PAFMAC, a new cooling system that allows guests to control the temperature of their rooms, has been implemented in its first U.S. hotel. While the system has already been installed in over 100 hotels in Japan, Kitano Hotel, a 650-room hotel in Murray Hill, is the first to use the product in North America.
PAFMAC, designed by Japan-based company Nippon PMAC, is a ”hybrid system combined fan coil and heat pump,” explained the general manager of the international department, Satoshi Mizukawa. While a standard two-pipe system only allows hot water to be used for heating, and cold to be used for cooling, PAFMAC makes it possible for hot water to be used for cooling, and vice versa, when necessary. The product provides an easy way for a two-pipe system to act like a four pipe system without the labor and expense of new infrastructure.