October 2015

Addvent, a leading provider of ventilation products, has introduced the Rapide — a new eco-friendly, super-fast hand dryer. The new Rapide Green Spot hand dryer offers great eco-credentials. With its tri-color drying zone and powerful operation, it provides super-fast drying times of between 10 to 12 seconds, thus reducing washroom time. This combination of high-speed drying, variable element output and low-energy usage gives as much as 70 percent energy saving and substantially lower cost of ownership figures when compared to similar conventional dryers.

Larson Electronics’ new integrated LED stainless steel hazardous location light fixture is a 4-foot single lamp fixture that is ideal for operators who seek a top-quality, explosion-proof light that reduces operating costs, improves lighting quality and reduces down time incurred from frequent servicing intervals. The specially designed integrated LED array produces 19,200 lumens of bright light in a 116-degree-by-126-degree-wide flood beam spread. It is protected by stainless-steel housing and a shatter and heat-resistant clear acrylic lens secured with eight steel draw latches.

CertainTeed is making it easier for HVAC contractors to ensure optimal indoor comfort with its newly enhanced Sustainable Insulation SoftTouch Duct Wrap. The product offers improvements in cutting and handling that are sure to please installers, while maintaining the company’s proven fiberglass product performance. Sustainable Insulation SoftTouch is a resilient fiberglass blanket-type insulation that provides superior thermal efficiency by reducing unwanted heat loss or gain in both rectangular and round heating, ventilating and air conditioning ductwork.