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The demands placed on today's facilities have never been greater. Modern buildings must be flexible and reach new levels of energy efficiency. They require attentive cost-control practices in all stages of initial construction and modernization, as well as in daily operation. Those charged with building construction and management must rely on technologies and the people behind them to meet their facility-related responsibilities. For 40 years, KMC Controls has been designing, building, and, through our distribution partners, delivering innovative control solutions. We are committed to being the provider of choice for HVAC controls and building automation.

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Commercial Office

Kuwait Oil Company Headquarters
(Al Ahmadi, Kuwait) – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, is universally recognized as one of the world’s top oil energy producing enterpris...
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Wachovia Bank Building
(Tampa, Florida) - The 22-story, 387,000 sq. ft. high rise at 100 South Ashley Drive is known as one of the friendliest and most e...
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Intel - IDC 9
(Haifa, Israel) – Computer hardware giant, Intel Corporation, has received LEED® Gold certification, the internationally recognized stamp of approval from the U.S. Gre...
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100 North Tampa Building
(Tampa, Florida) – Located downtown, the 100 North Tampa building is a prominent piece of architecture in the city’s skyline. It is the tallest building in Tampa wit...
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Forsyth Center
(St. Louis, Missouri) - In the St. Louis suburb of Clayton, MDR Properties has added a second 14-story class A office complex imme...
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SouthTrust Plaza
(Tampa, Florida) – With the exception of some geographic variability, commercial office space remains amply available to the buying/leasing community. As a result, many ow...
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Energen Headquarters
(Birmingham, Alabama) - Located in the foot-hills of the Appalachian Mountains, Birmingham, Alabama is home to over 240,000 residents w...
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Nationwide Insurance Company
(Gainesville, Florida) – What does an insurance provider do to insure the continued comfort of their own staff? For Nationwide, one of the largest insurance and financial ...
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LEED & ENERGY STAR

Greenway Middle School
(Phoenix, Arizona) - Greenway Middle School has a proud history dating back to 1912. What began as a one room schoolhouse in northeast Phoenix has evolved int...
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Intel - IDC 9

(Haifa, Israel) – Computer hardware giant, Intel Corporation, has received LEED® Gold certification, the internationally recognized stamp of approval from the U.S...

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Goshen College, Rieth Village
(Goshen, Indiana) - When Luke Gascho, Goshen College’s Merry Lea Building Executive Director, interviewed contractors and architects for a new collegiat...
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Wachovia Bank Building
(Tampa, Florida) - The 22-story, 387,000 sq. ft. high rise at 100 South Ashley Drive is known as one of the friendliest and most easily...
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Schools (K-12)

Franklin School District
(Franklin, Massachusetts) - The city of Franklin is located in Norfolk County, one of the original four counties of the Colony of Massa...
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Nantucket Public Schools
(Nantucket, Massachusetts) Nantucket, a place of charm and beauty, is located thirty miles from the mainland of Massachusetts on...
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Greenway Middle School
(Phoenix, Arizona) - Greenway Middle School has a proud history dating back to 1912. What began as a one room schoolhouse in northeast Phoenix has evolved int...
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Clay Community Schools
(Clay County, Indiana) - The rural county is located in west-central Indiana approximately 15 miles east of Terra Haute. The small...
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Colleges/Universities

TDK's Headway Technologies

(Milpitas, CA) - Continuous Improvement.  When there's a great deal of low-hanging fruit to gather, it's an easy concept to...

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University of Guelph
(Guelph, Canada) - With approximately 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the University of Guelph (U of G) is a leading educat...
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Goshen College, Rieth Village
(Goshen, Indiana) When Luke Gascho, Goshen College’s Merry Lea Building Executive Director, interviewed contractors and architects for a new coll...
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Saint John's University
(Collegeville, Minnesota) Saint John’s University is an all men’s school of approximately 1,900 students. The Univer...
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Retail

Brandon Town Center
(Brandon, Florida) – Setting on a beautifully landscaped 262-acre lot just 8 miles east of downtown Tampa, Florida lies the Brandon Town Center mall. This 1.2 million squa...
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Hospitality

The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
(Chicago, Illinois) - A landmark on Chicago’s famed “Magnificent Mile” the Westin Michigan Avenue is rich in history ...
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Essenhaus
(Middlebury, Indiana) - Located in the center of a predominant Amish community, the Essenhaus attracts many visitors every year. The fa...
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TPC at Deere Run
(Silvis, Illinois) – The annual John Deere Classic golf tournament is held at TPC at Deere Run in this Illinois town near the Davenport, Iowa border. According to D.A. Wei...
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Government/Public

Royal Saudi Naval Force
(Riyadh, KSA) – In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) is the naval branch of the armed forces. Founded in 1960, the RSNF was developed largely as a defensive f...
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Kuwait Oil Company Headquarters
(Al Ahmadi, Kuwait) – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, is universally recognized as one of the world’s top oil energy producing enterpris...
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Indiana State Museum
(Indianapolis, Indiana) – Located in White River State Park in the heart of Indiana’s capital city, the Indiana State Museum is a world-class institution where India...
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Government Palace
(Brasilia, Brazil) – The Brazilian government’s recently completed headquarters required the newest technology and control systems. ISAI Controles of San Pablo, Braz...
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Glenmont House
(West Orange, New Jersey) - Llewellyn Park, located in West Orange, New Jersey, was the first planned residential community in the United States. Developed in...
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Federal Police Building
(San Pablo, Brazil)  Brazilian-based Federal Police now have a new building with plenty of offices and jail space. The...
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Jefferson City Correctional Center
(Jefferson City, Missouri) - The new Jefferson City Correctional Center is now open for inmate occupancy. The facility is capable of ho...
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Department of Defense Computer Facility
(Ogden, Utah) – The Defense Department’s Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) is a facility with complex environmental control system requirements. When it came time t...
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Industrial

Seattle Life Sciences Building
(Seattle, Washington) – Seattle is home to numerous firms in the life sciences arena.  The buildings that house them are often described as mixed use with office, laboratory, and research s...
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OPTODEV Inc.
(Manila, Philippines) – Since 1998, OPTODEV, Inc., a subsidiary of Essilor International, one of the leading global players in health care, has been a producer of high-index ophthalmic lens...
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Midwest Laboratories
(Omaha, Nebraska) - Founded in 1975, Midwest Laboratories analyzes the components of many different items—from soil, to plant tis...
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Molex
(Lincoln, Nebraska) - One of the fastest growing companies, Molex, stands as number two in the electronics molded connectors industry. ...
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Healthcare

OPTODEV Inc.
(Manila, Philippines) – Since 1998, OPTODEV, Inc., a subsidiary of Essilor International, one of the leading global players in health care, has been a producer of high-index ophthalmic lens...
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Bellin Health System
(Green Bay, Wisconsin) – Bellin Health System is an integrated healthcare delivery system based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, serving 450,000 people in northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula ...
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HEALTHSOUTH Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital
(Birmingham, Alabama) - HEALTHSOUTH Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital is a top-tier healthcare facility serving north central and centr...
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St Edwards Mercy Medical Center
(Ft. Smith, Arkansas) – Product reliability and customer service are important, but not always common currency among products and companies. When St. Edwards Mercy Medical...
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Pinellas County's Forensic and Medical Examiners Center
(Largo, Florida) – In recent times forensic science has garnered quite a following in the popular culture scene. Though the associated control system may never be featured...
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Royal Saudi Naval Force
(Riyadh, KSA) – In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) is the naval branch of the armed forces. Founded in 1960, the RSNF was developed largely as a defensive force to protect against the expanding Imperial Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea. Today, with assistance from the United States, the RSNF has about 15,000 officers and men, including 3,000 Marines with advanced command, control and fighting capabilities. 

In Riyadh, the RSNF had a problem with their headquarters facility. Like any government facility, they were looking to reduce energy costs while facing higher operating costs. But the issues faced by the RSNF were exacerbated by their aging pneumatic control system, installed 25 years earlier. The knowledge and skills needed to maintain such a system were becoming as obsolete as the system itself.

That’s when the RSNF began planning a significant retrofit project to replace pneumatic control with electronic and digital control. Their established mechanical/electrical contractor, Gulf Group, recommended Bareeq Al-Tamayez for Trading Services (Bareeq), a local energy management contractor and an authorized representative of KMC Controls, to install a fully automated system. In turn, Bareeq recommended a BACnet solution.

The RSNF headquarters in Riyadh is a 6-story building with 2 sub-basements of approximately 150,000 square feet. The specified project consisted of retrofitting all existing mechanical systems from pneumatic control to direct digital control. The retrofit included the central AHU systems and the smoke control system. The fire suppression system was also integrated into the new building management system.

Two large AHUs serve the core of the building providing over 50,000 CFM of air each. They were brought under control by KMC BACnet Advanced Application Controllers. The associated fan systems had three parallel fans with pneumatically powered inlet guide vanes that needed to be retrofitted. Bareeq designed a special retrofit linkage kit that enabled the existing 60PSI, 4” linear stroke pneumatic actuators to be replaced by a tandem coupled electronic actuator set consisting of dual KMC MEP-7852 (320 in. lb.) fail-safe actuators. The actuators ensure tight close-off when needed and smooth control throughout their range. The retrofit of the inlet guide vanes was chosen because the existing motors were not candidates for VFDs due to their age and design.

Individual zone controls were retrofitted with electronic VAV thermostat/room controllers from Tongdy Control Technology Co., Ltd. Meanwhile, MEP-4002 electronic proportional actuators from KMC Controls were used on the existing bypass-type VAV terminals. Gulf Group’s contracting subsidiary installed all necessary control wiring for the new 330+ VAV damper operators & thermostats, 65+ smoke control dampers, and all other sensors & actuators.

One of the more significant aspects of the retrofit is an integrated smoke control system using KMC’s UL 864 (Category UUKL) BAC-5831 and 5801 series controllers. The digital smoke control panels replaced larger pneumatic manual control panels but with much smaller footprints. RSNF even noted an added benefit of increased storage space in the mechanical rooms as a result! More importantly, the smoke control system manages over 65 dedicated smoke control dampers in the supply, return, and exhaust air streams as well as 12 staircase pressurization and smoke exhaust fans. Additionally, the facility’s high-security protection areas are provided with a Halon-based fire suppression system that is monitored from the BACnet DDC system with associated control actions taken when necessary.

The entire digital system and electronic devices are monitored by KMC TotalControl operator workstation offering a complete graphical user interface and web-based remote capabilities.

Significantly, the retrofit project was executed in phases during working hours without disruption to the operations or staff of the RSNF. For instance, the BACnet DDC system was configured and programmed “off-line” by a U.S.-based KMC representative. Control panels were pre-loaded and pre-tested with application software prior to shipment to the site. As a result, only minor variations and changes were required during the commissioning process.

According to M.A. Baig, Project Director at Bareeq Al-Tamayez for Trading Services, “This was one of the smoothest upgrade retrofits ever experienced by the client. The RSNF is thrilled with the operation of the system and they are planning to expand the retrofit approach to other facilities throughout the Kingdom that are in need of upgrading.” He went on to say, “I also want to thank KMC’s technical support staff for all of their on-line help and support. When we took on this project we weren’t really sure what we were getting into. Their ability to “remote into” the TotalControl system from the U.S. minimized lost time and really made commissioning easy for this complex project.”

The new, automated system has significantly improved both comfort levels and energy usage throughout the RSNF headquarters. RSNF officials have indicated that they are experiencing an 18% reduction in KWH consumption due to the implementation of a fully automated BACnet control system. In addition, they anecdotally note a greater peace-of-mind that critical, life-safety systems are now under digital control. Finally, they enjoy increased visibility of building performance through displayed data which was impossible under pneumatic control.

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