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hvac Parts Cooperative's Business Plan Brings Success In Bettendorf, IA: Randa Alexander and Tony Kurtz decided it was time to go into business. The two partners purchased an existing parts supply store for appliance, heating and air conditioning equipment. Within a short period of time they relocated their store to a larger and more modern location. In addition, they joined...; Tags: HVAC, direct marketing, sales; Case studies
Revitalization of the USS Intrepid: Currently under a massive revitalization project, the Intrepid is receiving a updated HVAC system. HPSI was called in for the 2000 Op-Sail festivities and the remainder of the cooling season to provide a temporary chilled water system. After working with the Intrepid's mechanical team, HPSI developed a portable, self contained...; Tags: HVAC, team, job; Case studies
Summer Demand on Gasoline Production Limits Large Refinery at Peak Capacity: The summer demand on gasoline production limits large refinery at peak capacity. The solution is HPSI engineers temporary system that enables the refinery to increase production from 50,000 bbl per day to 55,000 bbl per day. HPSI modified the chillers with a pressurization system to create a complete self contained...; Tags: refinery, industry, environment, job; Case studies
State Agency Uses Tax Dollars Wisely: The Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS) is the central administrative agency of state government, working to, effectively implement policy and financial decisions made by the Governor and the Oregon Legislature. When DAS began experiencing high energy use in their own Public Service Building and problems with their HVAC system...; Tags: Construction, HVAC, agency, tax, financial; Case studies
ODS Health Plans Milwaukie Plaza: "A building that makes people say wow." That was the client's charge to the design team, and Interface responded by designing mechanical, electrical and lighting systems that showcased the natural beauty of the materials in the original building, yet provided occupants with optimal comfort and convenience. Interface designed systems that...; Tags: Construction, HVAC, team, performance; Case studies

Sun Microsystems Assembly Testing Facility: Sun Microsystems needed an operational facility in a minimal amount of time to begin production of a new generation of computer servers. Sun chose Interface. Interface designed a versatile heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to accommodate the tremendous heat load generated by the testing of large servers in...; Tags: Construction, HVAC, Sun Microsystems Inc., manufacturing, server, backup, computer; Case studies
Indoor Air Quality Services: Ideally, a restaurant should provide a climate in which nonsmokers and smokers can coexist comfortably. This environment may be provided by the functionality and configuration of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for the building. Meeting proper fresh air requirements and maintaining a comfortable environment for both non-smokers...; Tags: Construction, EMC Corp., HVAC, environment, benefit; Case studies
RMCS Diagnostic Services Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA): A commissary is the military equivalent of a commercial supermarket. DeCA operates 300 commissaries around the world. Refrigeration Monitoring & Control Systems (RMCS) are used by commissaries and commercial supermarkets to monitor and control refrigeration, HVAC, and lighting systems. The work for EMC was to monitor performance of refrigeration, HVAC,...; Tags: Modems, Construction, EMC Corp., HVAC, supermarket, modem, monitor, monitoring, performance; Case studies
Neff Elementary School, Lancaster, Pennsylvania: When the Manheim Township School District near Lancaster, Pennsylvania began planning a renovation and expansion of two Neff Elementary School buildings into a single facility, school officials and design professionals faced a great challenge in selecting a HVAC system. School officials needed the new HVAC system to accomplish their energy...; Tags: Construction, Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, HVAC, Pennsylvania, board; Case studies
McCullough Children's Home: Steubenville, Ohio: This study elaborates information about the McCullough Children's Home using GeoExchange system after renovation. When the time came to expand and renovate McCullough Children's Home, operated by Jefferson County, Ohio, the architect and engineer pushed hard for a geothermal HVAC system. Architect Jim Olsavsky and mechanical engineer Charlie Hill, AAPEX...; Tags: Construction, Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium, HVAC, Ohio, geothermal energy; Case studies
Plainfield High School Learns New Lessons: Plainfield, Indiana: Plainfield High School, near Indianapolis, Indiana, has learned new tricks to keep the faculty and students comfortable, improve the school's indoor air quality and reduce energy consumption. The HVAC equipment and controls upgrade was a bit more complex and was the main challenge. Mussett Nicholas was able to meet these...; Tags: Construction, American Standard Inc., HVAC, Indiana; Case studies
Ice Storage Passes the Test at ETS Campus: ETS is an internationally recognized organization that creates, administers and evaluates a wide range of educational placement and achievement tests including the SAT, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). ETS moved to this site in 1956 and has an experienced facilities...; Tags: Construction, American Standard Inc., HVAC, storage; Case studies
Goal of University hvac System: High Comfort, Low Profile: Located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Santa Clara University provides an oasis of calm beauty and traditional academic achievement. The school has also achieved a reputation for its beautiful and functional campus. The university places high priority on the function of the campus as a safe and comfortable...; Tags: Construction, American Standard Inc., HVAC, environment; Case studies
Birdville High School Campus-North Richland Hills, Texas: Geothermal System Proves to Be Buried Treasure of Birdville High: Located in the Fort Worth, Texas suburb of North Richland Hills, Birdville High School (BHS) makes a real presence among the expanding residential and commercial areas developing around it. The Birdville Independent School District (BISD) was faced with a number of challenges when designing the HVAC system for BHS. The...; Tags: Construction, American Standard Inc., HVAC, Texas, geothermal energy, security; Case studies
Queen Mary Pampers "Passengers" With U.S. EPA Award Winning Air Conditioning System: Recent updates to the Hotel Queen Mary's air conditioning system are helping to ensure that the ship's guests are kept comfortable while providing the hotel owners with award-winning and HVAC industry-leading efficiency and operating energy savings that will top $100,000 per year. Today, the Queen Mary is served by land-based...; Tags: Construction, American Standard Inc., HVAC, industry; Case studies
Temporary Comfort Cooling System for Assembly Line Workers: To help offset worker fatigue and relieve the burden of a hot working environment, a large assembly factory needed instant relief. The factory decided to install a permanent system, but due to the size of the facility and the intense summer heat, a portable system was installed until the permanent...; Tags: HVAC, worker, environment; Case studies
Temporary Comfort Cooling System for University Graduation Ceremony: The university wanted to provide air conditioning for their June 9th graduation ceremony that is held in their campus gymnasium. The requirement was to provide enough cooling capacity to keep the internal temperature at about 75F. The HPSI team went to work and developed a systems that used 600 tons...; Tags: team, cable; Case studies
Temporary 2,000 Ton Cooling Tower Systemá: Installed as a standby system of 2000 tons in case of a failure with the customers existing tower system. The towers supplied by HPSI had to be installed at an elevation higher than the existing cooling tower system to facilitate a gravity feed from the temporary tower to the permanent...; Tags: tower; Case studies
Industrial Tank Blasting and Coating: A large 196 ft. diameter, floating-roof tank was scheduled for routine maintenance. The project's scope included taking the tank's structure to a "white blast" and replacing the inner lining. HPSI was called to design a temporary system to control the relative humidity and the tank's skin temperature. HPSI designed a...; Tags: tank, cost savings, industry; Case studies
Dry Out FAA Control Tower and Administration Building: When a summer storm dropped several inches of rain in less than an hour, a FAA control tower and administrative building suddenly found itself out of power and with several inches of water throughout the building. To make matters worse, this unexpected outage happened at one of the nation's largest...; Tags: Manufacturing, FAA; Case studies