An efficient and lightweight rooftop solar hot-air collector — the Luba™ GL — is designed for supplemental outside air heating in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. Patented by Solarventi Ltd., the technology has a maximum thermal output of 247 Btuh/square foot.
Offered in sizes 6 through 10 tons with belt-drive blowers, the Tranquility Compact Series is available with a vertical cabinet. The series has an extended range refrigerant circuit, capable of ground loop applications, ground water applications, as well as water loop (boiler-tower) applications.
In a little more than a year, 34 major corporate customers have installed, deployed or purchased more than 250 fuel cell power systems and hundreds of backup power units, totaling more than 30 MW of power. A new report released by Fuel Cells 2000 profiles this select group of companies.
Siemens Industry Inc. has announced that it is involved in a $6.2 million performance contract for energy efficiency improvements to 27 DeSoto County, Miss., facilities. It was reported to be the largest municipal performance contract of its kind in the state.
The 600-foot-tall Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) building houses the world’s oldest futures and options exchange. Until recently, the building also housed a pair of aging built-up systems that were beginning to worry management.
Providing a 12- to 15-dBa sound reduction, the Whisper Quiet Fan for the PT2 cooling tower has CTI certified thermal capacity, and is ASHRAE 90.1 compliant, says the company. The fan itself is a chemical resistant, durable, high solidity, single piece, molded fan made out of fiberglass reinforced polyester.
Over 1,700 companies have reserved more than 414,500 square feet of exhibit space at McCormick Place for the 2012 Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration (AHR) Expo on Jan. 23 to 25, making it the largest HVACR exposition of all time.
In addition to the 10 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners highlighted in this issue, 31 other products have been recognized with honorable mentions in the same 10 product categories. The honorable mentions are listed here.
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