Functional Communications Corp., headquartered in Syracuse, is an independent Muzak affiliate that managed the design and installation of the entire system. The company specified Technomad based on its compliance with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System (LEED), developed by the US Green Building Council to provide standard for environmentally sustainable construction.
Scott Welton, account executive at Functional Communications Corp, says, "The US Green Building Council stipulates that LEED project contractors are encouraged to specify equipment manufactured within 500 miles of the installation, so noting Technomad's proximity I ordered one Vernal for evaluation. I liked the sound reproduction and the fact that it was a very tough loudspeaker. The Vernal also comes in a 70-volt transformed version, which was necessary to accommodate the long cable runs to the digital amplifier and minimize infrastructure. The Technomads have proven versatile enough to legibly reproduce in-store marketing and music, message repeaters, and live pages from telephones and microphones with excellent audio quality."
(Jim Evans)
