This list of projects describes some of the many sites in which ASI Control Systems are installed and operating. ASI Controls systems are installed by independent system integrators and value added resellers, so this list is not complete.
New England Development provides 1.5 million square feet of retail and office space. American Energy Management (AEM), the system integrator, installed an ASI Control System to control the main plant rooms, the offices and the mall common areas. AEM also installed controllers for 100 mall lighting zones, the boilers and the main plant (3 steam boilers and 4 chillers). Air handlers include supply and exhaust fan tracking.
Outside measuring carbon dioxide as a marker, and regulating the outside air dampers to provide just enough outside air to meet ventilation requirements as occupancy changes during the day control air for ventilation. This avoids heating or cooling more outside air than necessary for ventilation.
More than 140 zones of VAV control are provided for tenant spaces and common areas. Four networked (Ethernet) workstations with ViewPort Graphical User Interfaces are provided for mall management, security and maintenance.
Aekyung Department Store Seoul, South Korea
Cimaco Torreon, Mexico
Cimaco Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Department Store Chain Nationwide
Hardware Store Chain Nationwide
Mall of New Hampshire New Hampshire
Oxxo Monterrey, NL
Rockingham Mall Rockingham, MA
Santa Fe Springs Mall Santa Fe Springs, CA
Solomon Pond Mall Marlborough, MA
Square One Mall Saugus, MA
Stamford Town Center Stamford, CT
ASIC/2-7040 controllers monitor production and control Class 10, Class 100 and Class 5000 clean room environments. Larry Kaprellian, maintenance supervisor at Ashland Chemical, cited programming flexibility and ease of system expansion as key reasons why Ashland chose this control system over other competitive offerings. Dyna-Service Corporation, A Temsco Authorized Contractor, installed the system.
Temsco provided engineering assistance and back up.
Durel Corporation, an affiliate of 3M and Rogers Corporation is a world leader in the production of electro-luminescent lamps and displays found in such products as Timex Indiglo™ watches and Ford automobiles. Its Chandler, AZ production facility requires careful control and monitoring of the environment.
The air conditioning and refrigeration systems are controlled by an ASI Control System complete with an InTouch Windows based HMI. Critical temperature and humidity conditions throughout the complex are closely controlled and monitored by this system. An alarm system, with audible and visible cues, alerts the staff to any potential problems.
Burt Burnett designed and installed the ASI system for Durel.
ASIC/2-7040 configurable controllers have been installed to control the air conditioning and lighting in this 500,000 square feet facility. The same controllers are also used to monitor up time and three different types of down time at each insertion station on the production line. This information is accumulated in the controllers, and is also available for graphical display at the InTouch HMI in the building, and via microwave link to the corporate headquarters across the border in San Diego. This automation system was designed and installed by ACE in Tijuana.
Abbott Labs AP32 Bldg. Chicago, IL
Allen Research Cincinnati, OH
Augat Seattle, WA
Baxter Mexicali, BC, Mexico
Binney & Smith Allentown, PA
Cervezeria Cuahtemoc Navajoa, Mexico
Cervezeria Cuahtemoc Tecate, BC, Mexico
Chatham Mills Elkin, NC
China Airline- Cathay Pacific Catering CKS Int’l Airport, Taiwan Chosun Brewery Plant Kwangju, Korea
Compania Armadora (GE) Ciuadad Juarez, Mexico
Compaq various sites, MA
Conexant Mexicali, BC, Mexico
Crydom Tijuana, Mexico
Dow Chemical Midland, MI
Galey and Lord Shannon, GA
General Motors Cadillac Bldg. Detroit, MI
JVC Tijuana, BC, Mexico
Kenmex Mexicali, BC, Mexico
Konica Manufacturing Greensboro, NC
Kyungwon Cold Storage Co. Across Korea
Leviton Tijuana, BC, Mexico
Motorola Mansfield, MA
News Corporation - Wapping London, England
Orbital Engines Tecumseh, MI
Panasonic Tijuana, Mexico
Pohang Iron and Steel Co. Seoul, Korea
Seagate Technologies Oklahoma City, OK
Texscan Ciuadad Juarez, Mexico
There are about 1,200 fan powered VAV terminals between the twin towers at Phoenix Plaza. Engineered Automation Systems Inc. of Tustin, CA were pioneers with the design of this digital control system. Recently Mechanical Maintenance has started to install ASIC/2 configurable controllers to upgrade the control of the AHUs, and to add DDC to the retail section of this facility. An InTouch Human Machine Interface (HMI) provides a clear overview of conditions in the building.
This prestigious high rise in the center of Atlanta has about 1,500 Titus fan powered VAV terminals controlled by ASIC/1 controllers. Speed of the fans in the terminals can be adjusted with a laptop plugged into a wall mounted temperature sensor, or remotely from the system HMI. American Energy Management has retrofitted the control of the AHUs, Cooling Towers, and Chillers providing ASIC/2 configurable controllers and a Viewport HMI.
This 52 story high rise at Wilshire and Figueroa developed by Hines contains 1,500 ASIC/1 controllers for the fan powered variable air volume terminals to maintain the highest level of tenant comfort. ASIC/2 controllers are now being applied by Diversified Automation to retrofit the control of the air handling units and main plant.
Century Development Co. of Taiwan has created a state of the art complex for software developers, with over 10,000 individually controlled zones. The area of the first phase is about 1.5 million square feet. Low temperature air is ducted under floor to individually controlled variable air volume diffusers. Extensive use is made of thermal energy storage to spread the electrical demand. There are about 35,000 points in the Binary Information Network System. HC Yu & Associates of Richmond, VA designed the mechanical, electrical and control systems. Sinotek Controls the system integrator has provided about 2,000 ASIC/2 configurable controllers for this remarkable project. Antech was the automation contractor for this project. ASI Controls has again been selected for Software Park phase two.
This building in the Financial District of San Francisco was fitted with Titus fan powered VAV terminals and ASIC/1 controllers in 1990. The control system for the air handling units and main plant has been upgraded by AEM using ASIC/2 configurable controllers and Viewport software as the new HMI for the building.
An ASI Building Management System designed and installed by Century Co controls the KEC high-rise complex in Seoul. The system includes 7,000 hardware points and over 10,000 software points.
InTouch Graphic User Interface workstations provide building engineers with a full operating, alarming, maintenance and reporting system. All applications are provided in Korean Language. The system uses industry standard 10MB Ethernet connections between ASI-Net network servers.
Century Air Handling Units (AHUs) located on each floor are controlled by ASIC/2-7040 controllers. Control includes variable frequency drives for supply and return fans, enthalpy control for the mixing dampers, modulating valves for the heating and cooling coils, and the steam humidifier. More than 650 ASIC/1 terminal unit controllers maintain comfort in tenant spaces while constantly communicating with their respective AHU’s.
There are two Century absorption chillers rated at 400RT each, and an ice-on-coil Ice Storage System utilizing a three-stage Century screw compressor of 80RT. These systems incorporate factory-fitted ASIC/2-7040 controllers and DAK-002 Display and Keypads. The Century cooling towers on the penthouse level of each building are also controlled by ASIC/2-7040 Controllers.
Each floor electrical room is provided with an ASIC/2 Controller responsible for providing control of electrical supply to the floor. The controller also provides local metering of energy and power at each floor. Floor occupancy is recorded at the ASIC/2 Controller.
This innovative building uses ground source heat pumps and a heat reclaim system to provide a comfortable environment at the highest possible efficiency. The system is fully controlled and monitored by an ASI Control system on each heat pump. The central plant is controlled based on the conditions in the zones. An InTouch GUI provides full information for each heat pump including extensive logging of energy usage and Coefficient of Performance for individual heat pumps and the entire system. NCS Corporation installed the energy management and control system.
1 Detroit Center, Detroit, MI
1221 Brickell Avenue Miami, FL
222 Berkeley Boston, MA
450 Lexington Avenue Bldg. New York City, NY
801 I Street (GSA) Sacramento, CA
9665 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA
Banco Popular Quito, Ecuador
Barnett Bank Building Coral Gables, FL
Bristol Myers Squibb Princeton, NJ
CalTrans (Department of Transportation) Sacramento, CA
Cementos de Mexico Monterrey, NL
Citibank Quito, Ecuador
Citiplaza Quito, Ecuador
Colonial Properties Birmingham, AL
Custom House Quay Project Dublin, Eire
Gateway Plaza-National Mutual Sydney, Australia
Korea Highways Department Seoul, Korea
Leeds Permanent BS Huddersfield, UK
Litton Solid State Santa Clara, CA
Mattel Toys El Segundo, CA
Metro Center Foster City, CA
Milano III Milan, Italy
Morgan Stanley - Canary Wharf London Docklands, U.K.
Net Properties Boston, MA
North Alamos Court Paradise Valley, AZ
Norwest Center Minneapolis, MN
Oakport Building Oakland, CA
OKI Semiconductor Mountain View, CA
Orange County Water District Fountain Valley, CA
Pacific Park Plaza Honolulu, HI
Philip Morris Richmond, VA
Racal-Milgo Miami, FL
Rational Software Cupertino, CA
Ravinia III Atlanta, GA
Royal Insurance London, England
Salt River Project Phoenix, AZ
Shell / Post Oak Towers Houston, TX
Snapple Beverages Long Island, NY
Southwest China Telecomms Center Sichuan P.R.C.
Southgate Centre Melbourne, Australia
USAA Building Sacramento, CA
Victoria Square Building Birmingham, UK
World Trade Center Guayaquil, Ecuador
World Trade Center Quito, Ecuador
Universal Mechanical has installed hundreds of ASIC/1-8255 and –8355 pre-programmed controllers on fan coil units and packaged air conditioners for various schools in this District. Universal has developed an InTouch HMI that provides a clear overview of conditions in every classroom from the District’s central maintenance offices. Remote communication with the schools is currently via telephone modems, and will later take advantage of the school district’s future wide-area network.
Systems Associates Inc. (SAI) installed 500 ASIC/1 and several ASIC/2 controllers at Delta College in the San Joaquin Valley. The controllers are all networked using fiber provided by the college to an Energy 2.0 front end. SAI uses the Internet exclusively for communicating with the project from their base in Bowling Green, OH.
The University has installed a network of ASIC/2-8040 configurable controllers to reduce energy consumption by careful scheduling operation of air conditioning and lighting. The Plant Engineering Department of the University designed the system and configured the controllers. Payback is just under one year. The system will be extended to encompass additional buildings and to add demand control. TAESE provided the ASI products and training to the University.
Alum Rock Schools San Jose, CA
Amherst Schools Amherst, MA
California State University LB Long Beach, CA
Chaffey School District Riverside, CA
Clark University Massachusetts
Euclid Schools District Cleveland, OH
Greensboro Day School Greensboro, NC
Groton School Groton, MA
Lycee Dreux, France
M.I.T. Cambridge, MA
North Little Rock High School Little Rock, AR
Oxnard School District Oxnard, CA
Portland High School Portland, MI
Saunders Middle School Chantilly, VA
University of California SC Santa Cruz, CA
University of California SF San Francisco, CA
University of Houston Houston, TX
University of Michigan - Pro Bldg. Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan-Facilities Ann Arbor, MI
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK
Washington University St. Louis, MI
Wayne St. University of Science Detroit, MI
The Anaheim Hilton and Towers is a prime convention and conference hotel located close to Disneyland in Anaheim, CA. The hotel has more than 1700 rooms, 7 restaurants and lounges, and other public areas for a total of 1.48 million sq. ft. Systems Associates installed an ASI Control System with Energy 2.0 Software in 1994 to replacing the previous electronic control system. The hotel’s mechanical system including 3 boilers, 4 chillers and 35 constant and variable volume air handling systems is under the full control of this system. Three separate electricity meters are used to measure and control the hotel demand.
The system is saving about 9% by energy optimization; equivalent to about $125,000 per year in avoided energy costs.
Hotel Oro Verde Guayaquil, Ecuador
Hotel Hilton Colon Quito, Ecuador
Hotel Sheraton Four Points Quito, Ecuador
Hotel Radisson Quito, Ecuador
Northland Inn and Conf. Center Minneapolis, MN
Presidente Hotel Intercontinental Cancún, Mexico
Paradisus Riviera Cancún, Mexico
Swissotel Quito, Ecuador
The Palmer House (a Hilton Hotel) Chicago, IL
The Chicago Hilton Chicago, IL
The San Francisco Hilton San Francisco, CA
The New York Hilton New York, NY
The Peaks Telluride, CO
Hoag Hospital is one of the premier hospitals in Southern California. Flaring off the natural gas on site made a conspicuous landmark for travelers on the Pacific Coast Highway. After twenty years service the original mechanical systems and the control and automation was outdated and ready for replacement. Doug Koehler, Director of Engineering for Hoag, wanted a new energy management and control system that would take advantage of the LAN and WAN recently installed by the Hospital’s MIS department. The Hospital stipulated that all the controllers to be furnished for their project be 100% compatible with Microsoft Windows and NT based software. Diversified Automation installed ASIC/2 configurable controllers for the central plant. ASIC/1 terminal controllers have since been installed for zone control in various areas. The natural gas that used to be flared off is now used to fuel the boilers. Consulting engineers were J.L. Hengstler and Associates.
222 West Thomas Medical Building Phoenix, AZ
Beaumont Hospital Detroit, MI
Childrens Hospital Cincinnati, OH
Harvard Community Health Center Boston, MA
Hospital de Solca Quito, Ecuador
Hutzel Hospital Detroit, MI
Medical Office Building Allentown, PA
Nethersole Hospital Hong Kong
St. Josephs Hospital Houston, TX
St. Judes Hospital Orange County, CA
Three Medical Park Building Columbia SC
UCSF Library San Francisco, CA
University of Michigan Hospital Ann Arbor, MI
US Army Hospital Fort Campbell, KY
US Army Hospital Fort Polk, LA
US Army Hospital Fort Stewart, GA
US Army Hospital Fort Hood, TX
US Army Hospital Fort Carson, CO
VA Hospital Boston, MA
Walter Reed American Medical Center Washington, DC
The Prince Kuhio Federal Building in Honolulu is a 2 million square foot facility containing the Federal Court House as well as a number of government agencies. The facility is fully controlled by a an ASI System complete with Energy 2.0 Energy Management software.
ASIC/2 controllers are used to manage all main plant operation.
Federal Aviation Administration Oklahoma City, OK
McCord AFB Tacoma, WA
NASA Edwards AFB Palmdale, CA
National Test Facility - Falcon AFB Colorado Springs, CO
Taipei City Government Building Taipei, Taiwan
Texas State Capitol Austin, TX
US Army Fort Hood, TX
US Military Academy West Point, NY
US Navy Mechanicsburg, PA
The Masung Highway Tunnel project is one of a number of such projects undertaken by the Korea Highways Authority as the country develops its transportation infrastructure.
ASI Controls were selected to take control of the ventilation requirements of the tunnel system. Large “Jet” Fans are switched by the control system based on the levels of pollutants sensed in the tunnel by dedicated visibility and toxicity sensors.
The use of DDE allows a dedicated traffic counting system to be interfaced with the ASI Man-Machine Interface, providing monitoring and logging of the traffic volume, pollution and visibility on a continuous basis. The system is fully operated in the local language.
Hong Kong Convention Centre Hong Kong
Supreme Court Perth, Australia
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