Grand Valley State University wanted the best when it came to the complicated HVAC systems in their Lake Michigan Center. That is why they went with Grand Valley Automation, Inc. for their temperature control contractor. GVA put their 200 plus combined years of experience to work, providing Grand Valley State University with a quality TAC LonMark compliant DDC system.

Phoenix Controls provided the fume hoods. The TAC DDC system monitors the fume hoods CFM usage and then regulates the VFD on the AHU accordingly. The DDC system also monitors the humidity in the lab areas.

Pressurization is critical when it comes to laboratories. The TAC DDC system monitors the Laboratory Airflow Control System and then modulates the exhaust fan bypass dampers to maintain a negative pressure within the laboratory.

The TAC Vista Webstation is on a file server connected to Grand Valley State University’s Ethernet system. The Webstation allows GVSU to access information in the TAC Vista server via a normal web-browser connected to the network. Function screens, alarm list and trend logs are easily made available for selected personnel at any campus. Daily operations are taken care of simply with a well-known user interface.