HVAC Champs

February 12, 2015 12:21 pm

Over the years, the field of HVAC has been focused on offering enough comfort and required indoor air quality through variety of solutions. This article takes a look at some of the top players in HVAC industry
 HVAC is the technology of indoor and vehicular environmental comfort. Its goal is to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality. Refrigeration is sometimes added to the field’s abbreviation as HVAC&R.
HVAC is important in the design of medium to large industrial and office buildings such as skyscrapers and in marine environments where safe and healthy building conditions are regulated with respect to temperature and humidity, using fresh air from outdoors.
The three central functions of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are interrelated, especially with the need to provide thermal comfort and acceptable indoor air quality within reasonable installation, operation, and maintenance costs. HVAC systems can provide ventilation, reduce air infiltration, and maintain pressure relationships between spaces.
Nowadays it can be observed that HVAC is finding its applications in many fields. Hence let us know more about some top players in HVAC industry providing the solutions to meet the ever-growing needs of the industry.
Carrier IndiaCarrier Airconditioning & Refrigeration Ltd. is one of the leaders in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions. Carrier professionals focus on to provide sustainable solutions, integrating energy efficient products, building controls, and energy services for residential, commercial, retail, transport and food service customers. Carrier believes that it improves the world around through engineered innovation and environmental stewardship.Today Carrier has operations in more than 170 countries. Carrier distributes and provides service to its customers via its worldwide network of owned and independent distributors and dealers.
Carrier has one manufacturing facility in India, Carrier Airconditioning and Refrigeration (Carrier India), which produces air conditioning and refrigeration equipment for the domestic market. Products manufactured at Carrier India include window room air conditioners, duct free splits, chillers, airside systems, freezers and truck refrigeration. When it comes to the market place, Carrier serves three markets:• Residential and light commercial (homes and small facilities): The company supplies furnaces, central air conditioners, heat pumps, air filters, window units, split systems and other home comfort solutions.• Commercial building (industrial and multi-level facilities): It supplies chillers, large unitary, airside systems and controls that provide comfort and enhance efficiency in buildings around the world.• Refrigeration systems for food retail and transportation: Carrier provides applications to ensure food supplies are transported and stored for safe consumption.
Daikin Airconditioning Daikin Airconditioning India Pvt. Ltd. (DAIPL) is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., Japan, one of the global leaders in the manufacturing of commercial use and residential air conditioning systems. Backed by the quality technology, the organisation offers a wide range of energy efficient air conditioning solutions to the Indian customers. It has been successfully offering premium air conditioning solutions in the Indian market for large-scale projects. Robust growth is forecasted in India’s air conditioning market in the future and Daikin intends to further increase its market share of residential and large-scale projects.
The company feels it is essential to offer customers optimum convenience and comfort with the high quality products, materials, and services. Moreover, it aims to continue offering quality products and services. It furthermore believes that such activities are an important source of increased profit and business expansion for the Group. Its AC offerings include: split, cassette, ducted, VRV, floor standings, and also air purifiers, FCUs, chillers etc.  Hitachi IndiaHitachi India Pvt. Ltd. (HIL) markets and sells a wide range of products ranging from power and industrial systems, industrial components and equipment, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment to international procurement of software, materials and components.
Hitachi India offers a host of products and solutions, designed to meet the specific requirements of consumer dynamics and constantly evolving business landscape. It develops cutting-edge business and consumer products which are designed with the latest technology to ensure high functionality and flawless operation. Customers can explore Hitachi’s comprehensive range of consumer and business products, services and solutions.
Ingersoll RandIngersoll Rand India Ltd. was founded in Kolkata in 1921, one of the first American investments in India. It has brought up centrifugal technology into India and started manufacturing CENTACS (Centrifugal Compressors) way back in 1989 when centrifugal technology was hardly known and accepted.
In recent times, with the focus shifting to energy efficient compressor technology, the company has launched the award-winning ‘Nirvana’ energy saving rotary compressors. The company continues to bring latest technologies to India and launch localised products keeping in mind the requirements of the Indian market. It believes that its strength lies in its path-breaking technologies and products and quality service to its customers across the country.
Ingersoll-Rand (India) Limited has recently rolled out an aggressive plan for growth in India. The foundation of this growth will be customer driven innovation, a robust infrastructure to support after sales services, a significant investment in the facilities to transform them into world class manufacturing operations.
LG ElectronicsDesigned with innovative technologies and stylish designs, LG’s air conditioning systems are made in order to keep everyone cool on hot summer days and offer heating functions for cold winter nights. Customers can choose from an array of air conditioners and find the perfect way to cool and heat any space. In addition to offering state-of-the-art air conditioners, the company also offers other home appliances, commercial products as well as quality after sales service and support to help ensure that the products work properly.
The company is making technology advances and identifying business opportunities through various partnerships relationships with some of the world’s leading companies. LG Electronics focuses on to create new products and services with its innovative approach, while developing new technologies and business fields through various partnerships with some of the world’s most successful companies.
Danfoss Industries  Danfoss India serves a wide range of industries that rely on Danfoss products for their component and sub-system needs state-of-art refrigeration, air conditioning components and controls, VLT drives and a range of heating valves, controls and solutions for HVAC, district cooling and under floor heating applications.
Established in 1998, Danfoss is headquartered in Chennai with a nationwide sales and support network comprising of 10 offices, a manufacturing unit, R&D centre, and strong network of channel partners. Danfoss supplies compressors and automated solutions to the refrigeration and air conditioning industry. Its product range used within a number of business areas, ranging from household, commercial, food, retail, and industrial refrigeration to air conditioning and products for the wholesale refrigeration market to automation in specific industrial sectors.
Sterling and WilsonIn 2005, Sterling and Wilson started its HVAC division with its first project being the Serena Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.  The success of this project was a major learning experience and the right impetus needed for charting the company in its successful entry into HVAC services.
The HVAC division of the company has shown consistent growth over years and today it is among the top players in the country. It has gained a reputation for executing challenging projects in India and abroad. Today Sterling and Wilson’s clients for HVAC projects include Tata Motors, Tata Power, Pepsi, Volkswagen, BHEL, TCS, Nokia, Siemens, IBIS hotels, Wipro, Bharti, Etisalat etc.
Over the years Sterling and Wilson has set up a strong team across India to offer complete HVAC solutions like: central chilled water plant systems, DX system/VRV systems, primary/secondary pumping system, thermal storage system, hot water generator, solar heater and related low side work, ventilation system and evaporative cooling systems, roof extractors and jet fan systems, clean room technology for micro electronics, micro mechanics and pharma, district cooling system, heat recovery and desiccant cooling systems.