Hartzell Air Movement: products and EPD coverage

Who Hartzell is, at a glance

Founded in Ohio and still building in Piqua, Hartzell Air Movement focuses on industrial fans and blowers, not residential gadgets. Their site highlights centrifugal fans, duct and vane axial lines, fiberglass FRP units for corrosives, marine‑duty models, and roof ventilators across heavy industry, water and wastewater, marine, energy, and food processing applications (Hartzell product finder, Hartzell Difference).

What they make, roughly how many

Hartzell appears to serve a dozen‑plus product families with variants in materials, drives, sizes, and duty classes. That translates to hundreds of individual SKUs when you combine steel and FRP options, belt and direct drive, adjustable pitch and fixed propellers, and marine builds. AMCA listings confirm breadth in axial and centrifugal lines that specifiers recognize, including Duct Axial and Vaneaxial models and backward‑curved centrifugal fans (AMCA, 2025).

EPDs today: what we could and could not find

As of December 25, 2025, we could not locate product‑specific, third‑party verified EPDs for Hartzell Air Movement products on major public operator registries or on the company’s website. If we missed a newly published declaration, a quick link on the product pages would make it easy for specifiers to find.

Why EPDs matter in 2025 specs

LEED v5 was ratified on March 28, 2025 and continues to recognize third‑party verified EPDs, with credit forms now in Arc. Projects are still rewarded for documented disclosure, which keeps EPDs squarely in play for design teams chasing points and for owners targeting decarbonization outcomes (USGBC, 2025) (USGBC, 2025). Under the current disclosure credit language, product‑specific Type III EPDs count more toward the tally than generic or industry‑wide documents, which is why having your own can tip an apples‑to‑apples comparison in your favor (USGBC Credit Library, 2024) (USGBC, 2024).

The market signal from competitors

Several HVAC manufacturers in adjacent ventilation categories already publish EPDs. Systemair lists multiple ventilation product EPDS in EPD‑Norge, including Geniox and SAVE units, signaling buyer expectations in building ventilation equipment (EPD‑Norge, 2024–2025) (EPD‑Norge, 2024–2025). Soler & Palau has EPDs for bathroom extractors and in‑line fans in the International EPD System, using the ventilation components c‑PCR, which makes a clear route for fan EPDs evident (EPD International, 2025) (EPD International, 2025).

Likely best‑sellers without EPDs, and what that costs in bids

Hartzell’s backward‑curved centrifugal line and Duct Axial or Vaneaxial models are classic high‑volume choices for industrial and commercial ventilation. When a project team needs products that contribute to the LEED materials disclosure count, a competitor SKU with a product‑specific EPD can be the simpler path to close out the credit. The gap grows on multi‑building campuses or healthcare, education, and tech where submittal checklists now routinely ask for verified disclosures. Teams often pick the option that avoids paperwork rework. That means you might loose a spec quietly, even if performance is equal.

Who Hartzell meets most often in the spec lane

On U.S. jobs, Hartzell is typically compared with Greenheck, Twin City Fan, Loren Cook, New York Blower, and PennBarry. In international or multinational specs, Systemair often appears, and they already publish EPDs for related ventilation equipment in Europe, which can sway global corporate standards toward brands seen as disclosure‑ready (EPD‑Norge, 2024–2025).

Is a fan PCR available, or would Hartzell be stuck waiting

Yes, a route exists. The ventilation components c‑PCR under EN 15804 is in use at the International EPD System, evidenced by the published fan EPDs referenced above. That provides a viable reference for centrifugal and axial products and avoids the need to invent a new rulebook from scratch (EPD International, 2025).

A practical, low‑friction rollout plan

Start where volume meets repeatability. Pick 3 to 5 top sellers across materials, such as a steel backward‑curved centrifugal, a duct axial, and one FRP unit. Align them to the same PCR and verification path so data collection scales. Publish product‑level declarations first, then cascade to close siblings while the verification team is still warm. Sales will feel the lift fastest on LEED‑active work because a product‑specific Type III EPD counts more in the scorecard math (USGBC Credit Library, 2024).

Proof the category is moving

A snapshot of 2024–2025 publications shows a steady stream of ventilation EPDs in European programs, including Systemair and IV Produkt, plus specific fan families from other makers. That momentum sets buyer expectations globally, even for U.S. projects that do not mandate EPDs yet. It is the same story we have seen in insulation and glazing. First movers become the easy choice.

Quality signals Hartzell already has

Hartzell’s AMCA certifications across axial and centrifugal products are well documented and respected in selection tools and submittals. Use that test discipline as the backbone for an EPD program. AMCA data habits map neatly to the evidence trail verifiers expect, which keeps the timeline predictable (AMCA, 2025).

The takeaway for commercial teams

Hartzell is a pure play in industrial air movement with product depth most rivals envy. EPD coverage appears light today, which means there is an immediate opportunity to remove friction in LEED‑oriented submittals and to defend margin when a project could otherwise force a like‑for‑like swap. The data work is very doable. The payback often shows up the next bid cycle, sometimes sooner. It is definately worth scoping.