22 October, 2004 ACADS Mission Statement

Master in Engineering Design

Air Conditioning Active Distribution System (ACADS)

Mission Statement

José Gaspar

22 October, 2004 ACADS Mission Statement

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Product Description

• System of localized and active distribution of conditioned air, with efficiency and natural thermal comfort.

22 October, 2004 ACADS Mission Statement

Key Business Goals

Product Introduction to Market in 2010:

– This timing may be reduced by national and international pressures for efficiency and ecology;

– The price of oil as reached records and will not back down to low values of a few ears ago;

– On an ecological level big changes are expected, since Russia has signed Kioto agreements;

– EU will be the most competitive market in the world ,in the year 2010.

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Market

• Primary Market: HVAC Installation Companies.

• Secondary Market: Air Diffusion Equipment Manufacturers.

• Final Users: Closed Public Spaces.

• Auditorium

• Open Office

• Pavilion

• Shopping Centre

• Cinema

• Music Hall

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Assumptions

• Localized air distribution;• Air variable flow and constant velocity diffuser;• Thermal vision technology;• Operating and standby low consumptions;• Low cost system;• Natural thermal comfort with health concerns.

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Stakeholders

• Air Diffusion Equipment Manufacturers:

• Design Department;• Production Department;• Marketing Department;• Commercial Department.

• HVAC Installation Companies.• Final Users

22 October, 2004 ACADS Mission Statement