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Southwest HVAC News
HTS Texas and Gillette Cool Renaissance Plaza.
With Green, LEED-Qualifying HVAC Equipment
 HTS Texas, one of the largest
independent commercial HVAC manufacturers’ representatives in
North America, announced today that it has provided Concord
Properties with energy-efficient HVAC equipment for the company’s
Renaissance Plaza professional business center in San Antonio, TX.
The LEED-certified project is
being conducted in tandem with HTS Texas partner, Gillette Air
Conditioning, a mechanical contractor also of San Antonio.
The team was chosen because of an
eighteen- year history with Concord Properties to implement
successful HVAC solutions. Owned by an affiliate of Concord
Properties, a 2009 San Antonio Business Journal “Going Green
Award” recipient, Renaissance Plaza is recognized as one of the
city’s most impressive landmarks. Towering 11 stories into the
San Antonio skyline, Renaissance Plaza provides the amenities and
professional environment for the optimal contemporary business
setting in one of the city’s most prestigious and sought-after
locations.
In an effort to provide
cost-effective tenant comfort and to meet growing sustainability
standards, HTS Texas and Gillette provided the 200,000 square foot
business center with LEED-qualifying equipment including two
400-ton Daikin-McQuay Magnitude ™ Magnetic Bearing Chillers that
were hoisted 150-feet in the air for rooftop installation by a
250-foot boom crane.
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The quiet, oil-free
chillers were chosen after a third party review was conducted on
behalf of Concord Properties and determined expected energy
savings of nearly 65 percent for Renaissance Plaza. Concord
Properties expects to receive approximately $120,000 in local CPS
Energy rebates due to the new chillers’ industry-leading
part-load operating efficiencies.
“HTS Texas and
Gillette were proud to team together to deliver Concord Properties
real success by providing sustainable, cost-effective HVAC
equipment for Renaissance Plaza,” said Mike Donovan, principal
of HTS Texas. “We believe the eco-friendly installation will
further advance the property’s LEED strategy to “go green”
while allowing their valuable tenants a cooler atmosphere.”
“For the past
eighteen months Concord Properties has been dedicated to finding
new, innovative ways to modernize Renaissance Plaza by
implementing high-performance, LEED-qualifying equipment and
technologies that offer a significant return on investment, such
as the HVAC chiller replacements performed by Gillette and HTS
Texas, lighting and plumbing retrofits, and condensate recycling
for use in the cooling tower,” said Bill Ellis, president,
Concord Properties.
“Thus, this is yet
another exciting milestone achieved along our journey to make
Renaissance Plaza a market leader with the help of our trusted
partners, HTS Texas and Gillette.” For further information about
HTS, visit their website at www.htseng.com. For more information
about Gillette, visit www.gillette-ac.com. For more information
about Concord Properties, visit www.concord-corp.com.
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