comfort Resources on BNET
On CNET: Cablevision to build Wi-Fi network

Resources

5 Resources for

comfort

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email

BNET Industries

Comfort Systems USA Inc.
Comfort Systems USA is engaged in providing heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) installation, maintenance, repair and replacement services. Co. operates primarily in the commercial,...
Comfort Systems USA Inc. company page on BNET »

BNET Resources

The Centex Building-Dallas, Texas: Top Score for Dallas' Centex Building
Earning the right to display the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star Label for Buildings is not easy. To qualify, a building must achieve superlative energy efficiency without sacrificing occupant comfort in terms of indoor air quality, thermal comfort and lighting levels. To determine whether a building qualifies requires...
Tags: American Standard Inc., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, comfort, monitoring
Case studies
Radiant In-Floor Heat Provides Maximum comfort and Health
This article describes about heating systems. The ancient Romans knew how to achieve maximum comfort and health in their houses and bathhouses. The Koreans have known about it for thousands of years. Now Americans are learning to maximize the comfort and health of home heating systems by employing in-floor radiant...
Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, comfort, health care
White papers
Windows Selection: Modern Windows Provide Energy Savings, Durability, and comfort
Windows bring light, warmth, cooling breezes, and beauty into homes and give a feeling of openness and space to living areas. Although beneficial, windows can negatively impact a home's energy efficiency, comfort, indoor air quality, and durability if not properly selected and installed. Windows can be major sources of heat...
Tags: Construction, NAHB Research Center, durability, winter, comfort, window, cold calling, Microsoft Windows
White papers 2003-11-17
Window Selection: Modern Windows Provide Energy Savings, Durability, and comfort
Windows bring light, warmth, cooling breezes, and beauty into homes and give a feeling of openness and space to living areas. Although beneficial, windows can negatively impact a home's energy efficiency, comfort, indoor air quality, and durability if not properly selected and installed. Windows can be major sources of heat...
Tags: Construction, NAHB Research Center, durability, winter, comfort, window, cold calling, Microsoft Windows
White papers 2003-02-01
Finding the comfort zone
This case study of American Eagle Outfitters which sells comfort. Operating out of 510 stores, Pittsburgh-based AE is one of the nation's leading retail chains. Keeping up with the distribution demands of this growing retailer requires a similar level of comfort with its materials handling systems. They must fit as...
Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., comfort, storage
Case studies 2000-10-01

Additional Resources

The comfort Zone
Providing ‘comfort’ to customers is one of the key elements for increasing sales. Comfort is defined as a condition or feeling of pleasurable ease. Organizations should make an effort to help customers enter the ‘comfort zone’ where they feel at home. The process calls for keeping the requirements and needs...
Tags: Sales strategy, sales
White papers 2002-01-01
Energy Recovery Ventilation
Comfort-to-comfort applications differ from other categories in that both sensible and latent heat is often transferred. The energy recovery device transfers sensible heat from the warmer air stream to the cooler air stream. This white paper discusses air-to-air, comfort-to-comfort applications. Equipment and systems used for energy recovery ventilation are reviewed...
Tags: Heat
White papers 2000-09-01
Yorkdale Shopping Centre-Toronto, Ontario: A Popular Retail Destination Gets a comfort System Remake
A large and popular shopping destination in Toronto is demonstrating the benefits of improving older comfort systems. According to John Crane, operations manager at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, the updates in the comfort systems serving the huge facility were done to enhance comfort levels, reduce operating costs, and simplify facility management....
Tags: American Standard Inc., facility management, benefit
Case studies
Energy Simulation of Traditional Versus Adaptive Thermal comfort for Two Moderate Climate Regions
The original intent of this paper is to quantify the implications for energy demand of indoor temperature requirements based on a proposed adaptive thermal comfort standard relative to a more traditional thermal comfort approach. The study focuses on a typical office situation in a moderate climate. The paper starts with...
Tags: modeling, computer
White papers 2001-03-13
DANAC/Stiles Corporate Campus-Rockville, Maryland: Maryland Campus Mirrors Trends in Office comfort-System Design
The DANAC/Stiles facility features advanced technology on a demanding construction schedule. In Rockville, Maryland, a three-building business campus totaling 300,000 square feet demonstrates the flexibility of the current generation of building comfort systems. Building comfort is achieved through a distributed system of modular air handlers, with conditioned-air distribution by VAV...
Tags: American Standard Inc., Maryland, distributed system, Web
Case studies
DANAC/Stiles Corporate Campus: Rockville, Maryland - Maryland Campus Mirrors Trends in Office comfort-System Design
The DANAC/Stiles facility features advanced technology on a demanding construction schedule. In Rockville, Maryland, a three-building business campus totaling 300,000 square feet demonstrates the flexibility of the current generation of building comfort systems. The connected buildings use a combination of centrifugal and helical-rotary chillers in a variable primary configuration for...
Tags: American Standard Inc., Maryland, distributed system, Web
Case studies
Wieden + Kennedy: Portland, Oregon - Under-Floor comfort System Helps Transform Building
Wieden + Kennedy are an international agency known for its unique consumer product advertising. The agency had indicated an interest in a "loft style" building with the potential for abundant communication among project teams. The ultimate decision was to remodel an old warehouse building in Portland's revitalized, postindustrial neighborhood known...
Tags: Advertising & Promotion, American Standard Inc., agency, team, advertisement
Case studies
comfort Inn: Buffalo, Missouri
The owner of the Buffalo, Missouri, Comfort Inn has chosen a GeoExchange (geothermal) heating and cooling system for the new 40-room facility. Ed Maddux, the motel owner, chose the system based on the overall energy savings plus improved flexibility in room comfort and control. The rooms are conditioned by console...
Tags: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, Buffalo, Missouri, geothermal energy, console
Case studies
Toledo-Lucas County Main Library-Toledo, Ohio: High-efficiency Chiller, Custom Air Handlers Promote comfort in Library Addition
A recent major addition to the Main Library building, along with a renovation of the original three-story building, greatly expands the capabilities of the facility and makes an important community center more user-focused than ever. An advanced building comfort system featuring rooftop air handlers and a high-efficiency water-cooled screw chiller...
Tags: American Standard Inc.
Case studies
Beyond The comfort Zone: Using Informal Mentoring To Create Lifelines For Students In Disequilibrium
When university students are exposed to new learning environments and complex challenging concepts they find themselves in a state of disequilibrium, part of a process that generates new knowledge. Encouraging students to go beyond their comfort zone is also a challenge for educators: at what stage does the task become...
Tags: environment, knowledge
White papers 2006-08-18
Tag(line) -- You're It; Epitomize Your Brand
Why do taglines fail to be effective? Brandweek claims to have the three-part answer: Out of laziness, advertisers often just repeat what's written in the ad. Advertisers don't find the product's unique selling proposition and don't choose a tagline that epitomizes the brand. Sometimes, a tagline isn't...
Tags: Branding, Lori Deschene, tagline, La-Z-Boy CMO, brand
Blog posts 2007-09-11
Family Physicians' Involvement and Self-Reported comfort and Skill in Care of Children With Behavioral and Emotional Problems: A Population-Based Survey
Little is known about general and family practitioners' (GP/FPs') involvement and confidence in dealing with children with common psychosocial problems and mental health conditions. The aims of this study are to ascertain GP/FPs' preferred level of involvement with, and perceived comfort and skill in dealing with children with behavioral problems,...
Tags: BioMed Central, physician, survey, health care
White papers 2005-03-11
Windy Point Building Places Emphasis on Individual Tenant comfort
The seven-story Windy Point Office Building encompasses 186,000 square feet of rented office space in Schaumburg, 10 minutes northwest of O'Hare Field. Tenants like having the ability to customize the comfort system to meet varying usage schedules and the close control of comfort levels in individual workspaces. A WSHP system...
Tags: American Standard Inc., tenant
Case studies
One Georgia Center: Atlanta, Georgia
One Georgia Center is a thirty-story, 400,000 square-foot office tower overlooking the site of the 1996 Olympic Games. The building management goals were to provide highly-detailed data on comfort and equipment status in a usable format. Integrate supply and service of comfort system components with a single supplier to assure...
Tags: American Standard Inc., tenant
Case studies
Trane Improves Occupancy of Commercial Property Using PACT
A commercial property at 1125 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri. The 20-story building consists of 205,000 square feet of space subdivided to accommodate multiple tenants. Providing reliable comfort to the building's tenants was becoming an increasing challenge. Further, the design of the building's systems was not capable of properly delivering...
Tags: Financial services, American Standard Inc., Trane, tenant, commercial property
Case studies
  • << Previous
  • page 1 of 1
  • Next >>
advertisement
Click Here.

Content Types

Case studies (2 results)
White papers (3 results)
advertisement