Phoenix Controls has announced the launch of the Critical Spaces Control Platform. The platform uses automation to direct airflow via a specialized venturi valve in hospitals, laboratories, research facilities cleanrooms and other spaces.
Precise airflow management is essential in such areas because the slightest unexpected environmental change can have profound consequences, such as a researcher being exposed to harmful toxins due to lack of critical space containment, a patient contracting a surgical-site infection from airborne bacteria or a batch of medicine being wasted due to infiltration and cleanroom contamination. With the Critical Spaces Control Platform, research, healthcare and high purity manufacturing spaces can improve their ability to prevent cross-contamination while lowering air change rates for efficient operation. It also supports Honeywell's alignment of its portfolio to the three compelling megatrends, automation, the future of aviation and the energy transition.
The new platform is centered around the venturi valve and can be programmed for each site’s tailored specifications to provide dynamic control in real-time and react quickly to environmental fluctuations. By integrating a specialized BACnet Controller onto the valve, the system offers critical environment managers key operating information and statistics on a single unified platform that requires minimal maintenance once programmed. It can also easily be monitored remotely through the new Phoenix Controls mobile app and Vision CE monitoring dashboard.
“Critical environments require precise conditions for maximum operating efficiency to help ensure occupant safety,” said Dave Rausch, senior critical environment specialist for Phoenix Controls. “By putting greater control and system insights directly into users’ hands, the platform can be customized to provide a higher level of performance and substantial outcomes for any critical environment.”
With the use of sensors and other peripherals, the platform can integrate with building control devices, offering a complete view of operations in a single building or across an entire campus. To help match energy consumption to actual need under real-time dynamic conditions, the solution offers additional functions such as a hibernation or setback mode, energy waste alerts and the ability to adjust airflow based on occupancy and usage requirements.