May 7, 2013- Enovative Group, Inc. has won the inaugural E-Challenge created by DTE Energy and The Engineering Society of Detroit. This competition recognizes and supports scientific excellence and technology innovation in search of energy efficient improvements for commercial and industrial DTE customers. The E-Challenge Award recognizes innovators with an outstanding energy efficiency product which …
Enovative has been awarded funding from the California Energy Commission to conduct research on hot water distribution in multifamily and commercial central domestic hot water systems. The title of the project is “Energy Research on Improving the Balancing and Mixing of Domestic Hot Water” and will work to help improve system efficiency and recommend best …
BuildingEnergy 13 Conference and Trade Show is organized by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) and will be held at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, MA from March 5-7. Sign up now and receive $50 off of the conference pass or free trade show passes by using our promo codes. To register for …
EPA’s Watersense program just released a guide for hot water distribution. This is part of their specification for becoming a Watersense labelled home, which is also applicable to multifamily buildings. Here is what they have to say: “This guide is designed to help builders better understand and meet the hot water delivery system criteria as …
Enovative has a session at the 2012 ACEEE Summer Study about Hot Water Distribution. The summer study will be held at the Asilomar Conference Center from August 12th to August 17th. Please join us to discuss more about the water and energy relationship and areas that might be improved. If you are attending the conference …
The California Energy Commission has passed final approval for the update to Title 24 Energy Efficiency Building Codes. This presentation shows some of the new updates. http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2013standards/rulemaking/documents/2012-05-31_2013_standards_adoption_hearing_presentation.pdf Under Hot Water, page 15, it shows “Demand Controlled Recirculation” as a prescriptive baseline. This code will go into effect on January 1st, 2014. Architects, Engineers, Certified Energy …
This report (Report A112) was presented by Harvey Sachs, Jacob Talbot and Nate Kaufman of the American Council For An Energy-Efficient Economy in October, 2011. For the full report please visit: ACEEE.org (click) MULTIFAMILY BEST PRACTICES (an excerpt) “Multifamily buildings are generally characterized by central tank heaters (or boilers) with recirculation loops. There are approximately …
ENOVATIVE GROUP, INC. has received confirmation from ICC Evaluation Service, LLC (ICC – ES), that the D’MAND CIRC® System complies with the provisions of the below standards and codes. This confirmation, as evidenced in ICC – ES listing PMG-1112, provides guidance to code officials faced with approving the use of the D’MAND CIRC® System under …
“ED + C and Sustainable Facility Magazine announced the 2011 winners of the Reader’s Choice Awards at the Green Build Expo on October 4th. The online contest gave both manufacturers and readers the opportunity to showcase and vote for, respectively, the creme de la creme of green building products that best combine sustainable attributes with …
Read about the impact Enovative Kontrol Systems is having in the energy efficiency and sustainable design industries in the latest online publication from Building Green.com. Here is quick excerpt from the article written by Paula Melton. ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING NEWS What Really Matters In Sustainable Design & Construction “Conventional hot-water recirculation pumps- a standard appliance in …