Fujitsu, Ventacity to offer “smart HVAC solution” for commercial buildings
Solution to control Fujitsu’s VRF system load to keep buildings at set-point temperatures, says company official.
Chicago, Illinois, USA, 12 February, 2018: Fujitsu General America has partnered with Portland, Oregon-based Ventacity Systems to offer a smart HVAC controls solution for commercial buildings, said Sal D’Auria, Founder and CEO, Ventacity Systems.
Speaking on the development, D’Auria said: “Our partnership with Fujitsu will take the HVAC industry into the 21st century. With this solution, HVAC contractors will be able to apply modern cloud-based technology and simple automated processes to provide commercial buildings with a healthier and efficient built-environment.”
Further elaborating, D’Auria said, the solution is a combination of Ventacity’s energy-efficient ventilation and the HVAC 2 Smarter Building Platform Whole-Building Controls with Fujitsu’s full line of Air stage variable refrigerant flow (VRF) cooling and heating systems.
“The plug-and-play integration between the Airstage system and the cloud-enabled, heat recovery ventilator effectively controls the VRF system load to keep the building at a set-point temperature, while ventilating as per ASHRAE standard 62.1,” he added.
Highlighting another feature of the solution, D’Auria said, “The platform is connected to a cloud-based system that provides real-time monitoring of buildings and captures vital analytics for better optimisation.”