Envirotrol helps A&T State University Engineering & Lab Department

A letter from NC A&T Professor and Chairman Dr. Peter Rojeski:

"I would like to thank you and your company for assisting us to upgrade our HVAC lab. We appreciate your efforts in getting the VAV fan to operate properly. Also, we thank you for the ductwork that we needed to conduct the total pressure experiment. Attached is a photo of the students checking the static pressure and velocity in the duct section. Also attached is a description on the lab exercise. Having this equipment is necessary for Dr. Singh and I to achieve our educational objectives in the HVAC area."

Using Optima™ for LEED-NC Certification

In recent years, Envirotrol has expanded their services to include IAQ assessment and remediation. As part of that expansion, the company purchased an OptimaT system and used it to offer complimentary IAQ testing to their existing customers.

Scott Goller, General Manager of Envirotrol, soon recognized that it would be ideal for use in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) verification. Specifically, Optima's automated testing fulfills the IAQ requirement to establish a building baseline post construction but prior to occupancy.

After using it successfully to test two renovation projects at Duke University, Scott was asked to develop a proposal to test a new 400,000 square foot facility. Known as the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Science (CIEMAS), this project recently earned a LEED NC V2.0 Silver certification.

The team of Challenge Quebec Monde prepares to leave aboard "Whistler", a sailing ship of 44 feet, to research the impacts of climatic changes affecting the Pacific Islands as part of a learning opportunity to students in greater Quebec!

This adventure starts from Puerto Monte in Chile and will travel through the south pacific to the Isle of Robinson Cruso, Easter Island, into the the fabulous islands that make up French Polynesia, then on to the Cook Islands, into the group of over 171 islands that make up Tonga and then finally into New Zealand.

This Journey will last several months during which time the crew of the "Whistler" and Dfi Quebec Monde will provide virtual access to the south pacific to allow people of all ages to discover several areas of the world which are particularly affected by climate changes.

The Defi Quebec Monde team:

• Eric Prive - Mechanical Engineer and Captain
• Pascale Otis - Biologist and Scientific Journalist
• Angelo Gauthier - Veterinary Surgeon and Sailor