by Patrick Federer | 20 May, 2022 | Field Devices
Battery Energy Storage Systems In future, there will be more demand for electricity storage facilities such as the Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme where water is pumped up the escarpment during lower consumption periods and flows back down generating hydro-electric...
by Patrick Federer | 14 Mar, 2022 | Uncategorized
As we saw in the last article, the HVAC industry came of age in 1906 when a textile engineer, Stuart Cramer, first used the term air-conditioning. The developments in HVAC still had a long way to go however. In fact, at this point in time, the first residential unit...
by Patrick Federer | 26 Feb, 2022 | HVAC Controls, Uncategorized
Last month we learnt about the history of HVAC from our neolithic ancestors to around the end of the eighteenth century. As we saw, the eighteenth century saw scientific discoveries and inventions, as well as technological improvements, really taking off. Now let us...
by Patrick Federer | 11 Feb, 2022 | Tridium
The Tridium Growth Partner Program (GPP) ACS is proud to announce that we have been awarded a Tridium Partner platinum status as part of Tridium’s Growth Partner Program. The Program is designed to improve relationships and business performance among Tridium’s direct...
by Patrick Federer | 27 Jan, 2022 | AC Drives, Air Pressure Gauges & Manometers, BMS, controllers, Field Devices, HVAC Controls, HVAC Valves
We’re all familiar with modern HVAC, but when did it start? How did it develop? Who ‘invented’ HVAC? We decided to look into the history of HVAC, so this month we begin a series of articles to try and answer these questions. HVAC in Pre-History Some form of HVAC has...