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  LCSystems develops and manufactures innovative energy-saving HVAC systems for commercial kitchens including its’ latest development Total Kitchen HVAC® (TKHVAC™). Effective TKHVAC begins with integration of an optimized kitchen hood, designed to provide full thermal capture and containment at minimum exhaust airflow, into the HVAC system. This state-of-the art system also combines separate conventional MUA and HVAC unit functions into a single dedicated outdoor air unit. Combining unit functions further reduces total kitchen airflow. The dedicated outdoor air unit conditions outdoor air to maintain kitchen comfort as well as replace the air ventilated through the kitchen hood. HVAC Integration also allows the kitchen hood to ventilate space heat gain and eliminate recirculation. The system includes robust controls which make all conditioning decisions based on outdoor air temperature and/or enthalpy including a dehumidification mode that removes moisture from the outdoor air before it enters the kitchen. This is an energy efficient and effective method of controlling space humidity which is critical to kitchen comfort. When compared to conventional MUA and HVAC systems TKHVAC achieves higher levels of comfort and consumes considerably less HVAC energy1. Energy savings and improved comfort are two reasons that industry leaders Trane and Halton both recommend Total Kitchen HVAC as their solution for commercial kitchen comfort and moisture control.

  LCSystems was established in 1994 to provide Division 15 solutions for commercial kitchens and continues to support development of products and systems that will provide additional solutions for engineers and mechanical contractors. One example of this continued support is active participation in ASHRAE TC 5.10 “Kitchen Ventilation” since the committee’s inception. LCSystems president, Steve Brown, is currently chair of this ASHRAE committee and also is active in ASHRAE’s kitchen ventilation research subcommittee.

  Other innovative products include LCSystems patented grease management system, patented lineal slot backshelf hood systems and patented direct and belt drive LS exhaust fans as well as conventional MUA products and systems.

1 See DOAS for Kitchen Ventilation ASHRAE Journal July 2007 (Available on the LCSystems, Inc. web site).