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3 Important Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) HVAC Locations
The humble Variable Frequency Drive, or “VFD” is an operations team’s best friend. Fundamentally, the VFD HVAC solution allows you to control motor speed.
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Inside a Hospital Energy Audit
Commercial facilities engage engineers to perform energy assessments to uncover potential efficiencies. These audits can take anywhere from an hour to multiple days, depending on the number of facilities involved and types of efficiency measures.
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Can LED Lighting Make You More Productive?
One of the most cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades available to facilities, LED lighting has a longer lifespan and higher lumen output than its predecessors.
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Chemistry Lab LED Lighting [Project Example]
Higher ed facilities are an ideal candidate for LED lighting and controls projects.
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Don’t Overlook Data Center Lighting
Data centers are notorious for their inefficient use of energy. At the end of 2017, Forbes reported global data center electricity use to be about 416 terawatts (4.16x 1014 watts) or 3% of the total electricity consumed.
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Why You Should Look into AHU Refurbishment for Your Facility
What’s both central to the HVAC system and a large consumer of energy costs for your facility? The Air Handling Unit (or AHU). Air Handling Units condition and circulate air in a building or facility as part of the HVAC system.
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Open Protocol BMS and the Importance of Niagara N4
If you’re managing a facility with standard HVAC/mechanical systems, you probably have some form of a Building Management System (BMS). Like how the iPhone changed communication with its launch in 2007, BMS have fundamentally changed.
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Why LED Lighting Needs Custom Engineering + Agile Teams
Replacing old fluorescent, metal halide and incandescent fixtures with modern LED lighting and controls is, without question, a good choice for a facility upgrade.