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Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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manufacturer's upfront costs, its maintenance costs<br />

and its warranty cost right up front.<br />

I'm not going to read these slides, but<br />

what we're seeing in the industry is really talked<br />

about a bit here. Custom design <strong>of</strong> HVAC systems for<br />

the type <strong>of</strong> building, the size <strong>of</strong> the building, and<br />

the geographic location, which is the issue <strong>of</strong> the<br />

moment here for OBO.<br />

We're seeing quite a bit <strong>of</strong> building<br />

automation systems that are able to provide the<br />

increased occupancy comfort with the flexibility <strong>of</strong><br />

controlling heating and ventilation and we talked a<br />

little bit about that already.<br />

We're seeing a lot <strong>of</strong> innovation <strong>of</strong><br />

innovative features around protecting the equipment<br />

once it has been installed. And we can talk about<br />

some <strong>of</strong> the high-pressure switches to low pressure<br />

switches. Crank case here is to protect the<br />

compressor after the refrigerant migration.<br />

So those are some <strong>of</strong> the things we're<br />

looking at here from minimizing the HVAC issues<br />

after move-in, protecting the equipment.<br />

The next one. Maintaining security. We're<br />

seeing that a lot <strong>of</strong> new technology is under<br />

development. I had mentioned here that the Pentagon<br />

Free <strong>State</strong> Reporting, Inc.<br />

1378 Cape St. Claire Road<br />

Annapolis, MD 21409<br />

(410) 974-0947<br />

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