
Saint Joan of Arc, a Christian parish in Minneapolis, MN, hosts 1,000 parishioners for typical Sunday services in its non-conditioned gymnasium. Warm summer months tended to make the worship experience uncomfortable and distracting, and pedestal fans were noisy and ineffective. Read More.
Too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter? Deliver your worship facility from discomfort and sky-high energy bills. In the summer, blistering heat can hurt attendance and make the regulars sweat through their Sunday best. If the faithful few in attendance begin fanning themselves with prayer books and programs, it’s time to get a Big Ass Fan. Eliminate hot spots by distributing conditioned air evenly across a room and increasing congregation comfort. When cooling season turns to heating season, stratification plagues tall-ceilinged spaces. Hot air from a forced air heating system is less dense than the ambient air, causing it to rise and collect at the ceiling level. As heat rises, so do the energy bills as mechanical systems are forced to work overtime to achieve a comfortable temperature at the occupant level. Big Ass Fans are slowed – not reversed – to move the heat down to the floor without creating an unpleasant draft. Recirculating trapped heat can result in a 30% reduction in energy costs, not to mention a more comfortable group of worshipers.
Element, which ranges from 12-20 ft in diameter, covers more area than 36 small ceiling fans at just ¼ of the operating cost. With its proprietary direct drive motor and onboard controls, Element ensures noise – mechanical or electrical – will never interfere with a sound system or a sermon. This quiet ceiling fan has customizable appearance packages complement a space’s décor. The 8-10 ft diameter Isis offers the same silence and style in a package designed for smaller spaces such as vestibules, atria and fellowship halls. A compact, silent Haiku ceiling fan provides the perfect air movement solution in spaces too small for a large diameter, low speed fan. The sleek profile conceals patent-pending electronics and a cool-running motor with an integrated digital inverter drive that delivers smooth, silent performance and an 80% improvement in efficiency over conventional ceiling fan motors.
Still not sure of the best fan for your application? Talk to a Big Ass Fan Expert and we’ll order off the menu and whip up an airflow solution for your space.