Hi Rise

Accomplish facility infrastructure upgrades with no up-front capital through energy savings, additional floor space and increased asset value of your new HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING.

HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS ARE NOW A REALITY AT AN ECONOMICAL COST with BEST TECHNOLOGY’S disruptive HVAC INFRASTRUCTURE. In most cases buildings are upgraded for FREE THROUGH ADDITIONAL MONTHLY POSITIVE CASH FLOWS based on the payback from supplementary leasable floor space attained through the retrofit, energy savings and ROI. The HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDING’s NET WORTH IS AUGMENTED. Our ”SMART DEVICES” and “HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS” save a substantial amount of energy, offer space saving compact footprints, are acoustically superior, Green, qualify for LEED points while streamlining Building Automation System network architecture with built in advanced analytics.

ADD VALUE & MITIGATE RISK WITH BEST’s PRE-FABRICATED “PLUG AND PLAY” MECHANICAL SYSTEMS MODULES which drive down installation costs, overall project costs, reduce time to completion of buildings, offers single source responsibility and streamlines Building utilities systems architecture.

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  • BEST Systems take up less space and give back usable space for the highest ROI
  • BEST Systems increase your cash flow revenue stream with more leasable area for the same capital cost
  • Typical skyscrapers use 4 – 6 floors for mechanical rooms
  • BEST Systems require only half of one floor for mechanical rooms
  • BEST Systems save energy
  • BEST Systems are acoustically superior
  • Best Systems are pre fabricated and “Plug & Play”
  • BEST Systems have the lowest installed cost
  • BEST systems have the lowest life cycle costs

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CASE STUDIES

Example 1: 500 W. Monroe; Chicago, IL

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Hi_Rise1At 500 West Monroe, only one mechanical room supplied all 45 stories with 1,000,000 CFM, using only 1/45 of the building’s occupiable space.
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At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, four floors in each of two towers are filled by mechanical equipment, 1/10 of the building’s rentable space.
Your building is only profitable when occupied by tenants.HVAC EQUIPMENT DOESN’T PAY RENTWith BEST Technology, your building will be more valuable because of the additional rentable space as well as significant energy performance improvements.Both of these Chicago buildings contain one million square feet of space. At 500 West Monroe (left), the developer used BEST Technology for the 45 story skyscraper, while the building on the right utilizes conventional equipment for the 40 story towers.
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500 W. Monroe Mechanical Room

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Chicago Title & Trust – 10 South Lassale; Chicago, IL 50 Story Hi- Rise

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  • 1,600,000 sq ft
  • Capacity: (8) 200K CFM AHUs occupy half of one floor vs 4 – 6 floors for typical AHUs
  • 4000 fpm duct risers with specially designed advanced acoustically enhanced take off risers
  • Utility company replaced power meters thinking they were broke do to low energy usage
  • Energy Star Certified



Hyatt Center – 71 South Wacker; Chicago, IL 48 Story 1,765,000 sq ft

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  • Recognized as “Development of the Year”
  • 2012 TOBY International Award Winner
  • Capacity: (8) 225K CFM AHUs occupy half of one floor vs 4 – 6 floors for typical AHUs
  • 4000 fpm duct risers with specially designed advanced acoustically enhanced take off risers
  • Energy Star Certified



353 N. Clark — Chicago, IL

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  • This 60 story skyscraper is the 11th tallest US building.
  • 1,700,000 sq ft building
  • (8) 225 – 250K CFM AHUs
  • 4000 FPM duct risers with specially designed advanced acoustically enhanced take off risers
  • Energy Star rated

UBS Chicago, IL

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  • 50 story skyscraper
  • 1,754,000 sq ft
  • (8) 225 – 250K CFM AHUs
  • 4000 FPM duct risers with specially designed advanced acoustically enhanced take off risers
  • Energy Star rated

AT&T Franklin, Chicago, IL
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  • New construction project at 353 N. Clark – Chicago, IL
  • 45 floor office/condo with floor area of 1,184,252 sq ft
  • Quote from the building management staff:
    “Unsurpassed Comfort & Air Quality – State-of-the-art HVAC system ensures optimal working conditions and employee productivity. Heating and cooling performance exceeds any other office building in the CBD. Superior indoor air quality maintained at all times”
  • (4) 250,000 cfm AHUs fill half of one floor instead of 4 floors required for traditional AHUs freeing up more leasable space generating an added $500,000/month leasing cash flow
  • Saved approximately 3,500,000 kw-hrs/yr in energy savings with BEST advanced aeroacoustic technology
  • BEST Technology’s CTO custom designed Aeroacoustic Recovery Transition (ART) efficiently extracts air from 4,000 fpm high velocity risers without energy losses, turbulence or noise so VAV boxes can located right next to risers.

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