Study by Price Industries and Purdue University Explores How Office Ventilation Affects Particle Concentration
We invite you to read the full version of the Price-Purdue research article, “Investigation of airborne particle exposure in an office with mixing and displacement ventilation,” here.
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Displacement,
Employees,
HVAC,
Engineering,
Design Engineering,
CFD
The Benefits of Displacement Ventilation and Chilled Beams for Efficiency
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a high performance school as energy and resource efficient. Creating a high performance school is not difficult, but it requires an integrated, “whole building” approach from the beginning of the design process.
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LEED for Schools,
Beams,
Displacement,
System Efficiency,
HVAC Fundamentals,
HVAC,
Engineering,
Design Engineering
Energy Efficient Ventilation Effectiveness and Thermal Comfort
Displacement ventilation provides low velocity air at around 65°F that relies on buoyancy forces to drive the air motion. Supply air spreads across the floor until encountering thermal plumes from heat sources that naturally drive the clean, conditioned air up through the breathing zone. Heat and contaminants are carried up to high-level return or exhaust grilles instead of getting recycled through the space. The result is high ventilation effectiveness and improved thermal comfort delivered in an energy efficient manner.
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Displacement,
Thermal Comfort,
HVAC Fundamentals,
HVAC,
Engineering,
Design Engineering,
Tech Tip
2020 ASHRAE Technology Award Case Studies
Published in August 2020 ASHRAE Journal, written by Ryan Idema and Jesse Hendershot
Price Industries is incredibly proud to have partnered with Michigan Air Products, one of the leading manufacturer’s representatives for commercial and industrial HVAC solutions, on this sizeable and impressive project.
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Displacement,
Thermal Comfort,
HVAC,
Engineering,
Design Engineering,
ASHRAE 62,
Engineering Update
Leveraging Displacement Ventilation & Displacement Chilled Beams
There is a growing demand within North American school districts for their schools’ buildings to perform more efficiently within shrinking budgets, while simultaneously accommodating the introduction of new technologies into the classroom and operating for 50-70 years in an ever-changing environment.
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Topics:
LEED for Schools,
Beams,
Displacement,
HVAC Fundamentals,
HVAC,
Engineering,
Tech Tip,
Engineering Update