What is the Outside Ventilation setting?
What is the Outside Ventilation setting? Outside Ventilation: If your Pelican solution is managing your building’s ventilation rates, then thermostats will allow you to enable and disable when outside ventilation is active and when it is not. Most building codes require ventilation to be active during all normally occupied periods. Traditionally, ventilation is enabled 1 […]
How do I adjust my CO2 ventilation configuration?
How do I adjust my CO2 ventilation configuration? Thermostat Configuration The CO2 Ventilation configuration is found under a Thermostat Configuration page. This configuration defines when the thermostat will begin to increase the ventilation rate. This is not the same as setting a temperature set point. A temperature set point sets a target. The CO2 Ventilation […]
Does Pelican detect CO2 levels as a life safety system?
Does Pelican detect CO2 levels as a life safety system? No. The CO2 range that Pelican detects is only used for Demand Control Ventilation and is not a life-safety indication nor should it be used as one.
What do different CO2 levels indicate ?
What are CO2 levels? What do different CO2 levels indicate ? Because CO2 is a gas humans breath out, measuring a room’s CO2 levels is an effective way to know when a room is occupied and how many people are in that room. CO2 levels are 400 ppm: then the room is assumed to be […]
What are CO2 Levels?
What are CO2 levels? What are CO2 levels? Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas produced by respiration; a gas humans breath out. The detection of CO2 by your Pelican solution tells your Pelican solution when a room is occupied and how “many people” are in that room. Higher CO2 = more people in […]
How do I turn off ventilation for all thermostats on a poor outdoor air day?
How do I turn off ventilation for all thermostats on a poor outdoor air day? On Poor Outdoor Air Days, the Pelican Solution provides site Admins with a feature called Prevent Outside Ventilation. This feature will only work if Pelican is controlling the outside damper on your HVAC equipment. If a third-party product is controlling […]
How do I commission a PEARL for proper ventilation?
How do I commission a PEARL for proper ventilation? ADD LINK! Configurations and Options There are two items to answer before commissioning a Pelican PEARL for proper ventilation: 1. Does the HVAC unit’s supply fan have one speed or multiple speeds? 2. Does the Pelican thermostat connected to the PEARL have a CO2 sensor? The […]
How do I adjust the CO2 level to generate additional ventilation?
How do I adjust the CO2 level to generate additional ventilation? Thermostat Configuration In Pelican solutions where Pelican is controlling the ventilation rate, are three configuration that need to be configured to manage ventilation rate. Both of these configurations are found under a Thermostat Configuration page: CO2 Ventilation: This configuration sets when that thermostat will request an […]
Does Pelican adjust an outside damper based on fan speed?
Does Pelican adjust an outside damper based on fan speed? If you have a Pelican PEARL controlling the outside damper position: Yes, as the fan speed changes, the PEARL will adjust the outside damper position to continue to provide the minimum ventilation rate. For example, as the fan run’s slower the outside damper will be […]
Where is the Pelican thermostat humidity sensor?
Where is the Pelican thermostat humidity sensor? Humidity Sensor A Pelican thermostat’s humidity sensor is located inside the thermostat. That way as long as the room thermostat is mounted in the ideal location to detect the room’s temperature, it will also be in the ideal location to detect the room’s relative humidity level.