Atlanta’s Monarch Centre wins energy-efficiency distinction for Innovative Solutions for LEED
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has released a video case history detailing how an innovative Bell & Gossett variable speed system helped the Monarch Centre in Atlanta become an award-winning building.
Featuring interviews with the engineers who designed, installed and maintain the innovative variable speed pumping system, the video case history chronicles how an inefficient chilled water system was retrofitted into an energy-efficient “star”.
Constructed in 1983, the Monarch Centre consisted of a very big “energy” hub, according to chief building engineer Ralph Kowalke. The two condenser pumps and two chilled water pumps were inefficient and had trouble servicing the two chillers and providing a reliable supply of water to the top floor.
Engineers from James M. Pleasants Company, Xylem’s local Bell & Gossett representative, worked with the consulting mechanical engineering firm to replace the chillers with a primary secondary variable speed pumping system.
Travis Palladino, sales engineer with James M. Pleasants Company explained, “There are always challenges involved in retrofit chilled water projects. There are space concerns and proper selection of equipment. Working with the local engineering team, we agreed that the Bell & Gossett series 1510 base mounted end suction pump was the best pumping solution for this project.”
The results – Monarch Centre won the Energy Star Award in 2011 and received the coveted LEED Silver Certification in 2012. The video case history, part of the Bell & Gossett Solves It series, provides greater detail on how they achieved this.
Bell & Gossett Solves It is a comprehensive collection of case study videos that showcase innovative solutions to known industry issues solved by the systems expertise and robust product portfolio offered by Bell & Gossett. The videos highlight the actual installations and feature interviews with the engineers who design, install and maintain the systems.
About Xylem Applied Water Systems
Xylem’s Applied Water Systems (AWS) comprises global brands that work together and deliver premium products, comprehensive solutions and unmatched application expertise to meet the demanding needs of growing populations, communities and industries. The range of energy-efficient pumps, boosters, drives, valves, controllers and water systems support numerous applications in building services, general industrial, food and beverage, marine and agricultural markets around the world. For more information on AWS and its leading brands visitwww.xylemappliedwater.com.
About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Launched in 2011 from the spinoff of the water-related businesses of ITT Corporation, Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with 2011 revenues of $3.8 billion and 12,500 employees worldwide.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all — that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us atwww.xyleminc.com.
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