Estrella Engineering, Able Products Co. win technology award
Honor marks second consecutive win for innovative designs at area high schools

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers' (ASHRAE) Northeast Florida chapter recently honored Estrella Engineering and Able Products Company for excellence in technology.

The award marks the second consecutive honor for Estrella Engineering, which designed Fleming Island High School's $3.3 million air-conditioning system, and Able Products Co., which installed the system. Last year, the two companies won the same award for their collaboration on the $1.35 million system implemented at RideOut Elementary School in Clay County's Middleburg.

Estrella Engineering's innovative demand based ventilation design and use of energy recovery allows for reduced equipment, energy and maintenance costs by regulating ventilation rates and energy.

The annual award honors ASHRAE members who design and/or conceive innovative technological concepts that are proven through operation. Competitors' projects are judged on criteria including energy efficiency, indoor-air quality, innovation, operation and maintenance, cost effectiveness and environmental impact. Estrella Engineering and Able Products will advance to the regional competition, honoring the best in heating, refrigeration and air-conditioning engineering throughout Florida, Brazil, Puerto Rico and South America. If successful, the team then will compete with ASHRAE members around the globe.

Estrella Engineering, based in Orange Park, has been established for 16 years and offers quality mechanical engineering services to commercial clients, government and public agencies, architects and other consulting engineering firms throughout the Southeast. Estrella Engineering's experience includes project management and design engineering services for educational facilities; banking and office buildings; residential and retail projects; computer and data processing facilities; military facilities; medical facilities; refrigerated cold storage facilities; warehousing and maintenance facilities.