Case Study
New Convention Center Uses Air Curtains to Save Energy and Help Achieve LEED Points
www.berner.com Air curtains help Chicago’s new McCormick Place West save $70,000 annually with an equipment payback of under two years. Deciding whether air curtains were cost ecient for the many huge loading dock door openings at Chicago’s new $850 million McCormick Place West convention center addition was an easy decision. When ocials of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), which owns and operates the facility, were p