Commercial Applications

Multi-Story Building Exhaust2

Your exhaust runs 24/7. Your dryers don't.

Kitchens, baths and dryers in a vertical subdivision run less than 30% of the day — yet most building risers blast at full speed around the clock. Demand-controlled ventilation senses duct pressure and modulates the fan to match real demand.

Fan power scales with the cube of speed — so idling near 14% reclaims almost all the energy a constant-speed fan burns.

One number runs the building. The other runs the bill.

30% of the day a typical dryer, hood or bath fan is actually in use.

MEANWHILE

100% is the speed a constant-speed riser holds, all day, every day.

Every hour the fan spins flat-out with nothing running, it pumps heated or cooled air straight out of the building — air you already paid to condition. Why waste your energy? A demand-controlled riser turns that waste back into savings.

How demand control works

The duct tells the fan what to do.

No occupancy guesswork and no schedules to maintain — the system reads the pressure each appliance creates and answers it in real time.

STEP 01 · IDLE

Quiet by default

When no appliances are running, the fan holds at a very low trickle speed — just enough to keep the riser balanced, drawing almost no power.

STEP 02 · SENSE

Pressure rises

An appliance starts and its fan pushes air into the shared duct. Pressure climbs. A high-accuracy sensor catches the change within ±2% of set point.

STEP 03 · MODULATE

Fan answers demand

The controller's PID loop ramps the direct-drive, variable-speed fan up smoothly to hold exact pressure — then eases back down the moment demand falls.

What customers have actually measured.

  • 90% Reduction in fan energy consumption
  • 80% Less spent on conditioned air being exhausted
  • $10K Saved per duct riser — one sq ft per floor, 20-story building
  • ±2% Accuracy from set point vs ±20% in alternative solutions

Energy-saving, quiet spot exhaust — new build or retrofit.

Aesthetically clean, flexible and quiet solutions for virtually every vertical application. The system adjusts automatically to demand: no appliances running, it idles low; one starts, it answers.

  • Multi-story vertical subdivisions
  • Hotels & resorts
  • Sports arenas
  • Schools & colleges
  • Mixed-use towers
  • Central laundry facilities
  • Kitchen & bath exhaust
  • Retrofit risers
  • Trusted on the skyline

Behind some of the world's highest-profile buildings.

  • Dubai, UAE
  • Burj Khalifa Tower
  • Glendale, CA
  • Americana at Brand
  • Potomac, MD
  • Park Potomac Place
  • New York, NY
  • The Platinum