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Efficiency Only OptionFor India’s GrowthNEW DELHI, India—Some

30,000 attendees and more

than 400 suppliers from 25

countries gathered Feb. 27 to

March 1 here at the ACREXtrade fair to explore how to

capitalize on India’s building

boom.

Consider this.

About 75% of the

buildings pre-

dicted to exist in

India in 2030 have

not been built.

Analysts expect

thermal energydemand to grow by nearly

700% by 2050 compared

to 2005 and residential

energy use to grow even

faster. Between 2001 and

2011, India added 181 mil-

lion people, nearly the

entire population of Brazil,

and soon India will have

the greatest share of the

world’s building stock.

Sheer numbers of people

combined with improv-

ing levels of comfort will

dramatically impact energy

consumption.“Energy efficiency is no

more an option, but a neces-

sity to prevent power crisis

as well as conserve

the environment,”

said Ashish Rakheja,

chairman, ACREX

India 2014. Rakheja

is a member of

ASHRAE and former

president of ISHRAE,the Indian HVAC&R asso-

ciation that organizes the

annual exhibition. “Three

more Indias will be built in

the next 20 to 25 years.”

India is in the process

of implementing its first

building energy code. First

issued in 2007 by the Indian

Bureau of Energy Efficiency

(BEE) and updated in 2008,

the code remains voluntary

until it is adopted by the

individual Indian states. To

date, only a few of the 28

states have done so.

Aimed at commercialbuildings, the Energy

Conservation Building

Code (ECBC) sets minimum

energy standards for com-

mercial buildings with loads

that are greater than 100

kW or 120 kVA, but it can

be applied to residential

complexes as well. Because

the greatest growth in India

between now and 2050 is

expected to be in residential

floor space, engi-

neers say applica-

tion of the code in

that sector is essen-

tial to control India’s

increasing energy

appetite.

For suppliers in

the construction market,

India means opportunity.

“The Indian HVAC marketis expected to grow by 30%

to over 2.35 billion Euro

over the next two years,”

said Dipak Barma, ISHRAE

president. “Between 2005

and 2010 the HVAC sector

grew to be a 1.17 billion Euro

industry.”

Growth in the retail, hos-

pitality, health-care and

commercial services sectorsare expected to fuel 15%

to 20% annual growth for

HVAC according to analysts.

Plans by the Indian govern-

ment to shift expansion of

the health-care infrastruc-

ture to private concerns

and promotion of India

as a destination for the

medical tourism industry

especially have boosted the

construction and upgrading

of hospitals. One of the most

well-attended educational

programs offered at ACREX

was an ASHRAE course on

health-care facility design. A visitor looking to build

on demand for more

energy-efficient tech-

nologies was Ajay Kumar

Agarwal, a management

consultant from Resource

Management Associates.

“I’m working on cost savings

in relation to using green

technology. My model is to

help my clients who will be

working in consultation with

engineers to know

about the potential

savings from the

design stage.”

Agarwal thinks to

save energy more

education is needed.

“We need to learn

from the Americans and

the rest of the world on how

to minimize demand-sidelosses,” he says. He thinks

not only is new technology

and equipment needed but

also a change in behavior.

“Our behavior is not-so-

good in terms of optimal

use of energy,” he says. “We

leave the main on even

when the equipment is off.

So we waste. We are cham-

pions of energy losses. I amtrying to wake people up to

that.”

One designer bullish on

the Indian market is Satish

N. Iyengar from Bangalore.

“The HVAC market is boom-

ing. The residential market

is booming. We are having

huge office towers installed.

And a lot of VRF systems

are coming. There are 15

ASHRAE President William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., cuts the ribbon to open ACREX 2014at the Pragati Maidan fairgrounds in New Delhi alongside Dipak Barma, national presi-

dent of ISHRAE, and Ashish Rakheja, chairman of ACREX India 2014. Thirt y thousandvisitors attended from 25 countries to see offerings from 400 exhibitors at the 2014edition of ACREX.

Rakheja

Agarwal

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players now in this market. I was look-

ing at a new VRF unit from LG here at

ACREX with COP of 5.5.” Ivengar was

anxious to continue on his way to visit

another stand. “There is opportunity

because there is growth. We are seeing

thought up in India, designed in India,and built in India. Look at the crowd at

Edgetech.”

Edgetech Air Systems Pvt. Ltd. is an

Indian manufacturer specializing in

air-handling systems and solutions.

Its products range from air-handling

units, fan-coil units, air washers, ven-

tilation units, cooling and heating coils

for applications including comfort airconditioning for offices, hotels, shop-

ping malls, restaurants and private

homes to specialized air-handling

solutions for applications such as

cleanrooms, pharmaceutical plants,

hospitals, R&D labs, software parks,

auditoriums, and libraries.

“At the heart of Edgetech DNA, the

vision is, ‘healthy economic growth anda healthy environment should go hand

in hand,’” said Amit Goel, managing

director.

“To achieve this goal, Edgetech has

committed itself to a work philosophy

called E3 that stands for eco-friendly,

energy efficiency and engineer-

ing excellence. Each product passes

through stringent quality and envi-

ronment-friendliness checks at every

stage of production. You see a specialist

doctor when having a specific medical

condition. This is how we call ourselves:

a specialist for air-handling solutions.”

At ACREX, Edgetech displayed a new

range of products designed to be energy

efficient and eco-friendly, including an

underfloor air-distribution unit with a

pull-out fan and coils for easier mainte-

nance and cleaning. This product won

an ACREX Award of Excellence under

the innovative product category.

Goel said the company is demonstrat-ing its commitment to energy efficiency

and eco-friendliness through construc-

tion of its own green manufacturing

plant at Rohad, Haryana, India. The

plant is a first in India for the AHU man-

ufacturing industry.

Mueller Industries was among the

American companies exhibiting at

ACREX. Mueller manufactures and dis-

tributes tubes, fittings, and valves and

provides engineered solutions for theHVAC&R industry. “We are at ACREX

looking to expand our customer base

and promote the Mueller Industries

product offering,” said John Hughes.

“There are lots of competitors that have

several of their product lines branded

for them. Mueller Industries provides

the materials for the majority of our

product offering, allowing us to control

the process from beginning to end.”


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White Roofs BestBERKELEY, Calif.—

Compared to traditional

dark-colored roofs and

green or “vegetated”

roofs, white roofs betterlower temperatures that

lead to the urban heat

island effect, and they do

it at less cost. Research

at Lawrence Berkeley

National Laboratory

found that white roofs are

three times more effec-

tive than green roofs at

cooling the globe. Source:

LBL

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JCI Buys ADT:Brands to RemainMILWAUKEE—Johnson

Controls (JCI) has reached

a definitive agreement

with the Canada Pension

Plan Investment Board to

acquire its Air Distribution

Technologies (ADT) busi-

ness for approximately $1.6

billion.

Air Distribution

Technologies produces air-

distribution products under

brands such as Ruskin®,

Titus®, Hart & Cooley ®,

Krueger™, PennBarry™,

and Tuttle & Bailey®. Alex Molinaroli, JCI chair-

man and CEO, said ADT

will be aligned under the

Building Efficiency plat-

form where it will operate

with its own brands, dis-

tribution channels and

employees. Source: JCI

Largest NZEBOffice OpensSAN DIEGO—LPL Financial

LCC has opened what is

believed to be the largest

net zero energy commercialoffice building in the U.S.

The 13-story, 415,000 ft2

(38 600 m2) Tower II at La

Jolla Commons features

three fuel cells that convert

biogas into carbon-neutral

electricity. Other features

include an underfloor air-

distribution system that

allows employees to control

the flow of air into their

individual work spaces.

Source: LPL Financial

What’s DrivingMost RetrofitsBOULDER, Colo.—The

worldwide market for

energy-efficiency retro-

fits in commercial and

public buildings will grow

from $68.2 billion in 2014

to $127.5 billion by 2023,according to Navigant

Research. Eric Bloom,

principal research analyst,

says most of the growth

will be driven by system

replacements. Improving

energy efficiency will be the

primary motivator in about

15% of the retrofits, he says.

Source: Navigant

New LPL Financial HQ in San Diego.



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Energy Star Certified BuildingsCity No. of Buildings

Los Angeles 443

Washington, D.C. 435

Atlanta 318

New York 303San Francisco 289

Chicago 233

Dallas-Fort Worth 229

Denver 221

Philadelphia 210

Houston 204

New Way to CoolBig Data CentersMINNEAPOLIS—3M Co. has

announced a new cooling

fluid for large computer

systems that it says reducesthe need for air condition-

ing and cuts energy costs

by 95%.

Developed by Intel Corp.,

SGI and 3M, the technol-

ogy uses immersion cool-

ing, in which computers

actually sit inside a cool-

ing bath in the 3M Novec

fluid. 3M, Intel and SGI

are building new systems

for the Naval Research

Laboratory, Lawrence

Berkeley National Labs and

APC by Schneider Electric.

The idea is to see if the

new technology can be

UK’s Big BenMay Go SolarLONDON— House of

Commons is considering

installing solar panels on the

face of Big Ben to help the

UK Parliament reach its goal

of reducing greenhouse gas

emissions by 34% by 2020.

Big Ben, officially renamed

the Elizabeth Tower in 2012,

was constructed in 1859, and

has 6.9 m (22.6 ft) clocks on

a 96 m (315 ft) tower. Source:

Triple Pundit

GHG EmissionsDecrease WASHINGTON—

Greenhouse gas (GHG)

emissions decreased 3.4%

in 2012 from 2011, accord-

ing to the latest govern-

ment data from the U.S.

Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA). The major

contributor was the

decrease in energy use and

utilities switching from

coal to natural gas. Source:

EPA

deployed on a wide scale.

Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune


Data Centers To Heat SeattleSEATTLE—The city of

Seattle is hoping to use

heat from data centers to

help warm 10 million ft2 (930 000 m2) of building

space in the surrounding

area. The project is still

in the conceptual phase,

and the city hopes to have

Cities with most Energy Star buildings in 2013.

it under way within the

next year. The construc-

tion cost will be borne

by private utility Corix.

Seattle is following the

lead of other cities around

the world, including

Munich and Vancouver.Source: CNN




While manufacturing is primarily

done in the U.S., Mueller also has mul-

tiple divisions, including factories in

Europe, China, and Mexico, creating a

global supply chain. “At ACREX, we get

to meet with many of our customersand future customers by attending one

event, as well as staying informed on

global industry trends,” said Hughes.

The staggering amount of new con-

struction predicted for India is good

news for building automation and con-

trol system suppliers since installation

is easier. India’s market for these sys-

tems is projected to grow 22% annually

during 2014–19 with demand driven

by an increasing number of shopping

malls, office buildings, educational

institutions, hotels and hospitals.

Trends in cloud-based energy control

and automated demand response will

also contribute.

The market is further supported by

mandatory regulation in Indian states

such as Delhi, incentive programs, and

labeling programs such as LEED and

the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency

Star. BEE Star, as it is called, is an

energy-efficiency rating scheme thatlabels equipment and buildings from

one star for the least energy efficient to

five for the most. BEE Star recognizes

five categories of buildings: office build-

ings, hotels, hospitals, retail malls and

IT parks in five climate zones. Buildings

are further categorized into those hav-

ing air conditioning in greater than 50%

of their built area and those with less.

Among the players in the segment

is Honeywell, which had a large standat ACREX showing several lines of

its equipment, including panels for

gas detection and fire alarms. “There

are growing conditions for small

factories and cities in India,” said

Vikrant Sharma, senior engineer

with Honeywell Life Safety. “We have

panel options for the gas industry

and the oil industry.” In other parts

of the Honeywell stand, representa-

tives discussed lighting controls, fire

sensors, security systems, and energy

monitoring.

Along with demand for energy, India’s

population growth will also test output

of its agriculture sector. Reports put

the crop spoilage rate in India any-

where from 30% to 50%. Anand Joshithinks greater use of ammonia is an

answer. Joshi is from Pune, known as

the “Refrigeration Capital” of India due

to the concentration there of manu-

facturers. “India has a long history of

ammonia refrigeration, with the oldest

existing ice plant with ammonia dat-

ing back to 1914,” he says from a display

showing equipment used in ammoniaapplications. “Today more than 3,500

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open-type reciprocating compressors are manufactured

every year in India for ammonia, as the new growth of the

cold chain and food processing industry has increased.”

He says business is booming. “Ammonia refrigeration is

very well accepted now. Industrial refrigeration cold storage,process sealing plants, everywhere the applica-

tion is expanding.”

According to Joshi, his firm and other Indian

suppliers are providing extensive technical sup-

port to their customers prior to installation, after

and during commissioning. “We build our cus-

tomers’ plants with them. We also continuously

provide training based on ASHRAE standards.”

The Indian HVAC&R sector is faced with chal-

lenges. Even Joshi said exports have slowed.

As the economy struggles with elevated price

pressures and rising interest rates, some designers and

suppliers spoke of large credit balances.

Then, there is the mounting challenge of energy supply.

In January, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called

on the country to Increase its energy supply lines three to

four times at affordable prices over the next two decades.

He announced the government is seeking partnerships

with global companies to improve recovery from mature

fields, exploit ultra-deep water energy reserves and

explore potential fields in frontier areas. He also hopes that

unconventional methods of obtaining energy supplies can

be pursued providing there is not environmental degrada-

tion. India currently is the world’s seventh-largest energyproducer, accounting for about 2.5% of the

world’s total annual energy production, but is

currently the fourth largest energy consumer. It

is expected to become the world’s third-largest

energy consumer by 2020. Singh said India is

committed to reducing its carbon footprint as a

responsible member of the global community.

Meeting that challenge is no easy task. At an

ACREX panel, engineers and architects debated

how much comfort was necessary and if expecta-

tions of what comfort needed to be aligned with

reduced energy availability. Others looked to ancient build-

ings in that capitalized on shading and natural ventilation

techniques. One senior engineer said, “We must not forget

the technologies that have been practiced for centuries. And

we must remain authentic to ourselves by being sensitive to

nature the way we have always been.”

ACREX India 2015 will be in Bangalore Feb. 26 – 28, 2015.

This second edition provides in-depth design recommendationsbased on best practices from consulting and hospital engineerswith experience in the design, construction, and operation ofhealth care facilities.

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When designing health care HVAC,

expert guidance is essential.

HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and Clinics

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Amit Goel of Edgetech Air Systems,describes the firm’s raised floorAHU for underfloor air systems.

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