The Zone Control Blog

Copper theft is increasing with the copper prices - again

As many of you know, copper prices have continued to rise. As we have seen before, when copper prices are up, so is copper theft. If copper theft is a problem in your area, please consider protecting your investment with a Warning Watchdog™, the complete condensing unit protection security system. The Warning Watchdog™can protect up to 4 split systems or RTU's with one control panel.

Below is a link to an article describing the theft issues in Michigan.

http://www.freep.com/article/20100311/NEWS04/100311016/1322/Sterling-Heights-police-Air-conditioning-units-targeted-again

 

For more information on the Warning Watchdog™, please visit our website or call 888-652-9663.

Honeywell IAQ Training at Jackson Systems

 

FREE Honeywell IAQ Training

Send all your technicians and sales staff to learn about...

• Air Filtration
• Dehumidification
• UV Treatments
• How to integrate the VisionPro and Prestige thermostats into a total home comfort system

Training Information

Date:  Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Place: 
Jackson Systems
5418 Elmwood Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46203

Time:
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Dinner provided

RSVP: 
Please RSVP with Doug Engel and indicate name(s) and email(s) of who will be attending from your company

Phone: 317-788-6800
Toll-free: 888-652-9663
Fax: 317-222-1034
E-mail: doug.engel@jacksonsystems.com

 

 

 

Advanced Grouping of your thermostats through the WEB Comfort System

As we started in an earlier blog post, Jackson Systems', WEB Comfort™ System allows incredible flexibility in grouping your thermostats.  A dedicated page is used to setup your groups.  Besides grouping by location or collection, you can also group by location AND collection.

Each thermostat can belong to more than one group as long as one group is a location group and the other group is a collection.  This can be a powerful tool by allowing the end-user to put each thermostat as a location such as Auditorium, Room 265 or Showroom.  You can then put each thermostat in a collection such as RTU 1, RTU 2, Split System 1 or Split System 2.

The location groups will be the only groups shown on the main thermostat page.  Collection groups which can track energy usage can be viewed through the groups tab.

 
For more information on Jackson Systems'  WEB Comfort™, please visit www.jacksonsystems.com or call 888-652-9663.

WEB Comfort System: Adjusting your thermostat through the Internet

Jackson Systems' WEB Comfort™  System allows incredible flexibility in adjusting your thermostats via the internet.  After highlighting a specific thermostat in your list, click on the edit button.  A dedicated page is used to adjust your thermostat.

The edit page is broken up into three distinct areas. The first section allows you to name the thermostat or assign a location of thermostat that was created in your groups menu.  The third section is a read only section that allows you to view the current conditions of your thermostat such as the current mode of thermostat and the schedule that is assigned.

The second section is where your editing takes place.  You can quickly and easily change the heat and/or cool set point of your stat in this section.  You can also change your fan from auto to on as well as change your mode of operation by selecting Auto, heat only, cool only or off.

Adjusting your thermostat through the internet has never been easier by using Jackson Systems' WEB Comfort™ System. 

 
  

ACCA Announces New Corporate Partner Program

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America(ACCA) has announced a new Corporate Partner program for 2010. The Corporate Partner program enables HVACR industry suppliers and manufacturers to demonstrate extraordinary commitment to ACCA and its members through year-round support of the associations' activities.  Jackson Systems is extremely honored to announce that they are included in the program.  For years, Jackson Systems has been strong supporters of ACCA and to take it to the next level is a great opportunity for everyone involved.

View the full article to see who else has joined the Corporate Partnership.

Grouping your thermostats through the WEB Comfort System

Jackson Systems' WEB Comfort™ System allows incredible flexibility in grouping your thermostats.  A dedicated page is used to setup your groups.  You can either group thermostats by location such as front offices and back offices or you might group thermostats by HVAC equipment such as RTU1 and RTU2.  Grouping thermostats will allow you to quickly view and chart energy consumption for each group.  You can also assign schedules to individual groups.

 
 
For more information on Jackson Systems' WEB Comfort™ System please visit www.jacksonsystems.com or call 888-652-9663.

Scheduling your thermostats through the WEB Comfort System

Jackson Systems' WEB Comfort™ System  allows incredible flexibility in scheduling your thermostats.  A dedicated page is used to setup your schedules.  After setting up a schedule, you can apply this schedule to one thermostat or many thermostats.  You can have up to 100 different schedules for your system.  Each schedule can have up to 96 events per day.

 

For more information on Jackson Systems' WEB Comfort™ System, please visit www.jacksonsystems.com or call 888-652-9663.

 

WEB Comfort: Communicating Thermostat System from Jackson Systems

How many of your customers have asked you if they can access and control their thermostats through a simple inexpensive web browser?  If you had to tell them there is nothing like that out there, think again.  Jackson Systems has the WEB Comfort™ System that allows an end user to manage all of their HVAC systems through a simple web browser.  This system is low cost and easy to install.  The Jackson Systems WEB Comfort™ Communicating Thermostat  System delivers exceptional value by enabling multiple thermostats to be wirelessly networked throughout a building or home.  The system provides an easy to use web-based dashboard for programming, monitoring and control. 

 

Over the next few months we will have several blog posts on this site regarding the WEB Comfort™ System.  Be sure to check back and learn more about the features and benefits as well as advanced technical information on the WEB Comfort™ System.

 

 

Earn Triple Contractor PRO Points

Earn Triple Contractor PRO Points and
a chance to win Indy 500 Tickets!

Get up to speed with the expanded TrueSTEAM Training Tune-Up that includes more training modules and more prizes and rewards! Once you complete the quiz, you will automatically earn a racing-themed hat and a TrueSTEAM Training Tune-Up CD. Plus, you will earn Triple Contractor PRO Points on every purchase of a wide range of qualifying Honeywell humidifiers through March 31, 2010. (you will need your ContractorPRO account number available when taking test to receive your points)

Plus, one lucky grand-prize winner will win a 3-day/2-night trip for two to the Indy 500, May 29-31, 2010! (a $3,100 value)

Earn Triple Contractor PRO Points and
a chance to win Indy 500 Tickets!

Get up to speed with the expanded TrueSTEAM Training Tune-Up that includes more training modules and more prizes and rewards! Once you complete the quiz, you will automatically earn a racing-themed hat and a TrueSTEAM Training Tune-Up CD. Plus, you will earn Triple Contractor PRO Points on every purchase of a wide range of qualifying Honeywell humidifiers through March 31, 2010. (you will need your ContractorPRO account number available when taking test to receive your points)

Plus, one lucky grand-prize winner will win a 3-day/2-night trip for two to the Indy 500, May 29-31, 2010! (a $3,100 value)

Temperature Wars

According to a new survey from the International Facility Management Association, the most common complaint is that the temperature is too hot or too cold when it comes to indoor comfort.  The group surveyed 473 IFMA members as part of a new study called “Temperature Wars: Savings vs. Comfort”.  According to the survey “the most common heating, ventilating and air conditioning complaints they receive are that the temperature is too cold (94 percent) or too hot (91 percent)”.  “Fifty-six percent of those surveyed said temperatures at their facility are centrally controlled and cannot be regulated by individual occupants” and “2 percent report buildings that feature individual occupant or workstation controls”.

Zone Control such as Jackson Systems Z-2000 fully modulating zone control system can allow individual occupant or workstation control over the temperature.  Employee comfort has a direct relationship to productivity and overall job satisfaction.  When giving employee’s control over their ambient temperature surrounding, you can help increase productivity and job satisfaction.  Jackson Systems feels that “if we can increase the 2 percent of buildings that allow individual temperature control, the 94 percent and 91 percent of people that complain about being too cold or too hot would definitely be a much lower number” 
Facility managers should consider zone control for their facility for both savings and employee comfort.