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TEC (The Energy Conservatory) was founded in 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA by Gary Nelson and Gary Anderson, and manufactures residential and commercial building performance testing tools. TEC distributes its products world-wide and has distributors in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Thailand.^[1]

History

TEC was founded in 1980 by energy auditor Gary Anderson and engineer Gary Nelson; the blower door was their first planned product. TEC was initially located in a garage, where the partners worked to create TEC's first blower door model. By the mid-1980s TEC had outgrown the garage and had moved into a larger facility. In the summer of 1999 TEC moved into its current location in the Greenway Building in Minneapolis. MN.^[2]^[3]

Branding and Logos

For the first 10 years the company was in business it was known as the Minneapolis Blower Door Company by many customers, even though the name of the company was The Energy Conservatory. The company underwent a re-branding in the early 2000s, adopting a new logo and using the acronym TEC. The logo shown to the right is the previous logo for The Energy Conservatory and is currently the product logo for the Minneapolis Blower Door.

Products Manufactured by TEC

Minneapolis Blower Door System™ (Including two commercial building testing systems)
Minneapolis Duct Blaster System
TrueFlow Air Handler Flow Meter
Exhaust Fan Flow Meter
FlowBlaster Capture Hood Accessory
TEC WiFi Link
DG-500 Pressure Gauge
DG-700 Pressure and Flow Gauge
TEC Trainer Airtightness Training Simulator
DuctMask Temporary Register Sealing Tape

Product Milestones ^[4]

April 2014 - Released the iTEC-700 Android mobile app for wireless air leakage testing using an Android mobile device
February 2014 - Released Ring 4 for the Minneapolis Duct Blaster for measuring air flow down to 2.4 cfm
January 2014 - Released TECLOG3 Data Logging Software with wireless air leakage testing capabilities
May 2013 - Released the iTEC-700 iOS mobile app for wireless air leakage testing using an iOS mobile device
May 2013 - Released TECTITE 4.0 WiFi for wireless air leakage testing using a computer
May 2013 - Introduced the TEC WiFi Link to wirelessly connect a DG-700 or DG-500 to a computer or mobile device
April 2013 - Introduced iTEC RESNET Blower Door App for Android
April 2012 - Introduced iTEC RESNET Blower Door App for iPhone and iPad
January 2012 - Introduced the FlowBlaster Capture Hood attachment for the Duct Blaster
November 2011 - Introduced the TEC Trainer Airtightness Testing Simulator
November 2010 - Introduced TECLOG2 data logging software which includes multi-fan airtightness testing features for commercial blower door testing
June 2007 - Introduced the Cruise feature on all DG-700 Pressure and Flow Gauges. Allows Minneapolis Blower Door fans to automatically adjust to and maintain a building pressure of 0, 25, 50 or 75 Pascals
April 2003 - Introduced the DG-700 digital pressure gauge
April 2001 - Introduced the Exhaust Fan Flow Meter
March 2001 - Introduced the TrueFlow Air Handler Flow Meter
July 1998 - Introduced TECTITE PC based software
February 1997 - Introduced the Automated Performance Testing (APT) system and TECLOG software
March 1994 - Introduced the DG-3 digital pressure gauge
November 1992 - Introduced the DG-2 digital pressure gauge
November 1992. Introduced the Minneapolis Duct Blaster system
January 1991 - Introduced Model 3 Minneapolis Blower Door system with wood frame and Magnehelic gauges
January 1984 - Introduced Model 2 Minneapolis Blower Door™ system with wood frame and Magnehelic gauges

TEC Registered Trademarks

The Energy Conservatory holds registered trademarks for the following products

Minneapolis Duct Blaster ("Duct Blaster" is a registered trademark)
TrueFlow Air Handler Flow Meter ("TrueFlow" is a registered trademark)
FlowBlaster Capture Hood Accessory ("FlowBlaster" is a registered trademark)

Patents

FlowBlaster Powered Capture Hood ^[5]
TrueFlow Air Handler Flow Meter ^[6]

References

[1] ttp://energyconservatory.com/distributors/

[2] ttp://www.homeenergy.org/show/article/year/1995/id/1171

[3] ttp://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/blower-door-basics

[4] ttp://energyconservatory.com/about/

[5] ttp://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22energy+conservatory%22&OS=%22energy+conservatory%22&RS=%22energy+conservatory%22

[6] ttp://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6439061.PN.&OS=PN/6439061&RS=PN/6439061

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