SOUTHAMPTON, PA.—Commercial customers are saving 5 to 12 percent on water utility bills with a new Conservation Water Valve. A Pennsylvania energy consulting company is helping large water users nationwide reduce rising water bills at the source. Their patented valve is designed to slow water turbulence and compress air. The air in the pipes is plentiful, and for heavy users can equate to thousands or tens of thousands every month. This costly air serves no benefit, it is never requested and there won’t be a refund.Many are surprised to find that every building owner nationwide is faced with the...

NEW CASTLE, PA.—Berner International Corp., a leading U.S. manufacturer and innovator of air curtains, expanded its In-Ceiling Mount (ICM) Series by adding the FCB, the HVAC industry’s first in-ceiling flush mount air curtain rated for doorways with up to 16-foot-high ceilings in hotels, hospitals, office buildings, schools and other commercial facilities.Efficient one-hp motors combined with Berner’s proprietary Pro-V Nozzle design, which generates 50 percent more velocity at the floor versus standard ceiling mount units, makes the FCB’s 16-foot range possible. The improved velocity also allows for lower speed operation resulting in up to half the decibel ratings and energy...

HAILEY, IDAHO—Rocky Mountain Hardware, a leading manufacturer of solid bronze architectural hardware, is entering into a collaboration with Olin Brass to produce antimicrobial copper surface hardware.In announcing the relationship, Christian Nickum, Rocky Mountain’s CEO, said, “This represents a major leap for us. We’ll be marking our 20th anniversary in 2014, and this opens the door to a whole new category of business with the wellness industry where architectural hardware needs can now be answered not only with a distinctive aesthetic and proven Made in America quality product, but also with a new generation surface recognized by the U.S. EPA...

ATLANTA—Tools and techniques for measuring, managing and improving the performance of a facility as demonstrated by its energy and water use and indoor environmental quality, are contained in a new ASHRAE guide.“This is the book that facility managers, building operators, technicians, consultants, commissioning authorities, architects and design engineers need to ensure that their buildings are green, energy efficient, highly productive, healthy and attractive to others,” said Jim Bochat, chair of the project committee that wrote the book. “This guide gives building owners and their consultants the practical performance measurement guidance to meet market demands for keeping operating costs down...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Green Suites Hotel Solutions as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Green Suites Hotel Solutions offers amenity dispensers in four different designs. Dispensers offer savings from 30 to 70 percent when compared to traditional bottles and bars. Dispensers are available with high quality, name brand products (pre-filled or bulk) such as Sonoma, Paya, Aromaland, Scan, and Natura. Green Suites Hotel Solutions’ EcoSense Dispenser Program is a no-cost capital program that reduces dispenser costs to just pennies per occupied room per day.Call (800) 224-4451, e-mail sales@greensuites.com, or...

FRANKLIN PARK, ILL.—The wall-mount model of the BASYS faucet platform, now available from Sloan, is ideal for restrooms in high-end commercial environments, including hotels, restaurants, resorts and spas. The new wall-mount faucet is part of the BASYS platform of modular, sensor-activated faucets with advanced, interchangeable features and selectable operational modes.Options for the BASYS wall-mount faucet include:Three spray modules: Choose from different flow rates: a low-flow multi-laminar spray (0.5 gallon per minute), full stream aerated, and a full stream laminar flow (1.5 gpm), which has a wide water presentation unlike any other sensor faucet.Unique installation: The spout attaches directly to...

GRANVILLE, OHIO—Acuity Brands, Inc. introduces Wallpack LED luminaires from Holophane that deliver up to 6,500 lumens while reducing energy consumption by as much as 77 percent compared to traditional lighting units. Ideal for replacing 35-watt to 400-watt metal halide fixtures, Wallpack LED luminaires are designed with the same classic appearance that made the Wallpack line popular. Wallpack LED fixtures are offered in two styles with die-cast aluminum housing: W4G with prismatic glass lens and W4P with a polycarbonate lens for lower mounting heights requiring vandal resistance.Available with 10, 20 or 30 LEDs, Wallpack LED luminaires employ individual optics over...

NEW YORK—Xero Flor America (XFA) announced the selection of the Xero Flor Green Roof System for the 292,000-square-foot green roof being installed atop the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center of New York. With 840,000 gross square feet of exhibit space, the Javits Center is New York City’s largest convention center and hosts about 150 events annually. Headquartered in Durham, N.C., XFA is the official and exclusive distributor in the United States of the Xero Flor Green Roof System from XeroFlor Green Solutions, which is based in Germany.The Javits Center has embarked on a major renovation project that includes replacement...

WESTPORT, CONN.—Rheem Manufacturing Co. was selected as the 2013 AHR Expo Product of the Year Award winner for its H2AC Rooftop Unit, a restaurant integrated AC and water heating system.During a special ceremony at the world’s largest HVACR expo in Dallas on January 29, it was announced that the product that Rheem entered was selected from among the 10 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners as the Product of the Year. The new product features refrigerant-to-water heat recovery that can reduce the water heater’s energy consumption by an estimated 50 percent. Rheem was an Innovation Award winner in the Cooling...

JARKARTA, INDONESIA—The Massindo Group, the sole distributor of Protect-A-Bed products and owner of the Comforta mattress brand in Indonesia, donated 60 foam mattresses to victims of a massive flood that is immobilizing Jakarta. Massindo Group employees, together with the Kopassus, the Special Command Forces in the region, distributed mattresses, food, flashlights, bottled water and medication to flood victims last week.The flooding began on January 17 and many areas are still under water. Concerned the waters are not receding, the Massindo Group wanted to help flood victims who did not evacuate. “As we understand so far, many individuals preferred to...