“CondoElite™ Wireless Thermostat for Fan Coil Buildings” — As They Are Called – Is Now Available To Park Tower Owners
After meeting with our maintenance team and myself, we approved this being done in a demo unit, and are excited to report it appears to work perfectly with our convectors. Since then, we recommended this solution to a few owners inquired about thermostats and agreed to be crash test dummies. They had the same experience. So, we are believers! And this solution is about $1000 less expensive than installing the traditional wired-in Thermostats. Also, the device does not have to be installed on a wall. You can use it like a remote control from just about any location in your home.
Requiring no drywall cutting, no painting, and taking only about 15 minutes to install, this device brings thermostat control to fan coil units through a simple, non-invasive installation to the existing high, medium and low control box.
CondoElite was created by Chicago product designer and Zacuto founder Steve Weiss after he experienced a common frustration firsthand while living in Edgewater Plaza, at 5455 North Sheridan Road. “I found myself waking up in the middle of the night constantly turning the fan coil on and off because I was either too hot or too cold,” Weiss told us. “I searched everywhere for a solution and realized nothing existed specifically for these types of buildings that didn’t require cutting open walls, running conduit, and spending thousands of dollars.”
That experience inspired Weiss to design a system that was inexpensive, non-invasive, and quick to install. Working with his engineering team at Zacuto in Chicago, he developed CondoElite — a system that automatically cycles the fan coil unit on and off using a traditional thermostat to maintain the room temperature selected by the resident, while still allowing independent control of fan speed settings including high, medium, and low.
In addition to improving comfort, and eliminating the need to get up and down to turn the unit on or off, the device reduces electricity usage by preventing fan coil units from running continuously. Estimated electrical savings can average approximately $85 per year per fan coil unit – and that savings only goes up with the increasing cost of energy. They also note that reducing unnecessary fan runtime may help lessen overall strain on a building’s electrical infrastructure during peak heating and cooling periods. “Fan coil buildings are actually incredibly efficient systems,” Weiss explained. “The building handles the expense of heating and cooling production centrally, while residents only pay for the electricity required to run the fan in their individual unit — the least expensive part of the heating and cooling process. CondoElite modernizes the experience by finally adding intelligent temperature control.”
Here is a video better explaining and illustrating all this:
For more information or installation inquiries, call, text, email, or visit CondoClimate.com to learn more or schedule an appointment.
Steve Weiss (872) 529-6346
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