FMC Connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Few Words From FMC'S Brian Crafts and Joe Preble

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the FMC Connection, a newsletter designed for FMC Technologies' clients and partners.   Our goal is to provide you with company news and information that you can use to reduce building operating expenses, increase productivity and provide a safe, comfortable working environment. 
This newsletter will cover the hottest topics, the latest products, Novar Advanced Building Control Systems, Y2K and more.  If you have any suggestions or something you would like to see, please give us a call. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FMC Upgrades BTU's
12-Year-Old Novar System
Remember 1987?  Ronald Reagan was President.  Intel introduced the 386 PC chip.  The Boston Red Sox were trying to recover from giving away the 1986 World Series.

It was also the year a Novar LOGIC ONE advanced building control system was installed at BTU Engineering in Billerica, Mass. 

For more than a decade, the system worked virtually untouched.  Not one device ever needed to be replaced! 

Then, earlier this year, BTU Engineering, now called BTU International, learned about energy rebate programs which would help pay to retrofit the "uncontrolled" portions of their building and give them the opportunity to move to state-of-the-art DDC controls. 

In doing so, BTU assumed they would have to replace the Novar system because it was not  Y2K compliant.  BTU's Charles McGriff invited FMC to look at the system.  During our initial meeting, we explained that the Novar system already was Y2K compliant.

Furthermore, we showed BTU that even though Novar had introduced many new products and technologies since 1987, the entire system could be re-used as part of an upgrade.   
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FMC Technologies, Inc.
139 Billerica Road
Chelmsford, MA  01824

Phone: 978-256-6213
Fax: 978-256-6712

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BTU Upgrade continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indeed, because of Novar's backward compatibility features, FMC was able to add complete DDC controls  for twenty-six rooftop units, a new PC-based graphical user interface software package and a high speed communications network. 

And maybe the best part for BTU, we completed this work in only three weeks without any system downtime.

The Project Results:

  • Expected energy related payback (after utility rebates) in 9 months.

 

  • New high speed/graphical user interface makes the system easy to use--allowing users to change system parameters more quickly.           

                                                 

  • Control and monitoring over the entire building which means additional energy/cost savings.


FMC would like to recognize Charles McGriff and Don Masson at BTU International for their assistance with this project.