Select one of the fourteen building types below
that most closely matches your building or project:

education
Colleges/Universities
Large complex schools with multiple buildings, typically requiring various systems or a central plant.
Elementary/High Schools
Schools requiring comfort cooling/heating. Typically low rise, single buildings.
health

Hospitals
Various low to high rise health care facilities ranging from specialty care (surgery centers) to full-service hospitals.
Extended Care Facilities
Low to high rise facilities with medium to long term occupancy. Includes senior housing and therapeutic recovery centers. Specific use of space will drive system requirements.
hospitality

Hotels
Multi-story, multi-functional, short term occupancy buildings. Functional use of space will drive system requirements.
Motels
Single or two story, open access design buildings with short term occupancy.
manufacturing

General Purpose/Office
General purpose or office space within an open manufacturing facility which requires comfort cooling. Attached office space on an individual system should use low rise office building system choices.
Industrial or Process
Industrial or process cooling applications.
offices

High Rise Offices
Multi-story office buildings greater than two stories. Typically includes multiple tenants with varied system requirements.
Low Rise Offices
All single and two-story buildings, used for general purpose, requiring comfort cooling. Construction, use and occupancy greatly affect system choice.
retail

Large Retail Stores
Regional shopping centers which have a heated and air-conditioned mall. Generally includes two or more major department/anchor stores, and many smaller stores.
Small Retail Stores
Strip malls and stand-alone restaurants and stores.
Construction of space, use, and occupancy greatly affect system choice.
miscellaneous

Apartments
Multi-family, multi-story dwellings.
Warehouses
General use warehouses and storage spaces. System requirements will be determined by stored goods and geographic location.

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