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New
York HVAC Insider News
Grundfos Impossible Tour
More than 200 people
visited Orange County Choppers (OCC) in Newburgh, N.Y., on October
15 to participate in the Grundfos “Impossible Tour” — a
fully equipped, mobile educational center for trade professionals
in the plumbing, heating and piping industry. The Grundfos visit
to OCC was the largest tour event to date and the sixth of 14
stops across the Northeast during the months of October and
November. This final swing of the 2009 “Impossible Tour” began
in Cleveland, Ohio, in early October and ends in Lancaster, Pa.,
in mid-November. Featuring the slogan “Powered by the
Impossible,” the Grundfos “Impossible Tour” is a
1,200-squarefoot, two-room vehicle that showcases the latest in
residential, commercial and industrial pump technology.
In addition to
interactive and working displays, the vehicle also includes a
mini-theater for viewing video programs. The vehicle also features
the new energy-optimized Grundfos ALPHA™ circulator with a
permanent magnet motor design that cuts power consumption by a
minimum of 50%, as compared with other circulators in its class.
Wholesalers, contractors, architects and engineers from New York,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey attended the October 15
event, arriving in groups on conventional and limousine-style
buses. Also attending were students from the local Boards of
Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) trade school in New York
State. All visitors received specially made, limited edition OCC-Grundfos
shirts. According to Grundfos sales agent Bryan Schaefer, vice
president of WMS Sales of Clarence Center, N.Y., the mobile
educational center offers “an impressive display of Grundfos
materials and products. It really shows the cost-effectiveness of
the products themselves and the efficiency and comfort they can
provide to the end users.”
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LEED Silver
Facility: Completed in 2008, the OCC facility is a LEED Silver
building that features a state-of- the-art radiant floor heating
system to keep the interiors warm and dry during the wet winter
months. The radiant system features Grundfos MAGNA Variable Speed
Pumps, which reduce energy consumption by more than 70%, as
compared with traditional circulators. (In this application, the
pumps circulate warm fluid from the heat source through the PEX
piping network beneath the floor — to warm it and the space —
before returning the fluid to the heat source.) The MAGNA saves
energy through its exclusive AUTOADAPT™ control mode feature
that automatically adjusts pump performance in response to
changing demand in a heating application.
MAGNA pumps also
assist with the facility’s snowmelt system, ensuring safe
handling and transport of custom bikes that can sell for over a
half million dollars. On display in the OCC retail store is a
permanent kiosk that contains a set of OCC custom-designed
motorcycle handlebars connected to a Grundfos MAGNA. Visitors can
“rev” the throttle on the handlebars, as they would on a
motorcycle, to simulate the variable-speed pumping of the MAGNA in
the display in comparison with another set of handlebars that
simulate less efficient conventional pumping that requires more
“throttle” or energy to control the pump. The kiosk was
originally created as part of the educational efforts required by
the U.S. Green Building Council for LEED status. “I’ve been
involved with Orange County Choppers since the original MAGNA
installation for the radiant heating system,” says Grundfos
District Sales Manager Dan Fletcher. “Grundfos’ involvement
with OCC is most definitely going to continue in the future.”
Remaining stops for the “Impossible Tour” include: Long
Island, N.Y. (Nov. 2, 4); East Rutherford, N.Y. (Nov. 6);
Philadelphia/Pottstown, Pa. (Nov. 10); and Lancaster, Pa. (Nov.
12). For more information, visit the website at www.grundfos.us
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