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Efficiency Gains Neutralize Install Costs on Daikin's VRV-W
Daikin’s VRV-W Boosts Efficiency at CVEC
SVL served as the Manufacturer’s Representative for Daikin‘s recent VRV-W Water Source Heat Recovery System installation. Matt Davids was instrumental in providing the proper information needed for this project.
Chippewa Valley Electric Corporation (CVEC) needed an HVAC system to showcase at their new office. Therefore the new system had to be highly efficient, low maintenance, quiet, comfortable, and centrally controlled. Additionally, a variety of systems were reviewed for the project, from traditional water source heat pumps (WSHP) to four-pipe fan coils. Finally, the best option was a Daikin water-cooled VRV-W heat recovery system with i-Touch Manager with BACnet® interface.
Unlike the previous office space with electric baseboard heating, the highly efficient Daikin VRV-W heat recovery system was a welcomed upgrade. “They cost about the same to install as WSHP systems and also offer additional efficiency and maintenance benefits. Owners like the idea of being able to consolidate the compressors in one location as well”, Todd Armstrong, Apex Engineering.
The seamlessly integrated with the equipment controls is particularly important for this efficient system. “It would have probably taken a third-party controls sub-contractor hundreds of hours to program and integrate the system. It only took SVL, with the help of Daikin technicians, two days to start-up the entire system.” Equally as impressed with the system has been CVEC themselves, “The power bill for the entire year, using the VRV system, was equal to one month’s heating bill with the old system,” said Russ Falkenberg, Director of IT and Member Services, CVEC.
Daikin Equipment
- 18-Ton VRV W-III Water Source Heat Recovery
- 4 Branch Selector Boxes
- 13 FXMQ DC-Ducted Concealed Ceiling Unit
- FXUQ 4-Way Blow Ceiling-Suspended Cassette (1)
- Intelligent Touch Manager (iTM) (1)
- BACnet® Client (1)
- BACnet® Server with add-on control modules (1)
- 14 BRC1E73 Navigation Remote Controller