Big Ass Fans
Big Ass Fans entered the commercial business market in 2008, debuting a line of fans ranging from to in diameter. The following year, it began manufacturing fans in sizes suitable for residential settings. In late 2011, Big Ass Fans acquired a manufacturer of energy efficient residential fans. Haiku models incorporate direct current, permanent magnetics and aerodynamic airfoils making them 80% more efficient than conventional ceiling fans. They held the top 10 spots on Energy Star's Most Efficient 2014 list. In 2014, the company added smart technology SenseME to the Haiku ceiling fan. Haiku with SenseME integrates with the Nest Learning Thermostat through a smartphone app.
Electrostatic fluid accelerator
Potential advantages of EFA cooling devices include improvement on all these issues; EFA fans produce no vibration and have no parts to wear out. Their power consumption and airflow are controllable electronically, allowing them to be run in an optimal fashion to maximize cooling and efficiency. In particular, EFA fans can produce flow which is fairly laminar, and the velocity profile of the flow can be controlled to a much greater extent than conventional fans.
Control of the airflow may have the most important impact on cooling effectiveness. Electrostatically accelerated flows have been shown experimentally to alter the boundary layer along a fixed surface so that the heat transfer rate is increased, in some cases by more than twofold.