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GREEN INNOVATIONS OF THE YEAR
HVAC PERFORMANCE: Lennox HEAT PUMP TECHNOLOGY: LG Electronics
SINGLE-PHASE VRF HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM
S THE U.S. market’s rst single-
phase variable refrigerant ow
(VRF) five-ton heat recovery
A system, LG’s MULTI V S is a
compact, heat recovery unit designed to
provide excellent energy eciency, and
the versatility of simultaneous heating and
cooling up to 12 zones. With a smaller ca-
pacity (60,000 Btu/h cooling; 64,000 Btu/h
heating), compact design and single-phase
power, the MULTI V S helps builders in-
crease energy eciency and lower energy
costs without sacricing comfort. MULTI
V S also features LG’s high-eciency in-
COURTESY OF LENNOX verter scroll compressor, allowing the unit COURTESY OF LG ELECTRONICS USA
to provide cooling capabilities in ambient
temperatures up to 122 °F and heating op-
eration down to minus 13 °F.
For more information: https://bit.ly/2CiwjTY
ZONING EFFICIENCY: Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US
VARIABLE SPEED ULTRA LOW
NOX GAS FURNACE
HE LENNOX SL NV Variable
Speed Ultra Low NOx Gas
Furnace helps combat the health
T and environmental problems
that NOx gas creates, and some of the
installation problems faced by builders.
The unit meets those requirements where
local governments and municipalities COURTESY OF MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC
have lowered the NOx emission limits
for natural-gas-fired, fan-type residential
central furnaces, such as those within MLZ ONE-WAY CEILING CASSETTE
certain parts of California. The SL297NV HE MLZ ONEWAY Ceiling Cassette is an indoor unit designed to help homeowners
helps make the air cleaner, and also achieve comfort and optimize energy usage through zoning. With a sleek, narrow-
provides environmentally friendly home body design that ts between standard 16-inch joists, the MLZ enables easy
heating options for homeowners who T creation of zones for comfort and usage needs, providing energy savings for
want an earth-friendly, quiet and efficient existing homes and new construction. Utilizing an inverter-driven compressor, the MLZ
product and are looking to avoid a fine provides the space with the exact amount of energy to cool or heat an area without turning
for not being compliant with the new the system on and o. The unit also syncs to Mitsubishi’s kumo cloud app and web service,
regulations. which intelligently manages the MLZ to customize airow direction and temperature.
For more information: https://bit.ly/2yOTa94 For more information: https://bit.ly/2SMzOsV
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