Smart building owners know how to manage their IEQ.

Today's building owners, facilities managers, architects and engineers are constantly challenged to make new and existing buildings as energy efficient, clean and green as possible, while also keeping occupants safe and operational costs down.

Unfortunately, conventional approaches used to monitor and control building ventilation aren’t much help. They may track temperature, but don’t usually monitor air cleanliness, humidity, CO2 , VOC or particles. And despite their high first costs and ongoing maintenance costs, these systems don’t always provide the required accuracy for reliable control.

What the commercial building industry needs is a smart, affordable way to manage energy use, cut greenhouse gas emissions and still keep building occupants safe and comfortable. Now there is an answer.

OptiNet^TM – an ingenious way to save money and gain LEED^TM points.

Introducing the OptiNet™ Facility Monitoring System from Aircuity®, award-winning technology designed to cost-effectively reduce a facility’s number one operating expense – energy – while simultaneously improving the building’s indoor environmental quality and reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.

All types of public buildings, including offices, laboratories, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, data centers, museums, convention centers and sports arenas, can significantly improve building performance through the accurate, real-time data that OptiNet continuously feeds into building control systems. In fact, many building owners realize a payback of first costs in less than two years. OptiNet is installed at the U.S. Green Building Council Headquarters and will also be installed at The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers world headquarters.

OptiNet Systems can help building owners attain up to eight LEED points, to reach Silver certification status, or move from Silver to Gold or from Gold to Platinum.

The LEED™ Building Rating System for New Construction has three categories for which the OptiNet system will enable and generate LEED credits:

We can help you increase your IEQ and reduce your energy costs.

Ingenuity IEQ offers a portfolio of integrated solutions for indoor environmental quality. We can provide the tools and expertise to evaluate your facility, determine your potential energy savings and assist in the LEED™ certification process. To find out more, visit us at www.ingenuityieq.com or call us at 1-800-669-9726.

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Making a difference.

As one of the premier research universities in the United States, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, conducts research in multiple disciplines on its 500-acre campus. In keeping with its core value of civic leadership, Case Western Reserve has made energy conservation a top priority for its campus facilities, including the Wolstein Research Building, which supports a wide range of research activity.

"The Case Western Reserve facilities team determined that the Wolstein Building was one of the largest sources of energy consumption on campus. Like most modern research facilities, the Wolstein laboratories utilized energy-conserving variable air volume (VAV) controls. Despite the use of VAV controls for fume hoods, the air change rates in many of the laboratories were based on previously established standards, and thus were heating and cooling much more outdoor air than needed to maintain comfort and safety in the lab. "It was at this point that Ingenuity IEQ introduced us to the OptiNet System from Aircuity and showed us how it could dramatically reduce our energy consumption," said Joe Ferritto, Assistant Director of Facilities.

As a first step, Case Western Reserve representatives visited Aircuity headquarters in Boston and inspected an OptiNet installation at Harvard University. They were so impressed they asked Ingenuity IEQ to develop a comprehensive proposal and energy savings model for the Wolstein Research Building. Based on the business case and payback schedule, Case Western Reserve administrators decided to install OptiNet on one floor of the multi-story Wolstein building to validate the energy savings, knowing that the OptiNet system is easily scalable and could be expanded to the entire building in the future.

The OptiNet system is now in place at Wolstein, fully integrated into the laboratory airflow control system and already demonstrating energy savings. The system provides continuous real-time data feedback through a password-protected website, making monitoring and tracking easy.

When Ferritto and his team complete their analysis, they expect to have the energy savings data to justify the expansion of the OptiNet technology to the rest of the Wolstein laboratories and, potentially, other buildings on campus. "We sold this to our administration based on the projected cost savings and reduced energy consumption," Ferritto commented. “Our initial data indicates that we will realize those benefits, as well as a demonstrated improvement in air quality. So far, it looks like a smart investment.”

Downloadable resources:

• You don’t get a second chance to build a laboratory that works. (PDF)
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