HVLS Ceiling Fans

The Swifter® HVLS Industrial Ceiling Fan is a breakthrough product in the field of ventilation. Large warehouses and commercial buildings are difficult to cool. Air conditioning systems are extremely inefficient and are very expensive to operate in large open spaces. Standard small ceiling fans typically found at hardware stores hardly have any cooling effect in large facilities with high ceilings. Floor fans are noisy, present a safety hazard, and occupy valuable floor space.

HVLS fans or High Volume Low Speed fans were developed to efficiently deliver comfort to humans and animals using an evaporative cooling effect. Evaporating cooling essentially creates a wind chill effect by evaporating the perspiration on human skin and thereby making you feel cooler. The principle behind HVLS fans is to move large volumes of air using large diameter fan blades moving at a slow rotational speed. A simple fact is that large ceiling fans move more air than small ceiling fans. Even at lower speeds, large-bladed fans offer similar cooling effects compared to high velocity fans with smaller fan blades.

In addition to HVLS ceiling fans providing comfort to workers and animals in the summer time by delivering a wide column of cool air, another benefit is “winter warming”. Warm air often gets trapped at the ceiling. When the fans are used in reverse speed, the warm air is pushed away from the ceiling and towards the floor. This is referred to as destratification. By re-circulating the warm air around the facility, the ambient temperature and comfort level of the room are increased and energy costs are reduced.

HVLS industrial ceiling fans are ideal for large commercial buildings, manufacturing facilities, processing and assembly plants, warehouses, big box stores, large dairy/poultry sheds, sports arenas, aircraft hangars, or any other large indoor or outdoor facility. No other cooling system is as energy efficient as HVLS fans. In fact, studies have shown that businesses can lower or even eliminate the use of expensive air conditioning systems with an optimized HVLS ceiling fan solution. Refer to our list of Swifter® HVLS Fan Features and Benefits. Or, call us to find out more about how Swifter® HVLS ceiling fans can help your business save money.