Agriculture
Is there any place hotter and more stifling than a barn filled with dairy cows or other livestock on a hot summer’s day? Frankly it’s as uncomfortable for your livestock, as it is for you and your employees.
This can have an adverse effect on worker and animal production and efficiency, to say nothing of accelerating spoilage, and the constant annoyance of flying insects.
The fact is, a cool cow is a productive cow. Repeated studies have shown that HVLS barn fans lower the temperatures in dairy barns by 6-8 degrees, resulting in significant increases in milk production. These additional milk profits coupled with the energy savings, enable Airvolution™ HVLS barn fans to pay for themselves in a short period of time, and generate significant recurring additional profits to dairy operations after pay back.
MacroAir HVLS fans are the ideal solution for cooling and ventilation of these large open environments. They also provide an ideal means to distribute warm air from overhead heat systems during the colder months. Even barns with large always-open doors or an open shed type of construction can reap the benefits of our efficient and cost effective technology.
Here’s why.
- Moving air breaks up the moisture-saturated boundary layer surrounding the body, accelerating evaporation to produce a cooling effect.
- During heating seasons, Airvolution HVLS technology de-stratifies uneven temperatures that occur at each level throughout the facility – forcing unused heated air from the ceiling down to floor where it can have a positive impact on employees. This heat differential can be in excess of 15° F from ceiling to floor, enabling significant cost savings when thermostat levels are reduced.
- One HVLS barn fan consumes about the same electricity as one high-speed alley fan while moving over 12 times the amount of air.
- One HVLS barn fan costs about a nickel per hour to operate.
- Cows do not bunch up – air moves over the herd, regardless of their position in the barn.
- Flying insects stay away, or on the ground. Birds also react to the large, slow moving air foil blades and stay out!
- Quiet and non-disruptive operation.
Please inquire about how MacroAir HVLS fans can make your specific farm environment more healthy and productive, while decreasing operating costs and overhead.
Also be sure to ask about special utility incentives that may be available in your area when you install energy efficient MacroAir HVLS fans.
