From monthly archives: November 2007
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AMCA’s Inmotion magazine supplements highlight important industry issues and key solutions to today’s HVAC problems. In the Fall 2007 issue, Ruskin Vice President of Sales and Marketing, John Knapp, explains why in his article Damper Leakage Rates - More Important than Ever!
According to Knapp, “All HVAC dampers, i.e., control, backdraft, fire, smoke, and combination fire/smoke, contribute to the overall efficiency of the air system. With the emphasis on “green,” sustainable buildings, IAQ, and energy savings, damper leakage rates are more important than ever. Every CFM counts!”
In this issue of AMCA Inmotion, you’ll also learn:
- The two main locations for potential damper leakage and how to design for them.
- How damper leakage is a function of pressure, not airflow.
- How AMCA’s Certified Ratings Program (CRP) ensures damper performance every time.
- About AMCA’s Certified Leakage for Smoke and Combination Fire/Smoke Dampers.
Proper selection and implementation of Ruskin Air Measuring Products can help satisfy LEED prerequisites. In Ruskin’s article LEED Ventilation and Air Measuring Products, find out how air measuring products can work for you in meeting the requirements of the ANSI/ASHRAE standard 62.1 and how this code requirement correlates to LEED EQ-P1.
In addition, if these air measuring products are licensed to bear the AMCA seal, the building designer knows that he is specifying the products with proven performance.
Ruskin's IAQ Product Marketing Manager, Tim Vogel, refers to an AMCA Inmotion October 2006 article written by Michael Ivanovich, Editor-In-Chief of HPAC magazine. Stressing the importance of AMCA certification, Mr. Ivanovich states, “Specifying products that bear the AMCA Certified Ratings Seal is a credible way to ensure accurate and dependable, equipment that performs to published ratings as required by green building designers.”
Also in LEED Ventilation and Air Measuring Products, find out how Ruskin ...
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AMCA’s Inmotion magazine supplements highlight important industry issues and key solutions to today’s HVAC problems. In the Spring 2007 issue, Ruskin’s Louver Product Marketing Manager, <st1:personname w:st="on">James Livingston, tackles the issue of louver water penetration head-on with his article titled The Value of Wind Driven Rain Resistant Louvers. The best defense against water penetration inside a building is with the design and use of wind-driven rain (WDR) louvers.
AMCA rewrote test standard 500-L to measure the effectiveness of the louver’s water repulsion system using wind-driven rain louvers. This new test standard was based on successful designs utilized in Europe.
Mr. Livingston presumes the following. “In the last decade, there have been design innovations that enable louvers to provide greater airflow capacity and increased resistance to weather infiltration. One of the most significant improvements in this re ...
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