Air economizer
Finalist in Networked Building Automation Systems/Controls, Energy Management Systems in Consulting-Specifying Engineer's 2011 Product of the Year competition
Edited by Amanda McLeman, Consulting-Specifying Engineer
The EcoBreeze from APC by Schneider Electric is a modular indirect evaporative and air-to-air heat exchanger, which has the ability to switch automatically between the two cooling methods. The unit can be located outside the perimeter of a data center and leverage temperature differences between outside ambient air and IT return air to provide economized cooling. The product prevents outside air from coming into contact with the data center air, regardless of cooling mode. The device meets 
ASHRAE 90.1/TC 9.9 requirements for efficiency and economization with multiple frame sizes with varying voltages and phases.
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