Contractor Magazine Profiles Logboat Brewery Automation Project
COLUMBIA, MO – Integrated Facility Services (IFS) recently automated Logboat Brewing Company’s building control system to increase operational efficiency while safeguarding the system from harsh environmental factors. The Logboat Brewery takes its name from the dugout canoes that the native peoples of the region—mainly Osage, Missouria and Illinois—used to travel and trade on the Missouri […]
IFS completes automation project for Logboat Brewing Company in Columbia, Missouri
COLUMBIA, MO – Integrated Facility Services (IFS) recently automated Logboat Brewing Company’s building control system to increase operational efficiency while safeguarding the system from harsh environmental factors. The project included the installation of custom built control panels featuring Reliable Controls, which allow real-time monitoring, regulating and adjustments of temperature, pressure and flow rates. IFS selected […]
IFS Featured in CNR Article About Building Controls
St Louis Construction New & Review recently ran an article titled “Industrial Builds Bring Control Systems Complexity For Specialty Contractors,” which featured our very own Jerry Baumann. Read the article below to hear what Jerry had to say about the challenges faced on industrial projects. St. Louis Construction News Review – March/April 2023 by St. […]
Automation Earth Month Blog
Reducing Energy Costs from HVAC Equipment Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) units require a considerable amount of energy to maintain the climate of a building. EPA studies have shown HVAC operations typically account for 40-60 percent of a commercial building’s energy use. Automated climate control systems which change to meet the business needs within a […]
Blog – Building Automation
What began as a simple thermostat triggering a light for coal to be added to a boiler has evolved over the past 135 years to comprehensive electrical systems that can control multi-stage building systems via cloud-based software from nearly any computer connected to the internet. As the technologies have expanded, the associated systems have grown […]
Leveraging Building Automation to Work Toward Net-Zero
Net-Zero Energy (NZE) buildings are a fast growing trend around the country. At their simplest form, the total amount of energy used by a NZE building is roughly equal to the amount of renewable energy created. Renewable energy is a key part in the success of these buildings; however, without extensive effort on the conservation […]
Could your Building Benefit from an Electronically Commutated Motor (ECM) Retrofit?
As energy costs and consciousness increase, manufacturers are looking for ways to make their equipment more efficient. This also aids in compliance with energy initiatives and incentives. As this focus grows, the manufacturers are able to bridge the gap in the “comfort vs. cost” debate that many businesses face. As manufacturers have increased their focus […]
Understanding Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
VFD is an acronym that is thrown around a lot when discussing energy savings and HVAC equipment. But what exactly is a VFD? How does it work? Why does it save energy? Hopefully this quick blog will answer these, and some of your other questions concerning VFDs. A Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) is an electro-mechanical drive that is used […]
IFS renovating HVAC systems for four schools in the Pattonville School District
ST. LOUIS, MO – Work is underway on an extensive $3.1 million upgrade of heating, ventilating and air conditioning HVAC systems at four schools in the Pattonville School District in St. Louis County, with Integrated Facility Services (IFS) as the mechanical contractor. The design/build project will replace outdated equipment with new HVAC systems designed to […]
Integrated Facility Services to install building automation system for VA Hospital in Mountain Home, TN
ST. LOUIS, MO – Integrated Facility Services (IFS) has been awarded a contract to install a building automation system (BAS) as part of an $8.85 million complete renovation of Building 8 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Hospital in Mountain Home, TN. The Mountain Home VAMC Campus is located outside of Johnson City, TN […]
Winter HVAC Preventive Maintenance Tips
The winter season is here, which can only mean one thing; now is the perfect time to start preparing your commercial building for the harsh, frigid winter season. Is your heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system ready for the cold weather? As a property manager or building owner, it is better to find out […]
Integrated Facility Services completes HVAC retrofit at Missouri Athletic Club
[vc_row][vc_column width=”5/6″][vc_column_text]The Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) is a private social, business, athletic, and dining club with locations in Downtown St. Louis and Town and Country in West St. Louis County. The MAC’s Downtown Clubhouse was dedicated in a ceremony in 1915. The downtown MAC facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and […]
Building Automation – Fire Protection
Fire protection can be a very serious issue, especially when a building has expensive equipment stored, and more importantly a number of employees or customers that occupy it daily. Choosing the proper fire protection system will not only protect your building, its contents, and employees, but it will save your business from destruction. Fires are […]
Building Automation – Lighting
Lighting is an important aspect of any building and, therefore, burns up a lot of energy, especially when used improperly. Though it often goes unnoticed, businesses waste an immense amount of resources by having an inadequate or nonexistent lighting control system. Setting into place an automation control system for lighting can conserve energy and save […]
Building Automation – HVAC
Often times, when people think of Energy Management or Building Automation Systems, they believe that automation only pertains to Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. In the “Building Automation Blog Series” we will discuss the various applications that building automation can be used to save you money and to make equipment operate easier and […]
Clean Air Month 2016
What does the Clean Air Act and Clean Air Month have to do with you? Well if you are old enough to remember smog in major cities in the 60’s and 70’s then you know there has been a change in our environment, both good and bad. For those few who were alive in the […]
Integrated Facility Services completes $8 million project at Spartan Light Metal Products
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI – Integrated Facility Services (IFS) in Columbia, formerly Air Masters, has completed an HVAC, process piping, and building automation systems project for the $8 million office and plant expansion at Spartan Light Metal Products in Mexico, Missouri. The 68,000-square-foot expansion included a complete renovation of the existing plant offices, a new office addition and a new […]
Reduce Your Chiller’s Energy Usage
Reduce Your Chiller’s Energy Usage up to 30% by Adding a Variable Frequency Drive! A centrifugal chiller is typically the single largest consumer of energy in a building and as the cost for large horsepower VFD comes down, their application on centrifugal chillers has become more economically attractive. Since most chillers operate at part load/off […]
Air Masters contracted for HVAC upgrade at Chesterfield City Hall
ST. LOUIS – The City of Chesterfield has contracted Air Masters for a $724,000 HVAC upgrade at Chesterfield City Hall. Air Masters will function as the Prime Contractor, managing all construction work and activities to fulfill the scope directed by the City of Chesterfield. The project will replace the existing 14-year-old heating, air conditioning and […]
Air Masters completes HVAC and controls upgrade inside the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – Air Masters has completed the first-comfort HVAC upgrade inside the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. The 50-year-old HVAC dual duct boxes and pneumatic controls in the national monument’s 630-foot legs were replaced with new boxes and computerized controls to ensure the comfort and safety of tram passengers on their way to the […]