Richmond Enterprises (San Antonio, TX), one of the oldest continually-operated franchisees in the Pizza Hut restaurant chain, has discovered a low-cost air conditioning solution for its new 5,000-sq-ft maintenance center.
In an effort to cool the newly-built maintenance center, which is connected to the 33-year-old franchisee's 9,500-sq-ft, headquarters/warehouse, Steve Richmond, director of maintenance, opted for cost-saving fabric ductwork manufactured by FabricAir Inc., (Louisville, KY), combined with ridge venting, a trendy building design technique that allows heat to escape through manually controlled dampers.