HVAC Software - Case Studies

Nestled in a valley in Northeastern Ohio about 50 miles southwest of Cleveland and ve miles southeast of Wooster is Green Field Farms, a farming co-op formed in 2003. The members of the co-op, who are also members of Amish and conservative Mennonite churches, use horses and buggies as their main transportation. They came together to form the co-op in 2003 with the dual purpose of preserving small family farms as well as providing wholesome food products to a growing marketplace. While their pro...

For more than three decades, Heatmasters has been at the forefront of temperature control systems for metal heat treatment applications. Industry veterans are already familiar with the legendary Rigel controller and HM20/HM25 temperature control program. This technology has proven to be excellent in both accuracy and ease of use, whilst also offering multiple innovative features for end-users. AP-Tela AP-Tela Oy, a Kokkola-based subsidiary of Plc Uutechnic Group Oyj (ex-Vaahto Group), is a pro...

Heatmasters has finished the commissioning of a gas-fired furnace in Saudi Arabia. Featuring 2100 kW of heating power, and a movable wagon, this furnace was designed according to the customers’ needs to expand their production facilities’ in-house heat treatment capabilities. The customer is an experienced pressure vessel, tank, and steel structure manufacturer for the oil and energy industry. Temperature control system In addition to their famous digital temperature control syste...

Manchester Underwriting Management Ltd (MUM Ltd), an insurance company occupying the first floor of a commercial office building in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, in the United Kingdom (UK), approached SFE Services to initially assist with installing a new mechanical ventilation system. Their goal was to improve the well-being and safety of staff, prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The client also advised that they had an old ceiling cassette air conditioning system, which was no longer working in t...

Located in Worcester Massachusetts, Doherty Memorial High School is typical of many schools designed in the 1960’s. With two classroom wings joined together by hallways and anchored by an auditorium and gymnasium, the red brick school is home to approximately 1500 students. After 40 years, the school needed to replace the original hot water boilers and unit ventilators serving the upper and lower classroom wings. To design their new heating and ventilating system, the school enlisted the...

Working alongside Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in Bhandara, India, global technology company ABB has achieved successful integration of its ABB Ability™ Data Analytics Platform for metals, tying together all manufacturing and operational data of steel melt shop and rolling mills to improve production planning and plant performance optimization. The plant, which has a capacity to produce 500,000 metric tons of high-quality special steel per annum, now has the platform to integrate...

Houston Methodist Hospital, a world-class hospital, and medical research institution require a constant, reliable, and affordable energy supply to meet its critical needs. That became even more obvious to administrators at Houston Methodist Hospital after Hurricane Katrina and other major storms from the following years. The hospital required the ability to create its own energy to maintain operations during the blackouts that can occur with major storms that regularly slam into the Texas gulf c...

Amid the sprawling cornfields of northern Iowa, the community of Fort Dodge is often subjected to brutal winters; low temperatures can easily dip below zero for days at a time. Yet, even in the midst of an arctic blast, some indoor environments require cooling. Such is the case at the Friendship Haven senior care community, where the server room in one of its buildings calls for cooling every day, year-round. Challenges Year-round cooling was a situation that, at one point, posed a significant...

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was founded in 1980 in Chico, California, near the majestic mountain range that inspired its name. Since its inception, the progressive, resourceful brewery, known for creating some of the country’s finest craft beers, has been passionate about sustainability and consciously mindful of its environmental footprint. Challenges The brewery's old system was comprised of constant-speed, four-screw, and three-scroll chillers. Installed at various times, the equipment...

The YMCA Association of Greater Rochester, New York, is one of the oldest associations in the United States. They currently have fifteen thriving locations built over the last century that range in size from 50,000 to more than 70,000 square feet. While the size and age of the facilities vary, high standards for energy efficiency and indoor air quality (IAQ) are key objectives in the design, construction, and operation of these buildings. "Good indoor air quality is very important" notes Eastsi...

Maintaining safe levels of air quality in multi-story car parks is crucial for the safety of those using them. Carbon Dioxide caused by vehicle exhausts and other emissions can lead to poor and potentially dangerous levels of toxicity without good ventilation. Additionally, should a fire break out, the smoke and fumes need to be drawn from each floor quickly. Energy-efficient ventilation system The owner of a multi-story car park in the center of Belgrade, Serbia, turned to Electro Pneumatic...

When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S. in March of 2020, Three Rivers Casino Resort and its two properties on Oregon’s scenic Central Coast, like all tribal gaming and hospitality  properties, closbyith Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance and government regulations. It was the first time that the casino resort, which first opened as a casino-only in 2004 before a resort expansion in 2007, was forced to shut its doors to its beloved local community. guest experience Owne...

Ductless and VRF manufacturer, Samsung HVAC, headquartered in Roanoke, Texas, has collaborated with the developers of The Metroport Chamber located in downtown Roanoke to provide individual zone control, energy efficiency, and innovative indoor units to a brand-new office building in an up-and-coming area. Designed as a member-focused building, the new Roanoke location offers co-working space, lease space, and conference room availability for the Chamber’s membership and staff. The new of...

Vernon Hills Park District, in collaboration with Trane® by Trane Technologies, a global climate innovator, has installed a rooftop solar array at its maintenance facility that produces enough energy to offset 70% of the building’s annual electric usage. The facility runs entirely on electrical power without the use of natural gas and has maintained a 15% reduction in electrical costs for the last four years. The solar installation provides 122kW of energy and is projected to lower th...

The nationwide lockdown in November made necessary by the high infection figures of the second corona wave is also accompanied by considerable restrictions during the current third wave. This makes it all the more important to continue safeguarding the indispensable work in public institutions such as hospitals. Vitovent 200-P To make a decisive contribution to the solution, Viessmann has developed Vitovent 200-P, a new air purification unit. These are unique hybrid ventilation units that pe...

Gaining new operational advantages and efficiencies for its refrigerated shipping operations, Atlantic Container Line (ACL) is acquiring 150 new containers equipped with Carrier Transicold PrimeLINE® refrigeration units featuring the Lynx™ Fleet digital solution. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneering global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions. ACL, which is part of the Grimaldi Group, headquartered in Naple...

Indoor air quality and affordable building ventilation are increasingly important for businesses fighting to stay open and operable during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Casinos, with their 24/7 operating schedules and high levels of tobacco smoke and other indoor air contaminants, face a unique challenge to maintain optimum indoor air quality at an affordable cost. Airxchange energy recovery wheel technology was specifically designed to operate in demanding casino environments to deliver imp...

Honeywell announces that global natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods Market has adopted its Solstice® N40 (R-448A) lower Global-Warming-Potential (GWP) refrigerant in its stores across the United States as it seeks to reduce refrigerant emissions under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill program. Whole Foods Market will retrofit their commercial refrigeration systems at more than 100 stores with Honeywell’s reduced-GWP alternative, replacing high-glob...

Aggreko, the global pioneer in mobile and modular energy solutions, has delivered a smart battery storage system to Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The solution will expand high-power charging for electric vehicles (EVs) at the organization’s Smart Energy Plaza near Chicago, Illinois, USA. With this net-zero battery storage system, Aggreko is helping ANL to demonstrate EV grid integration efforts that leverage smart management of stored energy systems with co-located EV fast charging a...

Global technology company ABB has been contracted by manufacturer of forest products, Arauco, to modernize its Licancel Cellulose Plant in Chile to deliver faster response times, greater cyber security, upgraded operator interfaces, enhanced process reliability and flexibility for remote working. Arauco will continue to utilize ABB Ability™ System 800xA distributed control system (DCS) and extend its use as the foundation for all operations at the plant. This will be done in two key sta...

SeaCube Containers LLC and Carrier Transicold announced a strategic refrigerated asset management systems platform engagement. As a result, SeaCube will be the first intermodal equipment leasing company to incorporate Carrier’s Lynx™ Fleet solution into its fleet with an initial deployment of 2,000 PrimeLINE™ refrigerated container units. Carrier Transicold is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneering global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold...

Care UK has selected a Remeha Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system as the most efficient and economical solution to meet the heating and hot water requirements at its BREEAM-accredited Chester care home. Luxury and quality care are the watchwords at Deewater Grange, which opened in February 2020 to provide an extensive range of care services for up to 58 older residents. The hotel-style surroundings include a café, hair salon, and cinema, while each of the bedrooms boasts its en-suite we...

Teknotherm is excited to announce that they have been awarded the contract to finalize the HVAC systems for RoPax ferry HONFLEUR. Back in 2017 Brittany Ferries ordered HONFLEUR at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellshaft (FSG) Shipyard in Germany. However, when FSG Shipyard went bankrupt in 2019, its Norwegian owner Siem Group signed a contract with Fosen Yard in Norway to complete the project. Supplying HVAC systems HONFLEUR – now named newbuilding 93 – was designed to become a 187.4 m...

Blalock Heating & Air, along with Johnstone Supply, Fujitsu and The Nixon Group, teamed up on a project at Speedway Ford in Griffin, Georgia, United States of America (USA). The team consisted of: Blalock Heating and Air – Justin Bishop, Johnstone Supply – Ty Rath, Fujitsu – Shawn Hill, The Nixon Group – Seth Nixon. Speedway Ford Speedway Ford has been a long time customer of Blalock Heating & Air Speedway Ford has been a long time customer of Blalock...

To ensure swift and reliable maintenance and repair services, KKT chillers runs a close-knit global service network, and Adcock is KKT Chillers’ only UK service provider for the maintenance and repair of all their equipment. Thanks to this status Adcock was recently awarded a maintenance contract to look after climate control equipment at GAP Ice Ltd and was called to assist with emergency breakdown soon after. Standard packaged chillers The customer reported that one of their KKT chill...

A large manufacturer of steel cables from Detroit, Michigan contacted Wattco with a problem that the cables they manufactured were corroding in their warehouse and needed a solution to prevent this from happening. Steel products that often sat in inventory for long periods of time were more prone to corrosion. Traditionally, light lubricating oil was used to coat the cables, preventing rust from settling in. The cables were exposed to a steam heating tank, containing light oil at ninety-five de...

Carrier Commercial Refrigeration won orders in different countries in Europe to supply warehouse refrigeration systems for critical COVID-19 vaccine cold storage. While details of the projects are not being disclosed, Carrier Commercial Refrigeration is providing the critical temperature control components for a safe, effective cold chain thanks to its turnkey capability. Carrier Commercial Refrigeration is a part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), the leading global provider of healt...

Manteca Unified School District plans to use OptiClean air scrubbers in every classroom to provide improved indoor air quality across its facilities To prepare for its facilities fully reopening to students and staff, northern California’s Manteca Unified School District has installed 1,500 Carrier OptiClean™ Dual-Mode Air Scrubber & Negative Air Machines to purify the air in classrooms across its 30 schools. OptiClean The OptiClean units will help to improve indoor air qualit...

Carrier Commercial Service secured a three-year service agreement with Jefferson Regional Medical Center (JRMC) in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Under the BluEdge™ Elite service agreement, Carrier will maintain more than 100 heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) assets totaling 2,500 tons of cooling, as well as the hospital’s Carrier i-Vu® Building Automation System. Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, the pioneering global provider of healthy, safe and sustain...

Like most North American cannabis industry grow-ops, Real Leaf Solutions (RLS), based in Kalkaska, Michigan, USA, is still refining its growing methods, but the two-year-old company may have finally found a state-of-the-art HVAC design that will help it reach optimum yields shortly. HVAC retrofit Tom Beller, RLS’ Co-Owner and Chief Operations Officer (COO), believes his latest HVAC retrofit for two 1,500-square flowering rooms is a major step toward optimum harvest goals. It consists of...