efficiency level of 34 seer and higher. in certain regions, adding additional solar modules can help the rooftop unit achieve net zero energy status, as the system will generate more power than the rooftop unit consumes. HPB.hotims.com/33328-152 D Building energy dashboard The energy efficiency education dashboard (eeed) from QA Graphics, des moines, iowa, is an educational tool used to display real-time building performance data. The system displays real-time resources in an easy-tounderstand format, which allows managers to quickly review consumption patterns and share it with occupants. Typically displayed online or on a touch screen in a building lobby, the eeed is used to educate about an organization’s sustainable initiatives though interactive quizzes, animated demonstrations and environment tips on how occupants can help make the building more efficient. HPB.hotims.com/33328-164 To have your product considered for a future issue of HPB, send a product description to hpbmagazine@ashrae.org. A C D 68 HigH Performing Buildings summer 2011 http://HPB.hotims.com/33328-151 http://HPB.hotims.com/33328-155 http://HPB.hotims.com/33328-152 http://HPB.hotims.com/33328-164

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Commentary
Contents
Stanford University's Y2E2
The Christman Building
The Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center
Cannon Design Regional Offices, Power House
Great River Energy Headquarters
Letters
Products
Advertisers Index

High Performing Buildings - Summer 2011