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Four Ways to Save Money with a Smarter Apartment Building

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As most apartment building managers will tell you, energy costs are one of the most significant operating expenses in commercial buildings. Inside those energy costs, heating and Domestic Hot Water are two of the most significant expenses, especially in older buildings constructed before energy efficiency standards were established. In the past, the primary way to reduce heating costs was through major investments in new boilers, piping, valves, radiators, windows and building insulation. While these investments can certainly be warranted, especially if your system is more than 15 years old, that didn’t always fix the problem with apartment 2E being so cold, and 4H being overheated. Smart building controls with internet accessibility and wireless space sensors have given building managers another option. With smart building controls like the Heat-Timer® Platinum series for boiler management , or the Heat-Timer® ETV for control of Domestic Hot Water. You can significantl...

Hydronic Heating Controls for Smaller Systems

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Smaller commercial buildings, or large homes can also benefit from sophisticated boiler and domestic hot water heating controls.  I mean everyone wants to save money on fuel don’t they? If you have a large home or run a small commercial building, your energy bills in winter can easily run thousands of dollars per month. In this realm, Heat-Timer® offers the highly affordable Digi-Span® series of Heating Controls. For HVAC technicians the term “light commercial” applies to describe this class of boiler configurations. There are several configurations that Digi-Span ® is commonly used with : Single boiler system, with a system pump and a domestic hot water pump. Two boiler systems, or a two stage fired boiler with a system pump. A system with three individual boilers. Can be used to modulate a 3-way valve to achieve better control of building heat Can be used to provide residential snow-melt control. Borrowing from technology developed for ou...