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Field Tested: INNOVA’s PTHP Uses 75% Less Power Over its Competition

Over an identical, independently monitored winter period, INNOVA’s PTHP delivered better comfort - a steadier, more even room temperature - at less than one quarter of the power consumed by an advanced competing cold-climate PTHP.

What’s the Best HVAC System for Hospitality? 5 Options Compared

Guest room HVAC is one of those decisions that quietly shapes a hotel’s entire reputation. Guests don’t leave reviews about your lobby’s HVAC system. They leave reviews about the one rattling next to their bed at 2 a.m. Thinking about renovating, retrofitting, or building from scratch? Here’s a breakdown of the real options on the table and what actually separates them.

Should You Close HVAC Vents in Unused Rooms During Summer?

It’s a hot summer’s day, the central air system is cooling an entire floor, but a room is unoccupied. It seems intuitive: Close the vent in the empty room, and the conditioned air flow will be forced into the rooms and spaces actually in use. The logic appears sound. Engineering tells a different story.

What do rimless toilets and HVAC systems have in common?

For over a century, we’ve accepted that AC means a loud, bulky outdoor box with an equally unappealing indoor unit. We’re so used to the constant hum outside our windows, and condenser-crowded balconies that it’s become literal and figurative background noise. They’re just there, and we rarely complain.