The best new products for cooling, heating, plumbing, and ventilation.
Record Products 2016: HVAC
Best in Category: Art Cool Gallery for VRF
LG’s Multi V line of outdoor variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems now comes with the company’s Art Cool option, whereby users can personalize a unit by mounting a framed picture over its opening. Behind the artwork, the 33-pound VRF machines feature motorized oscillating guide vanes, airflow from three directions, and 11 cooling and heating settings.
Artisan Collection
Adding aesthetics to airflow, these fans feature a choice of seven artworks either hand-drawn or screen-printed onto their aluminum airfoils. Temp-erature and motion sensors improve the fans’ energy efficiency, while embedded Wi-Fi chips allow them to be controlled via smartphone or Internet of Things hubs such as Amazon’s Echo. Custom patterns and an LED light are also options.
Q Series Fan
Suitable for up to 50' ceilings, this destratification fan has a motor-mount system that provides an exceptionally large space for air to enter. This increased room reduces the amount of noise created upon air intake, making the 23" high by 15¼" wide device quiet to operate. The unit also features an energy-efficient EC motor.
RLM Small Systems UV Lamp Kit
This remote lamp-mount kit utilizes ultraviolet energy to destroy microbial growth in fan coil units and heat-pump systems. It includes a CU2 sensor for local or remote lamp/ballast monitoring and a 120-volt–277-volt input power supply. Sizes range from 12" to 33", with the single-ended T5 diameter lamp offering 8,760 hours of lamp life.
Editor's Choice: Scala2
Suitable for residential buildings with up to three floors and eight taps, Grundfos’s self-priming pump boosts water pressure from city mains, shallow wells, and storage tanks. A sensor within the machine compares the measured and desired pressures and adjusts the pump’s speed accordingly; a control panel on the Scala2 allows users to communicate with the sensor and onboard frequency converter.
"Thanks to its pump-control sensor and variable speed, the Scala2 adapts to demand." —Juror Taylor Aikin
