The kitchen ventilation system at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco proved to be a great application for the Melink Intelli-Hood Controls.

This Emerging Technologies Case Study demonstrated that a combination of factors (including magnitude of fan horsepower, scheduled cooking periods and 24/7 operation) contributed to the cost effectiveness of this demand-ventilation system.

The Melink Intelli-Hood controls are the new industry standard for commercial kitchen ventilation systems. Engineers, consultants and operators are specifying them on thousands of hoods for both new and existing facilities.

It saves energy by automatically reducing the exhaust and make up air fan speeds during idle cooking conditions. This is accomplished with a temperature and optic sensor that detects heat and smoke load inside the hood.

• Melink's customer list is constantly growing as the Intelli-Hood controls continue to save thousands of dollars in energy costs.

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