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tents | climate control
The Goldilocks zone
Not too hot or too cold-how companies
make event spaces " just right. "
by Jeff Moravec
C
ompanies that provide temporary heating
and cooling for event spaces have plenty of
challenges, but the biggest may be the simplest: the
human body is comfortable only in a very small range
of air temperatures. And people are increasingly
less tolerant of being in conditions that don't match
that range.
" The current customer expectation is that even if
RIGHT: Sun beating down
through a clear-top tent can
ruin an event if the climate
control is insuffi cient. But
modern technology makes
it easier to keep things cool.
Photo courtesy of AirPac Inc.
BELOW: There was a time
when tented events didn't
require temperature control.
But these days, comfort
is king. Photo courtesy of
AirPac Inc.
you're in a tent, the climate should be as comfortable
as in a building, so it should be the same thing as going
to any other venue, " says Rob Cruikshank, owner of
24/7 Events, an event rental and management operation
in Valencia, Calif. " I think the perception of the client
is often that complications shouldn't exist-complications
that make it dificult to cool a tent down to
the low 70s when it's 100 degrees out-so you have to
do a really good job of managing those expectations. "
Cruikshank and his peers across the country who
are involved in various aspects of temporary heating
and cooling say that while the pandemic signiicantly
increased the amount of outdoor space that was being
utilized for gatherings, other factors are just as responsible
for keeping them on their toes.
Events can be ruined
" There are all kinds of things our industry is designing
to make structures seem less like a tent and more like
a building, " says Biff Gentsch, business development
specialist at Anchor Industries Inc. in Evansville, Ind.,
a large manufacturer of tents and structures.
" The interior of many of these tents look like a
banquet hall, " adds Jeff Gepner, director of sales and
marketing at Wisperkool, which manufactures and
sells HVAC equipment from facilities in Fort Smith,
Ark. " You wouldn't expect to walk into a banquet hall
without having heating or air conditioning. You need
to have some way to manage the temperature inside. If
that's not right, a fancy event costing tens of thousands
of dollars can be ruined. "
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