It is a season of celebration as a new set of Dealer Design Award winners are named to the assembly of product honorees from the past. In its tenth year, the 2013 Dealer Design Awards Program is celebrating a decade of product excellence in design for the HVACR industry.
The trend to improve the indoor environment in commercial spaces is growing, according to experts in the field. Yet health and safety may not always be foremost in discussions between HVAC contractors and commercial clients.
When people step inside their homes, they tend to feel safe and protected from the outdoor world — and completely unaware of the many sources of pollution affecting their indoor environments.
A ventilation control now in development could slash 18 percent — tens of thousands of dollars — off the overall annual energy bill of the average large office building, with no loss of comfort, according to a report by researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
A selection of Vari-Green® controls is available to maximize the energy efficiency of ventilation systems in a variety of applications when used in conjunction with the Vari-Green motor.
The Healthy House Institute (HHI) and the Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) are partnering to educate consumers about “balanced ventilation” in today’s tighter homes — a form of equilibrium for indoor air quality (IAQ) in modern homes.
Technology, in many ways, has helped save the average person time, money, and hassle. And, when it comes to zoning an HVACR system, technology has helped make zoning a more accessible option for consumers and contractors.
It’s time again for the annual Cooling Showcase. The intent is to help contractors prepare for this busy period by doing the research that will help them distinguish between brands.
For this chemical processing laboratory, the goal was to install textile air diffusers and new fume hoods to solve the laboratory’s cross-draft, high-velocity ventilation challenges, which included temperature and relative humidity swings of 10°F and 30 percent, relatively, in its laboratory area.