Climate Controllers and Associates

Agents, Consulants, Designers and Engineers for HVAC - RD

For new, used or remanufactured air-conditioning, dehumidification 95 to 1% rh, heating, ice machines, refrigeration and ventilation from companies with over 6,000 various types of equipment. Shipped from the US and Canada that can supply you with entire supermarkets, convenience stores, floral shops, bars / saloons / discos, restaurants, cafeterias, butcher shops, bakeries, fish and seafood to name a few.

Any size walk - in cooler or freezer and we can design your entire supermarket.

Some applications for our dehumidification systems are listed below.

Archives & Libraries, Aircraft, Audio & Video tapes, Auditoriums, Brewery, Book Binding, Candy production, Canal lock mechanism protection, Cereal production, Computer Room Conditioning, Cold Product Receiving Rooms, Cookie drying, Defense, Electronics, Electrical, Fertilizer, Film, Food, Health / Fitness Centers, Hospitals, Kitchens, Laboratories, Lithographing, Nursing homes, Office Complexes, Optical, PABX rooms, Paper Storage, Pharmaceutical, Printing, Power drying, Power coating environmental systems, Bars / Saloons / Discos, Restaurants, Rubber Manufacturing, Sea Telephone exchange, Transportation containers, Schools, Seed drying & storage, Ships, Ship Cargo protection, Silos, Spas, Spices, Storage facilities, Supermarkets, Swimming Pools, Textiles, TV Radio Broadcasting, Waste & Water Treatment Plants, Wine Cellars, Wood Drying & Manufacturing, etc.


Those listed below have purchased equipment from a company we represent in the dehumidification industry. This equipment can be designed to heat hot water to 110 deg. F ( 43.3 deg. C ) with your existing or new hot water system to save on energy costs. For sinks, showers, pools, spas, hydronic heating systems, make steam, preheat make up water for boilers or you may have other ideas while it dehumidifies.

Ames High School
Atlanta, City YMCA
Campbell Soup Company
City of Elizabeth Waste & Water Treatment Plant
Coke Cola Bottling Company in the United States
Drury Inns
Du Page Waste & Water Treatment Plant of Illinois
Marriott Hotels in the United States
New York City Water Treatment Plants
Quaker Oats
United States Department of the Navy
Wal - Mart and their associates
Wilderness Hotel of Wisconsin

And those who have purchased equipment from another dehumidification company we represent.

American President Lines
Don Shula's Hotel & Gulf Club
Elmhurst Park District of Illinois
General Electric
Harvard University
Lockheed
Mc Donald Douglas Aerospace Division
Queen Elizabeth Hospital of London, England
Square D Company
United States Air Force
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Department of the Navy
United States Department of Transportation

Climate Controllers & Associates services and products.

Stand-alone air-conditioning systems:

Today's mainstream HVAC equipment, which is designed for high efficiency and high sensible heat ratio, is not designed to remove the amount of moisture that will be required, given higher moisture removal requirements. This process reduces the relative humidity (rh) ratio (moisture in the air) but the average rh is increased typically to about 85 to 95 % when it should be 45 - 50 % rh for human comfort and health. And although some dehumidification occurs when you cool the air, operators typically can't control or increase the amount. It's simply a factor of the cooling process. To simultaneously control temperature and humidity is often beyond the capability of conventional systems.


Dehumidification Systems:

For productivity, human comfort, health 45 - 50% relative humidity (rh) and dry air is cleaner, easier, with less expense to cool. And if you can cool air that isn't loaded with moisture, you'll solve many other problems such as, dampness, rusting, decay, corrosion, warping, mold, bacterial growth on cooling coils, respiratory infections, electrical failures, computers to be no higher than 60% rh, building and structural damage. These systems give you, independent and precise control of temperature and humidity, dew points below the practical limits of conventional cooling technology. This system has comfortable conditions during cool muggy weather, and dry duct systems, to avoid microbial and fungal growth associated with sick building syndrome. Strictly looking from a performance point of view, the only choice is a dehumidification system.

How does your air-conditioning system perform when it is between 60 deg. F ( 15.5 deg. C ) to 65 deg. F ( 18.3 deg. C) outside temperature and raining?

You will find out that your equipment performs poorly and at these temperatures it can be harmful to operate the air-conditioning equipment.

Five criteria's are considered in selecting a dehumidification system:

1. Initial cost
2. Annual operating cost
3. Maintenance
4. Cross contamination across air streams
5. Thermodynamic performance

Building sealant information for Air-conditioning and Dehumidification:

My associate has a building sealant in which he claims his product can slow down the moisture penetration through masonry ceilings, walls and floors, when applied as though it were at a 0.30 factor. The lower the factor the slower the penetration of moisture there will be moving through the ceilings, walls and floors. We have given you some examples of other factors regarding water penetration factors through various construction and vapor materials below for your comparison.

They also have another product named Super Therm, in which the design is based on the latest ceramic technology known in the science field today with continuing research and testing to keep it the best insulating coating at R - 19 in the World Market.

Factors for construction

Masonry or Frame Construction 1.00
Frame Construction, vapor proof paint 0.75
Frame Construction, mylar vapor wrap 0.75
Module panel, caulked and sealed 0.50
Sheet metal, steel welded 0.30
Glass 0.30


Factors for vapor barriers

Masonic, vapor proof paint 0.75
Two coats vapor paint 0.75
Two layers edge sealed moisture paper 0.67
Laminated. Mylar - metallic or polyethylene 0.50
Deco - 20 0.30
Super Therm with a R- 19 Factor Less than 0.30

References in the United States.

Anhauser Busch Breweries, St. Louis, Mo.
Architects of the capital building.
Baltimore Maryland Subway System
Chevron Corporation
Disney World, Orlando Fl.
Eastman Kodak Laboratories Rochester, N.Y.
John Hopkins Hospital
National Aquarium, Washington, D.C.
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
National Census Bureau, Washington, D.C.
National Museum, Washington, D.C.
National Hearing and Speech Institute, Washington, D.C.
National Space Center, Washington, D.C.
National Zoo, Washington, D.C.
New York Subway System
Presbyterian Hospital Complex, Van Nuys, California
Rockwell International Laboratories
San Diego Zoo
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
U.C.L.A.
University of Maryland
University of Virginia
Walter Read Medical Center

References in Costa Rica.

Abbott Pharmaceutical Laboratories
Agulla de Osa Inn, Bahia Drake, Brad Johnson
Cooperative Dos Pinos
Desarollos Tecnicos, Arq Edwardo Gutierrez
Edica Ltda. - Condomino Eltriga
Empresas Unidas Cuaymi, Torre del campo
Mercedes Tower Building
Parque Industrial Saret
Pizza Hut
Plaza de la Cultura, museo del Oro,
Sede de Miniserio de Educaion Publica, Cuidad Quesada

Super Therm coverage recommendations:

Urethane, metal, membrane or composition shingle roofing is 100 sq. ft. per gallon and interior and exterior wall applications are 150 - 200 sq. ft. per gallon. Their product also seals with a R - 19 factor sheet metal duct work, hot and cold pipes for various applications.

For entire supermarkets, convenience stores, butcher shops, etc.:

With over four thousand five hundred various types of equipment to choose from. The owner of this company has over forty five years with the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society ( RSES ) This company will give warranties on remote remanufactured equipment painted to your colors from three months to a year.

Installations:

You can purchase equipment directly from us, but it will be without warranty. Or you may have your own HVAC - RD contractor and I would have to speak with them. The companies I represent have agents worldwide and we may have one for your country. I can assist you with your needs and present you with prices for your area. I rely on six companies in Central America from Costa Rica, Panama, and some have offices through out Central American with five of them based in Costa Rica. We can provide you with photos with most of the equipment I represent and design an entire supermarket if need be. All equipment that will be sent with the proper voltage protection and that maybe a extra charge in some cases. It will be installed or sent with the equipment before shipping and field installed by a certified technician once the equipment arrives.

Disclaimer: All prices and agreements are subject to change without notice.

How to contact Climate Controllers and Associates.

For architecture, builders, remodeling. interior design, air-conditioning, dehumidification, heating, refrigeration, ventilation, building automation, energy conservation in commercial, industrial and in some cases residential buildings.

Climate Controllers and Associates
E-mail: ClimateCA@cs.com

Members of:

American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

Colegio Federado De ingenieros y De arquitectos De Costa Rica (CFIA)
Costa Rican Federation of Engineers and Architects

Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES)

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