business for over 25 years and is the local “guru” for plumbing design for grocery stores. National store chains such as Kroger’s, as well as regional chains, rely on Gulf States Plumbing to design, install and maintain hot water supply systems for their stores in Texas. Started in 1984, Gulf States Plumbing is heavy into design build, has about 100 employees and specializes in water work and steam systems for grocery stores, big box retailers, medical, school and industrial facilities. Satisfied customers include HEB, Kroger’s, Randalls and Home Depot. “We are using the AHI
Technologies’ unit because it offers several things that the other brands don’t offer. They don’t lime up in hard water the way the others do, and they don’t use as much electricity to operate as the others. The warranty is very good and surpasses the other brands as well. That is important to the customer and, as a plumbing system designer, I am always looking for products that will stand up to the daily duties of the commercial world,” said Jerry. At one store, Jerry and his team
decided to go with an electric tankless water heater installed close to the fixture. After two tries with two different brands of electric tankless, Jerry couldn’t get the results that he needed to meet both the customer’s corporate energy management goal and the health department’s requirement. “The other two brands I tried resulted in a longer delivery time than that required by the health department,” Jerry said. AHI’s rep in Texas, Oslin Nation,
who works closely with Jerry’s team, has other satisfied customers that use AHI Coilless Technology tankless in restaurants, schools and homes. “We chose to represent AHI Technologies because of its coilless technology and the benefits it has over standard coiled water heaters,” said Mike Barnett, marketing and business development manager for Oslin Nation. With offices in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Oslin Nation works with a large network of wholesalers to support contractors on the AHI products stocked. After using AHI Technologies
since the beginning of the year with great results, Jerry and his team have already recommended AHI Technologies’ tankless water heaters to four grocery store chains in Texas and have received approval to move forward with installation. Even better, AHI Technologies does not use coils, there is no lime scale build- up within the units and there are no
callbacks after installation, which he used to get. The team
installed a ThermoLock unit in the meat department. The result is reduced kWh needed and delivery of hot water at 12 seconds; meeting all requirements Gulf States Plumbing has to meet for the supermarket customer, who in turn has to meet health and corporate department requirements. Their energy manager is happy with what Jerry was able to achieve using AHI’s Coilless Technology® enabled tankless solution, including the fact that all those AHI ThermoLock-enabled units are capable of preventing unauthorized changes in temperature setting. That provides peace of mind for the customer, so that they know the hot water temperature will comply every time for the health department’s inspection. Jerry is now specifying for three
new stores, with a total of 35 units of various Coilless Technology tankless models from AHI. He believes that coilless technology is the future of water heating: It doesn’t scale up, doesn’t need maintenance, maintains high efficiency and delivers hot water quicker. The key here is not just the savings
A Gulf States Plumbing tech installs a tankless unit at one of the local grocery stores.
in terms of energy costs related to water. Before the system is even installed, there is the upfront savings related to installation. With traditional tank water heaters, many large installations install circulating hot water systems and loop the water throughout the building. Plus, with the number of remodels
that occur in grocery stores, it’s unimaginable to have to constantly re-pipe and reroute the circulating water system. With a point-of-use unit such as AHI Technologies, you just move the unit from one location to the next. The same is true if one of the units
goes down. Rather than shutting down your entire hot water system to fix one unit, you simply fix the problem at its core. In this case, the whole does not affect the sum of its parts. l
AHI Technologies’ ThermoLock line of tankless water heaters is ideal for
sinks, dishwashers and single or multiple low flow sinks that call for power and temperature control. AHI’s Coilless Technology prevents lime scale buildup and allows the unit to save energy year after year, without maintenance. Standard water heaters immerse coils directly in the water, causing heat spots, which produce lime scale build-up. AHQ- TC10 is equipped with ThermoLock™, a patent- pending technology that prevents unauthorized temperature changes and provides peace of mind for both facility managers and homeowners with small children. The ThermoLock line includes the AHQ-TC10, which serves voltage needs of 208 to 240 and the ACQ-TC10Y, which serves 277v needs. Both feature Multi-In-One Technology™. For more information, visit
www.demandwaterheaters.com.
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