Video: New-School HVAC Approach Improves Comfort and Air Quality for K-12 Students
When a 25-year-old HVAC system increased energy costs and negatively impacted the learning environment for students and teachers, the administrators at Monument School in Monument, Ore., sought a healthier and more efficient solution. Hear from school and utility staff members on how the very high efficiency DOAS approach to HVAC design dramatically reduced the rural K-12 school’s monthly energy costs, significantly improved their air quality, reduced viral spread, and provided a far more comfortable and productive learning environment.
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Lewis & Clark Student Center Blazes New Trail to HVAC Efficiency
When it came time to renovate the Stephanie Fowler Student Center, the administrators at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., placed sustainability front and center. Designed to be the “heart of the campus” according to Lewis & Clark president Robin Holmes-Sullivan, the renovation designs included the most efficient HVAC system available to provide optimal thermal comfort for the newly constructed third floor of the building, a 6,370 sq. ft. multipurpose area that includes a conference room, two meeting rooms, and a technology classroom.
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Delivering High Performance Using Very High Efficiency DOAS Systems
With the ever-increasing environmental impacts of local pollution, extreme weather events and wildfires, there is a necessity for resilient, flexible, and extremely efficient HVAC systems. A very high efficiency (VHE) approach to DOAS maximizes energy efficiency by decoupling ventilation air from comfort conditioning, including air-to-air heat recovery, right-sizing of a high efficiency heating and cooling system and minimizing fan power.
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Guidance for Improved Fan Performance
Properly maintained fan systems in commercial buildings provide energy savings and a healthy, comfortable environment for building occupants. But knowing when to make improvements and necessary updates can be challenging for facility managers and maintenance staff.
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Cybersecurity in a New Light: IT Considerations for Connected Lighting Systems
In this one-hour seminar, industry-leading lighting experts from Lutron, DesignLights Consortium, and Evergreen Consulting Group offer critical tips to help you make cybersecurity a focus of your next connected lighting project.
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‘It Makes Sense’: How LLLC Pays for Itself Financially and Environmentally at a Manufacturing Plant
After learning about their unparalleled flexibility, control, and energy savings, laser manufacturing facility Novanta updated their facility to Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC). In addition to being recognized as a leader for energy efficiency, Novanta anticipates the project will result in a significant 224,996 in annual kWh savings.
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LLLC brings bright future and futureproofs investment to Everett warehouse
PNW Energy Group determined Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLC) would be the perfect solution for a client’s darkened manufacturing plant. With brighter lights, automated controls, a generous incentive that covered 86% of the capital cost, and deep energy savings, LLLC exceeded everyone's expectations.
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How Specifiers Brought LLLC to the Associated General Contractors of Washington Building
When it comes to lighting retrofits for large multi-space commercial buildings, relationships aren’t just important between operating systems, but also between the people writing the specifications, doing the implementation, and performing the maintenance—and their local utility. It’s why Seattle City Light stepped up to help the Associated General Contractors of Washington’s (AGCW) facilities manager and electrical contractor with their LLLC project.
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