Higher Education

Bright Futures for Buildings

From managing space constraints and sound control to enhancing energy efficiency and indoor air quality (IAQ), Tom Barrow Company has designed HVAC solutions tailored to meet the space, time, and budget needs of higher education facilities.

AHU RETROFITS: Addressing Challenging Spaces

Building access to mechanical rooms is often limited by narrow entry points, freight elevators, exterior louvers located several stories above grade level, and difficult pathways around existing equipment. Mechanical rooms with complex ductwork, piping, and structural members require AHUs to be designed to specific physical dimensions, often to the nearest inch, in order to maximize performance for a given space allocation.

Installation and Time Cost Savings

• Eliminate the need for a crane at the construction site by using components sized to fit through allowable space - can be sized in shape and weight.
• Experience significant savings in installation time and labor. 
• Reduce the need for major demolition and reconstruction.

DECARBONIZATION: Coil Cleaning for HVAC Efficiency

Working toward decarbonization goals? 

Here’s how in-AHU UVC can contribute to decarbonization and energy efficiency:

• Keeps coils clean 24/7/365.
• Restores Delta-T and thermal efficiency, improves air flow, reduces static pressure and fan amperage to achieve up to a 12%-20% energy cost reduction/3 to 5-year energy ROI. 
• Reduces CO2. Annual KWH savings/1425 = metric ton reduction of CO2. 
• Generates greater condensate volume to lower Relative Humidity (RH%) in the facility.

SOUND ADVICE: Reducing Noise

Displacement ventilation can provide the right comfort and energy solution – the air devices blend in with unique architecture and the slow-moving air is comfortable, quiet, and energy efficient.

Sound attenuators and modular panels also provide solutions for reducing noise and creating a quieter spaces. 

TBCo represents hundreds of products to address a broad range of HVAC applications in university settings including auditoriums and lecture halls, libraries, and athletic facilities. Industry-leading products include air handlers, fans, filters, humidity control, in-duct UVC disinfection, and acoustical silencers.