Emme Controls (pronounced ‘M.E.’) offers an economical solution to that age-old problem: one VAV box serves, for example, four different offices, so whichever office has the thermostat is comfortable. But what about the other three offices? Tough luck, Chuck. Ya get what ya get!
Emme puts a wireless smart controller in each office and round modulating dampers with Belimo actuators in the ducts serving each room. The wireless controls constantly send data back to a central control panel, which then regulates each damper independently, so every room is comfortable.
Plus, each room can have a different set-point temperature, based on the occupant’s definition of “comfort. When the construction budget won’t allow for a full-blown Building Management System (which, let’s be honest, can be really pricey), Emme Controls offers a “BMS Lite” solution. The central control panel can regulate the temperature in every micro-zone while logging tons of data.
Besides offering high-quality, money-saving room comfort systems, we at Melia Associates LLC are excited about our partnership with Emme Controls in Conn. and Western Mass. for additional reasons:
1. Emme is based in Bristol, CT, so their talented engineering and sales staff is “right around the corner.” They’re available on short notice for meetings or job site visits with the consulting engineer, the installing contractor, the building owner, or all three.
2. Flexibility. The experts at Emme will custom-design a solution to fit just about every possible application. I’ve yet to see a project where they were not able to achieve a comfortable indoor environment and save the owner money.
3. Guarantee. Emme Controls guarantees their solution will deliver room comfort. And if it doesn’t work? Then they will provide a full refund. Yup, you read that right. If their solution does not work and the occupants are unhappy, Emme will give all the money back. (FYI, every time I hear someone from Emme offer this guarantee in a meeting, I cringe. That’s simply not the way the HVAC business operates. But that’s the way Emme operates. And so far, I am not aware of any project in our territory that did not work as planned. (But going forward, in those meetings, I’m still going to cringe a little — just because.)
If you have a project with a tight budget, but you still want to provide a “room-by-room” comfort zoning solution, Emme Controls can help. Feel free to call or email us at Melia Associates LLC, and we’ll contact the experts at Emme and get the ball rolling.
Bill Dunn, Engineering Sales, Melia Associates LLC 860-290-6969, bdunn@meliaassociates.com