COVID-19 - Case Studies

When Harry Lau, Administrator for Facilities and Operations for the Livonia Public Schools, joined the district in 2013, he identified a significant need to improve the HVAC equipment throughout the entire school system. All 25 buildings, including schools and administration offices, had significant inefficiencies with their HVAC systems. The infrastructure was outdated and the horizontal unit ventilators that were in use were from the 1950s and 60s and were well beyond their life expectancy. T...

HVAC Restoration saves $1 million dollars in capital budget at the University of Texas, San Antonio with refurbishment of two air handler units (AHUs). Challenge The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) faced ongoing maintenance issues with two large air handler units (AHUs): AHU 23 S-7 and AHU 24 S-8. After years of wear and tear, the AHUs started to severely deteriorate. Eventually, the axle that drives the blower wheel broke and needed to be replaced. Because of this, there was no airflo...

AGronomic IQ is a globally renowned company that builds all-in-one grow room HVAC systems to deliver precise temperature and humidity control with exceptional energy efficiency. Servicing the commercial cannabis grower industry, the Ottawa-based manufacturer, which also operates from a 150,000-square-foot facility in Montreal, has been a flag-bearer for energy efficiency from the get-go. Agronomic IQ opts for A readily applicable solution When supply chain constraints forced Agronomic IQ to s...

Homeowners - Ron Sturgeon and Linda Allen are known for thinking outside the box in every aspect of their lives. “If it’s different, let’s try it,” said Ms. Allen, adding “That’s our attitude about most things in life.” Sturgeon and Allen are avid world travelers, and their home and business projects are often inspired by art, architecture and design from across the globe. Rooftop running track In 2018, Sturgeon built the Box Office Warehouse Suites (...

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the need for optimal indoor air quality (IAQ) in schools and other academic settings. Ensuring students and staff are confident in the air they breathe is essential, and studies have shown how buildings with enhanced IAQ increase health, happiness, and productivity. IAQ assessment Partnering with UL, the global safety science company, and SafeTraces, a pioneer in DNA-based safety technology, it delivers enhanced IAQ in schools with its OpenBlue IAQ as a S...

In line with the UK’s Net-Zero targets, local governments are transitioning communities to a greener future. Kemsley Community Centre, based in Sittingbourne, Kent, United Kingdom (UK) were looking for a more energy efficient and sustainable system to heat and cool their large and multiple areas of the community center, in order to replace a 1960’s oil-fired system. Phoenix ACR, specialists in AC and refrigeration, specified a Panasonic R32 split system with 4 x 20kW PACi outdoor un...

Gloucester City Council has recently relocated and completed a refurbishment of a 700 sq. meters office space in the East Shopping Centre of the town. The Council has set net zero targets for 2030 and was looking for a sustainable and energy efficient system to cool and heat their new office space to replace an old gas boiler, plus wanted to ensure that the indoor air quality (IAQ) catered for the well-being of their employees and visitors. Panasonic Mini ECOi 10HP system installed The premis...

A new residential development of 22 private family homes in County Meath, Dublin, Ireland, has been installed with Panasonic Aquarea 7kW Monobloc Air-to-Water heat pumps, in order to provide energy efficient heating and hot water. North City builders and installers - MOS Mechanical, wanted to ensure the heating system was of good quality, compliant with the latest regulations, and delivered on reliability, long-term sustainability, and cost savings for the new homeowners. 5kW Aquarea monobloc...

PARAT will deliver a quality IEL Electrical Steam Boiler with 12 barg design pressure, 191°C design temperature with 400V connection. The delivery also includes Feedwater pumps, Blowdown tank and start-up. The end customer - Godfrey Hirst will be the first textile manufacturing company in New Zealand to be fully electric for the energy requirements. This is also helping to achieve the zero carbon emissions requirements that the New Zealand government has put in place. Kelford Engineering wi...

As people spend more time working from home, garden rooms have become a common facility, built to provide room for a wide range of domestic and professional activities. Having high-quality heating and cooling is crucial for their usability and Evergreen Air Conditioning Ltd, a global air conditioning installer in Essex and Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (UK) has used Panasonic’s split systems with mounted AC wall units that all come with nanoe™X technology, to provide year-round comf...

Seven-time NBA Champions, Golden State Warriors basketball team designed Chase Center with one goal in mind: to create a place that would provide guests with unforgettable memories. It is a home fit for champions. Chase Center, the world-class state-of-the-art arena that sits in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, delivers a fan experience like no other. On the court, the seven-time NBA Champions, Golden State Warriors, are changing the face of basketball. Chase Center When Chase C...

Visitors to Great Yarmouth's new £26m Water and Leisure Centre, which recently opened on the resort's famous Golden Mile, will benefit from outstanding indoor comfort due to a high-performance Toshiba heat recovery VRF air conditioning system. The high-efficiency Toshiba system, installed by Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, was chosen to meet the project’s sustainability requirements and serves the center's pool and water facilities, 100-station health and fitness gym, spo...

After years of enduring expensive and uncomfortable electric-resistance heat, Michigan’s Ontonagon Village Housing, a subsidized housing facility in Ontonagon, Michigan, started the search for an alternative HVAC option. With a population of about 1,500, Ontonagon residents are used to beautiful but humid summers on the lake and bitterly cold winters. Challenge The housing commission needed an all-electric heating and cooling solution to provide year-round comfort in a climate subject to...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, announces its partnership with The Dean Hotel, Cork, and the successful installation of the boutique hotel’s air conditioning and Heat Recovery Ventilation (HVAC) systems. The project was won and installed by Airflow Services Ltd, an innovative specialist in heating and cooling based in County Cork, Ireland who were acquired by Johnson Controls in November 2021. Opened in December 2020, The Dean is Cork’s f...

A next-generation UVDI-360 Room Sanitizer is on display in the main lobby of Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia to let patients and visitors know the hospital takes their safety seriously, said hospital and UVDI representatives.  ultraviolet surface disinfection The piece of medical technology provides advanced ultraviolet surface disinfection for hospitals, airports, office buildings, and public spaces, and Henry Mayo uses it as an extra, voluntary step following traditional sanitiz...

Since its founding in 2016, CASPR (Continuous Air & Surface Pathogen Reduction) Technologies has been a pioneer in smart environmental indoor technology for healthcare and other spaces. The company’s solutions work to ensure the air we breathe is the safest it can be, adding to the well-being and enhancing performance in the process. Its award-winning, patent-pending NCC™ technology proactively and continuously disinfects indoor air and surfaces at the molecular level. Applicat...

As part of its 10-year strategic plan, ‘Transformation Morgan 2030: Leading the Future,’ Baltimore-based Morgan State University (MSU) has partnered with Siemens on its journey to becoming a smart and connected campus of the future. Modernisation upgrades Improvements currently underway include implementing a series of modernization upgrades to the university’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), security, and fire and life safety systems with a focus on energy...

Toshiba Carrier UK is helping one of Europe’s top professional Rugby Union clubs to move away from the use of high Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerants, reducing the club’s environmental footprint and ensuring a high-quality indoor environment for its elite sports fitness program. Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd (TCUK) is a joint venture between Toshiba Carrier Corporation and Carrier, which is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and...

Conventional topical cleaning methods are only effective where applied. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the statistics: 22 million sick days and 7.9 million doctor visits per year 98,000 patients die every year after contracting a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) 40,000 people die from MRSA infection every year 11,000 people died from the H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic in the US alone (2009) The Solution PURE-Decon is the atomized hydrogen peroxide/silver dry misting proce...

After being used as a 3000-bed field hospital in the early part of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the stakeholders for the Javits Center (a 3.3 million sq. ft., convention center), located in Manhattan, New York City, USA, realized the need to re-commission the facility back to public use. They knew they would need to initiate a stringent disinfection and remediation protocol to ensure public safety. Javits Center contracted with Pure Air Control Services Inc. to disinfect the entire facility at t...

University facility staff takes quick action to disinfect buildings after a staff worker tested positive for COVID-19. The Project: A Florida university and public research institution. It offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees to around 54,000 students, making among the 10 largest universities in the United States. Ongoing building operations The Concern: A staff worker was tested positive for COVID-19. The university quickly realized that the indoor environment used b...

The New Inn Pub in Warwickshire, a community-owned pub dating back to 1750, needed a new approach to heating and cooling, so as to create a welcoming and pleasant environment for its customers. Panasonic Etherea air conditioning units with nanoe X technology were recommended as the ideal solution, by installer - Oli Thorndale of Thorndale’s Heating & Cooling. The residents of the small village in Norton Lindsey, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, purchased the pub in 2016, to maintain its...

Patients, staff, and visitors at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital's Jubilee Building will benefit from comfortable, stable indoor environmental conditions provided by two high-performance Carrier 30RQM AquaSnap® air-to-water heat pumps, powered by quiet-running scroll compressors. Carrier is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the provider of healthy, safe, sustainable, and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. Carrier supplied the high-efficiency heat pumps to installer RTS...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned company in smart, healthy and sustainable building solutions, together with Matrix, a global technology solutions provider, will equip the new headquarters of the Discount Group, near Tel Aviv, in Israel, with its OpenBlue digital platform technologies, in order to create new possibilities for operational energy efficiency, occupant comfort and sustainability in a dynamic solution. Discount Group’s new HQ One of the leading financial institutions i...

Johnson Controls, the global pioneer for smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, has collaborated with more than 125 school districts in Canada in 2021 to address deferred maintenance through future-ready infrastructure improvements. The resulting school facilities are better equipped to help deliver safe, healthy, connected, and sustainable learning experiences. Creative funding methods  “Hundreds of schools across Canada are contending with an intimidating backlog of building...

Gandon Transports, a French specialist in health product transport, has equipped its vehicle fleet with Carrier Transicold’s 30 Vector HE 19 units, helping to ensure the efficacy of critical temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals through accurate temperature controlled transport. Carrier Transicold is part of Carrier Global Corporation, the renowned global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions. Offering reliable refrigeration units &ldqu...

Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) is a globally renowned technology and science university renowned for their deeply-held commitment to improving the human condition. The faculty and students at GT are solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges, such as clean and sustainable energy, disease diagnosis and treatment, and national defense and security, among others. GREEN BUZZ and LEED certification The campus of Georgia Institute of Technology participates in the GREEN BUZZ a...

The City of Oviedo, located within Seminole County, Florida, has been a longtime customer of over 20 years with Pure Air Control Services. Throughout this relationship, the city has relied on Pure Air Controls for IAQ testing, HVAC system cleaning, and building disinfection. The successful outcomes of these past projects have made Pure Air Control Services a trusted vendor for the City of Oviedo. Concerns The COVID-19 Pandemic has affected many governments and commercial facilities with new gu...

Carrier Commercial Refrigeration recently equipped a COVID-19 vaccine storage warehouse in Spain with its PowerCO2OL refrigeration system that utilizes the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (CO2). This is the first time the sustainable, low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant is being used to preserve and protect the efficacy of critical vaccines in Spain. To further support a safe and effective cold chain, Carrier’s flagship high-capacity refrigeration racks were fitted into an e...

Students and staff in the San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (SFDRCISD) are breathing easier with new district-wide indoor environmental quality enhancements. The school district teamed up with Trane® – by Trane Technologies., a global climate innovator – and Synexis® to improve the quality of indoor environment across the district’s five campuses in Texas. The district installed portable Synexis BioDefense Systems in every classroom in the dis...