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Eisenhower Medical Center acquires 13 new Parker Boilers
Parker Boiler features Western Allied Corporation on front page of their annual newsletter as “prominent medical facility in the Southern California desert acquired 13 new Parker Boilers to handle the steam and heating load of a new expansion building. Three G1536RL Hot Water Boilers handle th...
Fletcher Jones Motorcars is Reducing Power Demand Through Thermal Energy Storage
As part of a renovation to Fletcher Jones Motorcars flagship Newport Beach location, thermal energy storage is being employed to reduce the total power demand on the electrical system by shifting part of the HVAC load to nighttime “off peak” hours. Power consumption on most electrical distributi...
ICON at Sunset Bronson Awarded Best Project by ENR California
A panel of judges reviewed and discussed nearly 100 projects to determine this year’s list of outstanding work. Western Allied is proud to provide building management controls to ICON. Read more about the project here. On October 11, awards for projects located in Southern California will be p...
Large Multinational Media and Entertainment Company Selects Flexible Building Control System Powered by Echelon System on a Chip
Echelon Corporation (ELON) today announced that the company’s new FT 6050 multi-protocol system on a chip is being used in a building automation system being installed at a large, multinational media and entertainment company in Southern California. Read more here: Large Multinational Media an...
Drones Take Flight Over HVAC
Currently viewed as a relatively unknown job site asset, it’s quite possible that drones may soon become commonplace for commercial HVAC technicians nationwide. Source: Drones Take Flight Over HVAC | 2017-06-05 | ACHRNEWS...
Achieving Net Zero Energy and More!
The Electrical Training Institute (ETI) located in Commerce, California, decided to achieve net zero plus (NZP) status for all of the right reasons. As the training center for the IBEW Local 11 electricians, they wanted to show that they are at the forefront of the dynamic world of power generation ...
Echelon Corp. Delivers First-of-its-Kind Converged Controller for Buildings, Lighting and other IoT Applications
Converged controller for buildings, lighting and IoT applications with power line meshing, enables customers to expand the reach, scale and performanc Source: Echelon Corp. Delivers First-of-its-Kind Converged Controller for Buildings, Lighting and other IoT Applications | Business Wire...
Your Ears: Your Best Diagnostic Tool
Don’t laugh. I often get that reaction when I tell people that the single best diagnostic tool that we possess in HVAC is our ears. But it is true! Sound contains more information than can be fully understood, and that is...
Humidifiers; Why Don’t They Work Right?
Obviously, some humidifiers don’t work simply because they were not maintained properly. Others don’t work because they were applied improperly, or some installation issues were never addressed. For a discussion of some of these ...