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JOHN MESENBRINK
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the system to control the amount of refrigerant owing to the multiple evaporators (indoor
units), enabling the use of many evaporators
like space saving, energy ecient, environmentally friendlywords that are music to a
designers earsits no wonder that VRF is get-
of diering capacities and congurations connected to a single condensing unit. The systems
are small, modular and can be installed without
ting a closer look from building and construction professionals, especially when considering
net zero. The architectural and engineering
keting managercommercial products, Mitsubishi Electric U.S. Cooling & Heating Division.
42 X
DATAPOINT
45%
Heating & Cooling
Expenses
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Introducing
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CASE STUDY
SFPUC HEADQUARTERS
San Francisco, Calif.
systems, reducing equipment costs, complexity and installation time. Although VRF zoning
technology is advanced, the system is relatively
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VRF 101
ADVANCES
special heat exchangers, with inverter technology to a low part load condition minimizes
energy consumption to levels previously
unattainable by non-VRF systems. The
modular design oers comfort on demand
allowing the choice to use the system only
in the zones where it is needed further
promoting reduced energy consumption. The
greatest contributor to system-wide energy
eciency is the employment of an inverterdriven compressor, a highly responsive,
highly ecient component that ensures the
PACKAGED AIR
Modine has expanded
its Atherion commercial
packaged ventilation
line with the introduction of the 7- to
15-ton B-cabinet. The
expansion gives the
full Atherion line eight
models ranging from 7to 30-tons. Designed to
meet ASHRAE 189.1 and
62.1 standards for IEER
eciency and indoor
air quality, the Atherion
features optional higheciency gas heating
and best-in-class
MERV16 air ltration. Its
Energy Recovery Module (ERM) option makes
the Atherion a high e ciency, 100% dedicated
outside air unit. With
an airow range of 1,111
to 6,000 cfm, Modines
B-Cabinet line includes
7-, 10-, 13- and 15-ton
sizes, and oers single
(7-ton only) and tandem
set modulating digital
scroll compressors and
a gas heat range of 150
to 400 MBH at 80%
eciency, or, 175, 225
or 310 MBH furnace
options producing heat
at 94% eciency.
Modine Mfg. Co.
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CASE STUDY
B EC AU S E V R F S YS TE M S U T I L I ZE R EFR I G ER A N T PIPIN G
TO DIS TR IBUTE C A PACIT Y, THER ES NO A IR LOSS
W H EN COM PA R ED TO D U C TED S YS TE M S .
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VRF zoning systems give architects and engineers more options, allowing them to design
according to aesthetic rather than design-
around curves. An inverter-driven compressor adjusts to maintain the desired set point.
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VRF systems remove losses that are unavoidable in other ducted systems. And, because VRF
retrotting older buildings with minimal disruption to the existing structure, says Smith.
CASE STUDY
SOHO RENOVATION
The Soho project
involved the careful
renovation of a historic
10-story building,
originally constructed
in 1927. One of the key
components of the
retro t was replacing an
outdated HVAC system
comprised of selfcontained vertical units
on each oor, including a
maintenance operations room.
In collaboration with
mechanical engineers
at Guth DeConzo
Consulting, the WeWork
construction team
determined that a VRF
system was the best
solution , while working
within the constraints
of the buildings historic
architecture.
LGs Multi V III Heat
Pump system was the
only solution that could
t within the limited
footprint on the rooftop
and oer both horizontal and vertical piping
distances required to
deliver custom temperature control to more
than 50 individual zones
on multiple oors.
Establishing WeWork
collaborative work environments often involves
retro ts of existing
buildings. In 2012, WeWork
identi ed a 75,000-sq.-ft.
space in New Yorks Hudson
Square/Soho West neighborhood to renovate for
shared o ce space, in addition to housing WeWork
Labs, the companys organization for start-ups.
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CASE STUDY
COVE AT YARMOUTH
West Yarmouth, Mass.
S TU D I E S H AV E FO U N D T H AT O FFI CE B U I L D I N GS
50,0 0 0 TO 10 0,0 0 0 -SQ. F T. DEMONS TR ATE THE BE S T
R E T U R N O N I N V E S TM EN T FO R I N T EG R ATED S YS TE M S .
IN THE NEWS
CABA Launches
Research Project
The Continental Automated Buildings Assn.
(CABA), through its
Intelligent & Integrated
Buildings Council, has
launched a collaborative
research study entitled
Life Cycle Costing and
Intelligent Buildings.
The core objective of
the project is to identify
what needs to be done,
and by whom, to make
life-cycle costing a
mainstream criteria for
building system evaluation. A previous CABA
assessment found
that o ce buildings of
50,000 to 100,000-sq.
ft. demonstrated the
best return on investment for integrated
systems, but that there
was a lack of tools to
evaluate life cycle costs.
CABAs new project
will identify barriers
to adopting life-cycle
costing and determine
what issues need to
be rectied in order
to make processes
more understandable.
The report will outline
the current state of
life-cycle cost adoption
in todays commercial
buildings market and
identify the key in uencers across the value
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