Combat Cold Storage Challenges with Berner Air Curtains
Cold storage facilities and warehouses are essential for preserving perishable goods and maintaining optimal conditions for various products. However, they come with their fair share of challenges that can impact safety, energy efficiency, and product quality. Which in turn, affects profit margins. Here are some common cold storage (freezers, coolers) challenges along with how Berner […]
Berner Strengthens Mission With Solar Power
“Our mission at Berner Air Curtains is to save energy and create healthy, comfortable environments,” said President/CEO David Rimbey. “We’re excited to more fully incorporate the mission into our organization with solar energy.” The journey to net zero began approximately five years ago with a conversation at a clean energy forum between Berner CFO Denise […]
Introducing the Berner Architectural Icon 8 and 10
Berner International, New Castle, Pa., the leading manufacturer and innovator of air curtains, introduced the Architectural Icon 8 and Icon 10 to its Architectural Collection of air curtains for protecting commercial building main entrances. The two models make this collection the HVAC industry’s quietest high performance air curtains for protecting open doorways. The Architectural Icon […]
Air Curtains – Why?
This ACHR News Podcast shares a few reasons why On March 1st, 2023, ACHR NEWS editorial director Kyle Gargaro sat down with Miranda Berner, of Berner Air Curtains, in Atlanta during AHR Expo 2023, to talk about the opportunity that air curtains bring to contractors, as well as how doors made out of air help […]
Berner Air Curtains Honors Three Food Service Manufacturer’s Representatives at NAFEM.
Berner Air Curtains honors food service manufacturer's representatives Swanson-Girard Associates of North Carolina, along with Preferred Marketing Group out of California and LMS Associates out of Texas for Outstanding Sales Achievement—2021-2022 at the NAFEM Show 2023 on Feb. 1 in Orlando, FL.
Berner Offers BACnet and Digital Controls for Industrial Air Curtains
Industrial Intelliswitch™ and Berner AIR™ package offers BACnet capabilities; the first North American digital controller and app for industrial applications.
Maintenance Checklist for your Berner Air Curtain
A properly installed and maintained Berner Air Curtain can provide many years of benefits such as: Berner air curtains require minimal maintenance. However, scheduled cleanings of your air curtain at least once every three months will ensure that it works properly, maintaining airflow for the highest effectiveness, and will also extend the life of the […]
Berner Named Winner in ACHR News 2022 Dealer Design Awards
Monday, July 18, 2022 Architects Asked and Berner Delivered: Award-Winning Air Curtains Berner’s Architectural Air Curtains Win Silver for Excellence in Product Design To give them what they wanted, Berner worked with architects to design aesthetically pleasing air curtains and gave them something not only beautiful, but quiet and high performing for their spaces. Created […]
Berner Provides HVAC Designers Another Beautiful Air Curtain for Main Entrances
Berner’s Architectural Contour Air Curtain Series “outside-the-box” design sets the trend toward aesthetic, geometrically shaped, front entrance air curtains that complement modern commercial architecture.
Berner Introduces Revolutionary Air Curtain Cabinet Redesign for Main Entrances
Golden Ratio inspired geometric shape and new controls package is an HVAC industry game-changer. For Immediate Release Monday, April 11, 2022 Berner International, New Castle, Pa., North America’s leading air curtain manufacturer and innovator, introduces the Architectural Elite, the debuting model of Berner’s new Architectural Collection, which has the most revolutionary and beautiful cabinet redesigns in […]
Air Curtains Support Sustainability Goals
Adding an air curtain over a grocery store entrance is the equivalent to removing 14 cars from the road per year in greenhouse gas emissions. Market research consistently reports that both Millennials and Gen Z actively believe in reducing their carbon footprint, that they value experiences, and that they are willing to pay more for […]
Let the Weather Control Your Air Curtain – Berner AIR gets adaptive settings
Berner Air Curtains has added adaptive settings and true BACnet compatibility to its Berner AIR™ to better support client sustainability goals. The Berner AIR is a smart controller and app platform that elegantly connects end-users to their air curtains and simplifies programming, operating and monitoring.
Berner Launches Air Curtain App for Architectural Series
UPDATED 5/25/20: Berner announced the Berner Air Curtain App, a first-of-its-kind air curtain app to control architectural air curtains from a smartphone, is available now at the Google Play Store. The company also standardized its patented digital controller, the Intelliswitch™, across its product suite of air curtains in the Berner Architectural category.
ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019: Air Curtains Allowed as Vestibule Substitute
Good news for building owners, engineers/architects, and HVAC contractors who can now save energy, construction costs, and space in commercial facilities with this latest approved code addition.
Burger King Franchisee Installs Air Curtains, Increases Employee Happiness
Mark Peterson, Vice President of Operations, worked with Berner Air Curtains to investigate the benefits that air curtains could offer his employees, his bottom-line, and his customers.
Swanson Girard Associates Win 2018 Foodservice Gold Award
Berner International LLC., New Castle, Pa., the leading U.S. manufacturer and innovator of air curtains, honored foodservice manufacturer’s representative Swanson Girard Associates (SGA), Pineville, N.C., with its Presidential Gold Award for Outstanding Sales Achievement.
ACHR News: Berner’s Revolvair Air Curtain System
This system is designed and engineered to reduce extreme hot or cold outdoor temperatures along with fumes that can adversely affect an indoor environment’s ambiance. It works to negate the airlock effect by keeping the lobby comfortable, which also reduces the building’s overall energy costs.
Commercial Berner Air Curtain Earns AMCA Certification for Electric Heat
New Castle, PA - June 11, 2018 - Berner's recently-introduced Commercial High Performance 10 Series (CHD10) air curtain has been certified for electric heat by the Air Movement & Control Association (AMCA).
Berner Launches Air Curtain App for Apple Smartphone
Berner, the company that saves energy and creates healthy, comfortable environments, today announced that the Berner Air Curtain app, already available for Android, is now compatible with iOS.
Keep Lobbies Comfortable with the Berner RevolvAir™
Berner International has now announced the Revolvair™ Air Curtain System for Revolving Doors. The RevolvAir™ allows buildings to meet the expectation that occupants can comfortably socialize, work, and hang out in the lobby.
White or Black Air Curtains, now standard
Berner International announced the addition of black as a standard color offering for their Sanitation Certified and Commercial air curtain series. Both black and white exteriors are available at no extra charge to their customers on these models.
Meet IECC Code with AMCA Certified Air Curtains plus Heat
Berner is excited to provide more heat options when using air curtains as an alternative to vestibules. In addition to adding AMCA Certified heating options, Berner also recently launched the Berner Air Curtain App to control architectural air curtains from a smartphone.
How to Hide an Air Curtain
Many building designers want the energy savings and comfort that a properly selected and installed air curtain provides. At the same time, they do not want to see it hanging over the main entrance. Two popular solutions to conceal the air curtain from the occupants’ line of sight are Berner's Recessed air curtains and mounting above the ceiling with a nozzle extension.
Air Curtains Help U.S. Fight Oncoming Zika Virus
Confirming the public's Zika virus concern is Orkin LLC, Atlanta, which has more than 1.7 million pest control customers across the globe, provides a mosquito-specific service consisting of larvaecide and adult mosquito treatments but has also recommended air curtains as a supplemental flying insect deterrent for decades.
Berner Introduces Online Energy Savings Calculator for Air Curtains
Berner International Corp. has recently introduced the Berner Air Curtain Energy Savings Calculator, a user-friendly, online energy savings estimation tool accessible by any web browser for quick payback calculation and air curtain selection.
Continuing Education – “Air Curtains: Energy Savings & Occupant Comfort”
Berner has partnered with AEC Daily to create a one-hour online continuing education course called, “Air Curtains: Energy Savings & Occupant Comfort.” The course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for 1.0 LU/HSW hour, as well as by the GBCI (LEED AP), RCEP and other organizations.
Auto Dealership Embraces Comfort, Efficiency of Air Curtains
In the competitive auto-retailing economy, car dealerships, including Hermitage, Pennsylvania-based Mel Grata Chevrolet/Toyota, are always looking for a competitive edge. And, the staff at Mel Grata is confident a recent investment in climate-controlled indoor air comfort will greatly improve customer satisfaction, especially during cold Pennsylvania winters.
Air Curtains Approved as Alternative to Vestibules in 2015 IECC
AMCA International announced today that the 2015 version of the International Energy Conservation Code will contain a provision enabling air curtains to be considered as an alternative to vestibules. For compliance, air curtains have to be tested in accordance with ANSI/AMCA Standard 220 and be installed in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
Curtain Call for Flies!
The air curtain is an ideal solution to the pest management industry’s ongoing response to commercial/industrial client requests for fewer chemicals and more environmentally sensitive methods of controlling flying insects in occupied spaces.
Air Curtains at Sacramento Airport
According to recent news reports, the fly population in the Sacramento area is larger than usual this year. Sacramento County Airport System is responding to the growing problem. The airport is installing air curtains at all entrances in Terminals
Air Curtains as Alternatives to Vestibules
This article describes the function and benefits of air curtains. It presents results from a recent study on the energy performance of air curtains relative to vestibules and provides useful information for engineers and code officials.
Green Technologies Produce an Even Fresher Super Market
Supermarket retailer Pete’s Fresh Market is recognized as one of the greenest supermarket retailers in the U.S., but something sets its nine-store Chicago-based operation’s green mission apart from other chains. The chain records energy data, utilizing equipment that has proven effective at other locations.
Berner Launches New, Intuitive Website
June 2017 - Berner has redesigned its website into the most state-of-the-art, intuitive, and user-friendly site in the air curtain industry. In coordination with the website redesign, the 59-year-old market leader has also reorganized its entire product line by application to better expedite air curtain selection and specification.
Air Curtains Go Beyond the Back Door
Air curtain technology advancements in the last five years have gone beyond the back door. It's not CHSC code-mandated, but restaurants and food service outlets are now preventing flying insect and energy losses at the customer entrance, drive-thru windows, and even walk-in cooler entrances.
Air Curtains Save More Energy
A new research study shows that air curtains are significantly more energy efficient than vestibules and can save commercial-industrial building projects tens of thousands of dollars in construction costs as vestibule substitutes.
Air Curtain Helps Boost Foot Traffic, Retail Sales
Fortunes Coffee Roastery installed a Zephyr air curtain manufactured by Berner Intl., New Castle, Pa., above the doorway in order to minimize energy losses and maintain indoor air comfort within 3-5°F of indoor set-point temperatures. The Zephyr helped maintain a consistent and comfortable environment for employees and patrons alike near the point-of-purchase entrance area.
Introducing: High, In-Ceiling Mounted Air Curtains
Berner International Corp., a New Castle, Pa., manufacturer of air curtains, expanded its In-Ceiling Mount (ICM) Series by adding the ICB, an in-ceiling flush-mount air curtain rated for doorways with up to 16-foot-high ceilings. The air curtain can be used in hotels, hospitals, office buildings, schools, and other commercial facilities.
New “Drive-Thru” Air Curtain – Industry’s Smallest Profile, Easiest Install, Maintenance
Berner International Corp. (BIC), a leading U.S. manufacturer of air curtains, has introduced the Drive-Thru air curtain, the industry’s smallest profile and easiest installed/maintained air curtain for drive-through service windows in restaurants. With an unobtrusive profile of 6 (h) x 7-1/2 (d)-inches, the 10-lb. Drive-Thru is 75 percent smaller than the competition and allows more […]
Food Service, Retail Embrace Air Curtains
There has been a deluge of recent technological advancements that are creating new air curtain applications that were barely imaginable 10 years ago. Advancements range from more efficient electric heaters to manufacturing improvements that now extend lengths up to 16 feet.
Air Curtains Keep Gulls, Insects Away at Oceanfront Stadium
Air curtains at baseball stadiums are for the birds. That was the local health inspectors' philosophy when they mandated air curtains to deter pesky seagulls at the Florida panhandle's new $18 million Pensacola Bay Front Stadium that's merely 50 yards from the ocean.
Air Curtains Save Healthcare Construction, Operating Costs
HVAC trends point toward an increasing amount of consulting engineers who specify air curtains for healthcare applications. Instead of common shipping or foodservice back door air curtain applications to prevent flying insect infiltration, air curtains have expanded to the front door, emergency room door, and even foodservice walk-in cooler doors to reduce energy costs.