Armstrong In The Media

The sustainable plumbing, HVAC and construction industry made its message known in the nation’s capital.

As seen on pmengineer.com – December 17, 2015

The sustainable plumbing, HVAC and construction industry made its message known in the nation’s capital Nov. 17-20 at the 2015 Greenbuild Expo at the Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C.

As seen on cabuildingsnews.com – December 2015

Manufacturers and Service Providers Offer a Variety of Products and Strategies

HVAC SYSTEMS CAN USE AS MUCH AS 40% OF A BUILDING’S ENERGY, says the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric. “When properly designed, implemented, and operated, these systems ensure the comfort of the people in the facility in addition to ensuring the quality and financial viability of the processes and products produced. However, while simple in concept, most air handling systems are dynamically com­plex and highly interactive. A disturbance in one element can ripple out and affect the stability and viability of the entire system and the utility systems serving the air handling unit. In some cases, these issues manifest themselves in a manner that demands correction; tenants complain, product quality becomes substandard, or in extreme cases, the area serves becomes un-inhabitable.

As seen on achrnews.com – December 7, 2015

Variable-speed technology and controls improve pump efficiency, ease of installation

In hydronic heating and cooling systems, circulator pumps move water or refrigerant throughout a closed-loop system in order to transfer energy from the source to the point of need. While older circulator pumps utilized single-speed motors and were largely inefficient, advances in motor technology, controls, and pump design have transformed the market and ushered in a new era of highly efficient products that feature variable-speed motors, easy installation and setup, remote connectivity, and more.

As seen on heatinghelp.com – December 1, 2015

Armstrong Fluid Technology has announced the introduction of its IPS 4000 (Integrated Pumping System), an advanced multi-zone control that directly integrates with pumping units to optimize energy performance, system handling and installation.

By Dominic Cutts

Director – System Solutions at Armstrong Fluid Technology

Datacenters present the HVAC system designer with a number of challenges. Cooling loads are significantly higher than other commercial buildings, and there are specific demands relating to the sizing of equipment and the shorter-than-average upgrade cycle. Most importantly, system designers face a raft of regulatory guidelines around the energy efficiency performance of data centres, and the systems they specify are scrutinised closely throughout their lifecycles. So how do these challenges impact on design strategy?

As seen on heatinghelp.com - November 20, 2015

Armstrong Fluid Technology has announced the introduction of its Generation Three Design Envelope pumps featuring 33 advanced energy savings models ranging in sizes from one to 75HP.  All of these pumps are available for two to 10 day express shipment.

By Wayne Rose

Global Marketing Manager at Armstrong Fluid Technology

In recent years datacenters have been faced with two conflicting priorities. The requirement for cooling continues to increase, driving up energy consumption, but there is also a growing need to reduce carbon footprint.

According to the National Resources Defense Council, datacenter energy consumption in the US is forecast to to reach 140 billion kWh by 2020, making the datacenter industry the largest user of energy in the US.

As seen on oilandgas360 : November 6, 2015

TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2015 /CNW/ - Last night, participants in CivicAction's smart energy office challenge took sustainability to new heights, celebrating a drop of close to 193 million ekWh or 12.1 per cent in collective energy use over four years, charging past the program's four-year target of 10 per cent. That's equivalent to taking more than 4,200 cars off the road and putting $13.7 millionback into office landlords' and tenants' pockets.

By Dominic Cutts

Director – System Solutions at Armstrong Fluid Technology

The HVAC industry is awash with acronyms but, if you are designing, installing or maintaining systems for datacenters, then the acronym that really matters is PUE. The PUE™ (Power usage effectiveness) metric provides a universal benchmark against which the environmental performance of every datacenter can be measured. It has been developed by The Green Grid Association (a non-profit, open industry consortium of end users, policy makers, technology providers, facility architects, and utility companies) and carries significant weight within the datacenter community. Whilst the guidelines issued by Green Grid and others (such as the EU Code of Conduct on Datacenters' Energy Efficiency) are currently voluntary rather than mandatory, these initiatives for accreditation and benchmarking of environmental performance provide powerful commercial advantages for those datacenter operators able to differentiate themselves through investment in energy efficiency.

As seen on facilitiesnet.com: November 2, 2015

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