Mechanical Technology

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Heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning

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Mechanical Technology — August 2015

correct heating, ventilation and

air conditioning (HVAC) man-

agement strategy can make a

facility more than just suitable

for occupation; it can drive productivity

and cost savings. To help organisations

refine control of indoor environmental

quality, Johnson Controls has introduced

a welcome innovation in managing HVAC

systems – Commercial Comfort Systems.

Says Neil Cameron, general manager,

Johnson Controls Building Efficiency:

“Facility and energy costs make up a

large percentage of company costs but

research shows that organisations spend

almost 72 times as much on people.

Even a small percentage improvement

in productivity through improved indoor

environmental quality can thus make

a significant impact on a company’s

bottom line. Our Commercial Comfort

System approach is designed to help

companies achieve this.”

Johnson Controls has announced an innovation that it calls ‘Commercial

Comfort Systems’, which seeks to use its comprehensive range of products

and control solutions to customise workplace environments to best suit

comfort and efficiency requirements.

Johnson Controls introduces

York LX Series packaged units, a new stan-

dard in residential and commercial heating and cooling.

Johnson Controls’ Commercial Comfort

Systems combine the company’s HVAC

solutions and control systems with its deep

sector knowledge, skills and process exper-

tise to offers holistic HVAC approaches that

promote productivity, efficiency, affordability

and reliability.

Commercial comfort for improved productivity

Indoor environmental quality encom-

passes air temperature and humidity,

lighting, acoustics and air quality. The

costs of getting this wrong, either through

bad building design, operational strate-

gies or inappropriate HVAC solutions,

can be counted in absenteeism, health

costs and productivity loss – all of which

impact the performance of the business.

Johnson Controls’ Commercial

Comfort Systems combine the company’s

HVAC solutions and control systems with

its deep sector knowledge, skills and pro-

cess expertise to give users more options.

The Commercial Comfort System of-

fers a holistic HVAC approach that:

• Supports achievement and productiv-

ity via occupant comfort.

• Provides the economic benefits as-

sociated with efficient operation and

energy savings.

• Delivers financial value – affordability

and reliability.

Explains Cameron: “To our broad range

of mechanical systems, we add inte-

grated controls for the building envi-

ronment. Whether our customers use

disparate lower specification solutions

like our rooftop and split system units,

or higher spec equipment, or both, we

can integrate these solutions using our

extensive range of HVAC controls.

“Our customisable packages are as

easy to set up as a home entertain-

ment system. The controls offer

greater flexibility in meeting

heating and cooling needs,

helping our customers achieve

the comfort and performance

benefits of a totally integrated system.”

Among the features offered by control

systems are:

• Time scheduling to maximise effi-

ciency and minimise energy use – e.g,

by setting equipment to work only

during business hours.

• Trend reporting – e.g, on humidity and

air quality) enables facility manage-

ment to adjust HVAC equipment to

maximise efficiencies and comfort,

and ensure health standards or regula-

tions are met.

• Zoning features, which allow zoning

of areas for independent control of

clusters of equipment – e.g, on differ-

ent aspects of the building, in areas

where sensitive equipment is used,

or where specific activities demand

different treatment.

“In the majority of companies, the people

are the business,” emphasises Cameron.

“Improving employee engagement, sat-

isfaction, productivity and loyalty are

important to the performance of the

organisation. Our Commercial Comfort

Systems make it easier to leverage that

advantage,” he concludes.