Emerson officially introduced its $35 million Helix Innovation Center on April 27. The 40,000-square-foot center located on the University of Dayton campus will serve as a commercial building controls and HVAC technology lab. The modules inside the Helix include:
• A fully functional two-story, three-bedroom, 2,000-squarefoot home. The outside chamber offers temperature simulations from minus 20°F to 120°;
• A data center module that will help deliver more holistic, next-generation approaches to controlling the data center environment and effectively managing heat;
• A working, licensed, high-density commercial kitchen that can feed 150 diners;
• A retail experience designed to simulate supermarket and convenience store environments that includes refrigeration, dry goods, lighting, HVAC, heat reclamation, point of sale, and more.
The building also features three learning labs. (Source: ACHR News, 30 May 2016)