by Haglid Engineering | Jan 9, 2019 | Energy Recovery Ventilation Systems, Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation Systems
The importance of a fresh air intake vent. Does your building or home have a fresh air intake vent? Would you know if it did? The tell-tale openings can be found on the building envelope, hopefully at least 10-feet away from contaminant sources. If you place a hand by...
by Haglid Engineering | Dec 12, 2018 | Energy Recovery, Energy Recovery Ventilation Systems, Ventilation Systems
A Real Stretch: Hot Yoga Studio HVAC Challenges Participating in the practice of hot yoga is a challenge not only for the practitioner, but for the building owner who needs to control the humidity under the required temperatures. The ideal climate for a hot yoga...
by Haglid Engineering | Oct 23, 2017 | Cooling Energy Recovery, Ventilation Systems
Building Performance Equipment, Inc. welcomes the newest addition to its family of Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs)–and it’s a rather special little guy. Like its bigger brothers, the BPE-XE-MIR-200-i is an ultra-energy-efficient unit that sports a...
by Haglid Engineering | Aug 28, 2017 | Sustainability, Ventilation Systems
When it comes to comfortable, healthy Indoor Air Quality, reliable HVAC solutions must compensate for increasingly tight building envelopes. The trend toward tighter envelopes is, no doubt, an important one. They are a must for keeping out moisture, condensation, and...
by Haglid Engineering | May 29, 2017 | Cooling Energy Recovery, Ventilation Systems
It’s easy to ignore things we cannot see. Gravity, oxygen, atoms fall into this category … all good things our bodies make use of daily. If these concepts ceased to exist, so would we. Yet we don’t think about that often, nor is it necessary for the...
by Haglid Engineering | Apr 17, 2017 | How to Reduce Energy, Ventilation Systems
When we bust ERV myths at BPE, Inc., we aren’t just talking theory. We have demonstrated what today’s super-efficient ERVs can do in the real world. After discussing cross-contamination, efficiency myths, and a case study that demonstrates the excellent...