Melink works closely with Chili's. We commision their store HVAC systems all across the United States.

The Intelli-Hood controls were installed in an Applebee's located near Los Angeles, California. In an independent energy analysis done by Fisher-Nickel, Inc., the controls were found to reduce the restaurant's fan energy use by more than two-thirds, saving 43 kWh/day.

The Intelli-Hood controls were installed at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon. With 16 hoods controlled by 14 Melink Systems, the Institute is saving $130 per hood, per month. Overall, the Intelli-Hood controls are saving the school $25,000 a year.

North Shore Country Club underwent a massive expansion & renovation, resulting in 4,000 sq. ft. of additional kitchen space. That’s when the club decided to implement new kitchen technologies, including the hood controls.

The Clark Kerr Campus dining center on the campus of the University of California -Berkeley installed the Melink Intelli-Hood® Controls in 2006. Energy performance data for all four controlled fans was collected for 42 days in February and March 2006. The estimated combined fan energy savings were about 55%, which equates to annual savings of $4,095.

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 purpose of this field study was to measure the electrical energy and demand reduction realized from the installation of the Melink Intelli-Hood Controls system - an emerging demand ventilation control (DVC) technology - at a supermarket kitchen in Northern California.