Innovation
Reliable Hot Water on Demand
High-efficiency, tankless solution for commercial applications
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A Truly Tankless Water Heater
Innovation is the only commercial tankless water heater that provides hot water on demand without the need for any significant storage volume to buffer load change and provide stable hot water temperatures. It features up to 99% efficiency with precise temperature control ±4°F through its dynamic feed-forward sensing and unmatched turndown.
Due to its unique tankless design, the Innovation features one of the smallest footprints for commercial water heaters in the industry. Because it’s able to use common venting as well as eliminate storage tanks, the Innovation saves valuable facility space while lowering installation and operation costs.
Available in four sizes from 625 to 1350 MBH output.
Designed for Quicker, Cost-Effective Installation
Venting is one of the most expensive installation items. Fortunately, Innovation allows for common venting with different-sized units, as well as in combination with our Benchmark boilers. This can significantly reduce the number of vent runs and wall/roof penetrations, which lowers overall installation costs.
Costs are lowered further because there’s no need to purchase expensive storage tanks, circulators, and mixing valves. Operational costs are similarly decreased due to high efficiency, high turndown and reduced standby losses. With no need for hot water storage, less fuel is burned thereby increasing energy savings.
Safer, Energy Efficient Water
Stored water in a tank must be maintained at a hot temperature of 140°F in order to effectively mitigate pathogen growth, including Legionella. It means the water needs to be heated up only to be cooled down for consumption.
However, the tankless design of the Innovation water heaters allows the system to operate with a set point of 124°F – saving energy and reducing the risk of scalding while eliminating the need for costly mixing valves. Because water volume is kept to a minimum and continual circulation is maintained through the unit, the Innovation mitigates the risk pathogen growth.
Benefit from the Powerful Edge Controller
AERCO’s Innovation features the advanced Edge Controller. It combines temperature and operating controls, combustion safeguards and fault enunciator functions on a touchscreen, ensuring fail-safe heater operation if the external building controls fail.
It comes standard with our Water Heater Management System (WHM) designed to efficiently sequence up to sixteen water heaters on the same system to meet load requirements and ensure maximum efficiency: 1) optimize operating efficiencies at all load conditions; 2) virtually eliminate standby losses; 3) increase system reliability through reduced cycling; and 4) accurately track daily domestic hot water demands.
Learn more about retrofitting your existing Innovation (or Benchmark boiler) units with the advanced Edge Controller here! You can also download the Edge Mobile App for iOS and Android.
Designed for Green Buildings
AERCO has a strong focus on sustainability and Innovation is a perfect solution for green building designs. It meets stringent requirements associated with environmentally-conscious facilities and can help to facilitate LEED certifications. Some of the key factors are:
- Constant condensing as the Innovation heats cold inlet water instead of recovering hot water from a storage tank
- Less electrical power usage as no circulator pumps are needed
- The premixed, stainless steel fiber mesh burners deliver high-efficiency combustion and low pollutant levels of less than 20 ppm NOx
- Modest venting temperatures allow the Innovation unit to be common-vented using eco-friendly PolyPro