Bourdon Tube Advantage Investigation

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Significant savings for school

This HVAC case study examines the heating control systems in the oldest high school in Peterborough, Ontario, and proposes energy-efficient improvements.

DX Cooling Opportunity

HVAC systems that mix fresh air and building return air to varying quantities for cooling purposes often have control logic comparing the total heat content of the outdoor to the total heat content of the return air.

Prove me wrong!

I am not someone who likes uncertainty. I am an energy researcher. When a result does not match the prediction, you find the error, fix it, and move on. For years, I could not find the error. My device kept outperforming what the standard calculations said it should be able to do. Consistently. Repeatedly. By around 26 percent. So I did the one thing that made me genuinely nervous — I handed everything to an independent expert and asked him to prove me wrong.

HVAC logic improvements

APS has developed many unique HVAC logic circuits: improving comfort and reducing energy consumption. The reductions caused the avoidance of over 60,000 person-years of GHG emissions with a three-person crew.

Why is your building still hot and stuffy?

Why is your building still hot and stuffy even after professional air balancing? A commercial building kept getting uncomfortable in the afternoons.
Three different air balancing companies tried to fix it… But nothing worked.

Questions?

This investigation is intended as a stepping stone to methods significantly addressing the climate change issue. We wish to partner with the R&D division of a major manufacturer, regularly using bourdon tubes, to assess the relationship between experimental findings with Bourdon tubes and their relationship to the Laws of Thermodynamics.