Top 5 takeaways from a visit to JADEC

Tony Mormino from the HVAC TV YouTube channel recently toured the Johnson Controls Advanced Development and Engineering Center (JADEC) in New Freedom, PA, and came away with quite a few insights about this one-of-a-kind facility.

Investing in the future

From test bays larger than some homes, acoustic chambers floating on their own foundations and rooms that hit 131 °F (with others that go below -20 °F), the $150 million, 250,000-square-foot Johnson Controls Advanced Development Engineering Center is built to push systems to their limits – and beyond. It’s a standout facility with no equal in the world, and it’s clear the investments made here are all about solving customers’ real-world challenges.

Delivering peace of mind

Long-term partnerships and strategic relationships provide the team at JADEC with unique insights into what works now – and what needs to work tomorrow. Whether it’s pressure drop, refrigerant blends, system reliability or test-to-failure data, JADEC engineers are doing the homework to solve real-world problems and prevent failures before they happen. With more than 20 labs designed to simulate diverse build loads, applications and climates, the facility tests the designs that will deliver a more sustainable, more dependable future.

Optimizing for efficiency

For more than 150 years, YORK^® has been delivering solutions that pushed the industry forward. In fact, YORK^® innovations enabled the very first air-conditioned commercial building, delivered the first computer-controlled variable-speed heat pump and brought to market the first chiller optimized for low-GWP refrigerants. But innovation isn’t easy. With so many variables and interdependencies in today’s cooling and air handling solutions, every aspect of system design needs to be optimized for performance. That’s why JADEC is all about doing the work to design, test and deliver the solutions needed for a more sustainable, innovative and competitive future.

Creating a winning culture

Everyone at JADEC takes pride in their work – not just what they do, but why they do it. A culture of innovation and continuous improvement is the driving force behind this team. The idea of doing well by doing good, and making the world a better place through meaningful solutions shines through in the way the team at JADEC conducts business – and in the way they work with each other. From leadership on down, it’s clear that this team wins when their customers win.

Empowering people

Most people don’t see the value created at JADEC, because it has nothing to do with marketing and everything to do with purpose. Whether engineers, techs, operators or leadership, the people at JADEC are one team, doing the work behind-the-scenes to solve today’s challenges – while always asking what’s next. It’s an idea that rings true over and over as teams deliver on their commitment to engineer the future for the challenges of today.

To learn more about JADEC and Tony's experience while visiting, watch his video series titled JADEC: The Tour – YORK^® Engineering the Future

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