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VASEY Facility Solutions - Department of Energy

Are You Ready? Change is Around the Corner.

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Are You Ready? Change is Around the Corner.

By VASEY|2022-11-08T14:46:00-05:00November 8th, 2022|Categories: HVAC|Tags: Climate Change, Government Regulations, HVAC, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions|

Effective January 1, 2023 VASEY works with a variety of industry-leading HVAC manufacturers. As 2022 draws closer to its end, we are receiving regular updates about the new 2023 Department of Energy’s (DOE) new minimum efficiency standards for commercial packaged HVAC requirements. Why is this Occurring? These changes are a part of DOE’s ongoing efforts to reduce the United States’ energy consumption. ALL HVAC manufacturers will be required to comply with the new testing procedures and standards. While complexities exist during this transition, VASEY is here to help you navigate them smoothly. Every six years the Department of Energy (DOE) reanalyzes the effects of energy usage, sets minimum efficiency requirements and manages the testing standards by which those efficiencies are measured. In 2018 the [...]

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VASEY Facility Solutions - Roof Top HVAC Unit

Get Ready! New DOE Efficiency Regulations

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Get Ready! New DOE Efficiency Regulations

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Get Ready! New DOE Efficiency Regulations

By VASEY|2022-06-20T12:20:31-04:00June 13th, 2022|Categories: HVAC|Tags: Climate Change, HVAC, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions|

The Department of Energy (DOE) in response to the climate crisis has increased the minimum Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) standard from 80% to 90% for all new heating and cooling units to move America closer to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.1 For example, a high-efficiency gas furnace with an AFUE of 97 percent creates 97 BTUs of heat with every 100 BTUs of gas it uses. The rest is typically lost to the outdoors and flue emissions. A higher AFUE means greater efficiency. The DOE sets the minimum efficiency standards for ALL heating and cooling equipment manufacturers. Currently, it is 80 percent. Effective January 1, 2023, the new minimum efficiency will be 90 percent. What does that mean to you? Typically, the more efficient [...]

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VASEY Facility Solutions - Sycamore Schools

Sycamore School Updates Air Filtration Before Students Return

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Sycamore School Updates Air Filtration Before Students Return

Air Purification, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality

Sycamore School Updates Air Filtration Before Students Return

By VASEY|2020-10-08T15:02:11-04:00October 8th, 2020|Categories: Air Purification, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality|Tags: Air Filtration System, Indoor Air Quality, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions|

INDIANAPOLIS — Sycamore School in Indianapolis is updating its air filtration system to keep students and staff safe. The private school on the north side reopened August 13 with in-person instruction only. The new air system cost the school about $40,000 and will "clean the air of SARS, which includes COVID, also cold and flu viruses, dust and mold," according to the Head of School Diane Borgmann. Complete air exchange is supposed to occur every 10 minutes. The school will also implement extra cleaning, install automatic faucets and soap dispensers in bathrooms, and provide plexiglass for in-between students when they have to work in groups. As of now, Sycamore School is not offering simultaneous virtual classes as an option for students. "That’s not to say [...]

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VASEY Facility Solutions - COVID-19/Air Purification

Which is Better – Bipolar Ionization or Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation?

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Which is Better – Bipolar Ionization or Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation?

Air Purification, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality

Which is Better – Bipolar Ionization or Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation?

By VASEY|2021-05-13T11:37:08-04:00May 15th, 2020|Categories: Air Purification, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality|Tags: BI Technology, Bipolar Ionization, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Ultraviolet Light Germicidal Irradiation, UVGI Technology, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions|

By installing a Bipolar Ionization (BI) or Ultraviolet Light Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) system within your HVAC system, you can reduce or even eliminate airborne particles such as bacteria, virus cells, mold, allergens, odors, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). What is Bipolar Ionization (BI) Technology? Bipolar Ionization technology produces a natural bio-climate rich in positive and negative ions much like sunlight does in the atmosphere. The negative ions contain an extra electron while the positive ions are missing an electron resulting in an unstable condition. To re-stabilize, these bipolar ions seek out atoms and molecules in the air to trade electrons with, effectively neutralizing particulate matter, bacteria and virus cells, odorous gases and aerosols, and VOCs. What is Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI)? As radiation, Ultraviolet (UV) [...]

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Fact or Fiction?

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Fact or Fiction?

HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Preventive Maintenance

Fact or Fiction?

By VASEY|2020-02-08T14:59:08-05:00February 7th, 2020|Categories: HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Preventive Maintenance|Tags: Heating and Cooling, Indoor Air Quality, Manufacturing, Religious Facilities, Restaurants, Retail, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions, Warehouse Facilities|

It’s a FACT! Our technician traveled to a nearby church — the before, a draft inducer, barely held together by spittle, rust, and dirt. The draft inducer is designed specifically to ensure that combustion gases are vented properly out of the furnace to the outside. We called the manufacturer. The lead time to order and ship a new fan – a whopping EIGHT weeks!! That means, the church would be affected in the months of October through December – without proper air circulation. We all know how fickle Mother Nature can be in Indiana. We weren’t satisfied with status quo. Our solution? We built a new fan 100% from scratch and the system was up and running in a week. At VASEY, we have [...]

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Server Room Cooling for Toyota!

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Server Room Cooling for Toyota!

Building Automation, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality

Server Room Cooling for Toyota!

By VASEY|2019-08-15T15:57:11-04:00May 9th, 2019|Categories: Building Automation, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality|Tags: Building Automation, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions|

Toyota Industrial Equipment has been a VASEY service and project customer since 2011. The Toyota’s server room cooling system connected to production ceased operation. Consequently, the server was overheating. If left unattended the server would crash and production would come to a halt. VASEY received an emergency service call in the middle of the night. With VASEY’s 24/7/365 service operation and highly skilled technicians, the server room cooling system was repaired with no adverse effect to production. By the next morning, VASEY had the cooling system up and running. More importantly, manufacturing and production kept running without any interruptions.

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VASEY Facility Solutions - Portable Clean Rooms

Tight Spaces, Small Places – No Problem!

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Tight Spaces, Small Places – No Problem!

HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Mobile Lab, Modular Devices, Portable Clean Rooms, Portable Labs, Videos

Tight Spaces, Small Places – No Problem!

By VASEY|2019-08-15T15:57:23-04:00April 15th, 2019|Categories: HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Mobile Lab, Modular Devices, Portable Clean Rooms, Portable Labs, Videos|Tags: Clean Room, HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, Mobile Lab, Modular Devices, Portable Clean Rooms, Portable Labs, Refrigeration Service Engineers Society, RSES, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions, Video|

Recently, VASEY Commercial Facility Solutions hosted a Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) meeting at a client’s facility, Modular Devices, Inc. Modular Devices manufactures mobile Cath and CT lab units which are available to rent or purchase. Cleanroom Design LLC is an industry expert in cleanroom consultation, design, engineering, construction and installation of turnkey cleanroom applications. The portable labs (manufactured by Modular Devices) require state-of-the-art technology and health-protecting equipment to fit into a small footprint. The 50 million-dollar question, what’s the best way to heat, cool, and purify the environment while maximizing energy efficiencies? Oh, by the way, it must be done in a lab unit that’s 65 feet long by 8.5 feet wide ̶ maximum ̶ the same size as a semi-trailer. By leveraging [...]

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VASEY Facility Solutions - Free Methodist Church/World Ministry Center

Sometimes You Just Need a Tune-Up!

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Sometimes You Just Need a Tune-Up!

HVAC, Indoor Air Quality

Sometimes You Just Need a Tune-Up!

By VASEY|2019-03-09T20:16:30-05:00March 9th, 2019|Categories: HVAC, Indoor Air Quality|Tags: HVAC, Indoor Air Quality, VASEY, VASEY Facility Solutions|

Free Methodist Church/World Ministry Center has been a VASEY service and project customer since 2014. They have struggled with their building for years – rising utility and maintenance costs with little to no increase in performance. Another service provider couldn’t provide any solutions for their past and present issues. Over a series of multiple service calls, one of VASEY’s highly skilled, trained and experienced technicians analyzed the existing system and increased the power circuit from 70 to 100 percent. Additionally, VASEY performed several retrofits and upgrades without replacing the core system. VASEY could have capitalized on an unneeded and expensive retrofit. That wasn’t in Free Methodist’s best interest. VASEY continued to support their existing 20-year-old equipment. Simply by bringing the existing system up to maximum [...]

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