Cain Ouse Takes First Place for ASHRAE Regional Technology Award

The mechanical HVAC system for the Carlton County Maintenance Facility won the Region VI ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) Technology Award for 2007.

Among many design highlights, the system includes a slinky loop, geosource heating and cooling system, and a waste oil hot water boiler. Both systems have projected payoff periods of less than five years over a conventional system that typically is installed in such buildings.

This schematic shows the overall heating and cooling piping system for the
Carlton County Maintenance Facility.

This plaque was presented to Scott Thomas at the November 2009 ASHRAE meeting
for the design of the facility.