The Time for Energy Efficiency Retrofits is Now!
Cut Energy Use, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Achieve Efficiencies while Enhancing Corporate Sustainability
Government Incentives May Help to Pay For Retrofitting
There is a “perfect storm” of energy implications facing your organization today.
Faced with increased energy costs due to issues associated with deregulation and the scarcity of available energy resources, your organization is also facing pressure from consumers and other stakeholders to reduce your reliance on traditional forms of energy.
These pressures spark discussions across all sectors of the economy; from boardrooms, to the facility managers, to the President himself.
To ensure that your operation is efficient, profitable and is seen as acceptable by a discerning public;
- you must become more sustainable,
- you must reduce your carbon footprint, and
- you must cut back on power usage and become energy efficient.
These Are Not Options. These Are Necessities.
This may be voluntary or increasingly upon government regulations to improve energy efficiency standards. The organization that fails to realize that it is duty bound and financially at risk to not take action will undoubtedly fall behind the competition.
Unprecedented advantage awaits the forward thinking organization like yours. Lead without doubting the new energy economy that awaits us all. Be the innovator able to see opportunities within these challenges and rise to occupy a more dominate place amongst your competitors.
Energy is Expensive and Becoming Scarce
We have always over-relied on fossil fuels and the traditional forms of creating energy from resources extracted from a hole. Energy resources are become more and scarcer with additional security risks associated with imported oil.
Other forces such as the trend toward increased energy deregulation place additional pressures within the market, forcing an upward trend in energy prices.
Deregulation has not been as successful as its advocates had hoped for, with a net reduction in overall efficiency and availability to show for years of trial.
Our existing infrastructure is very inefficient and as demand increases, resources become more strained, assuring that the cost of energy will continue to rise.
Energy is “Dirty” and is Becoming Heavily Regulated
Our over reliance on traditional forms of energy is not only becoming an ever-greater financial burden but is also the cause of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The carbon emissions associated with our dominate energy sources, such as coal for to generate electricity, is known to have a significant adverse effect on our environment.
There is a growing call for us to take steps to reverse climate change and this is leading to legislative action against companies and the passing of mandates to force virtually all organizations to reduce energy usage.
Your company must start to;
- pro-active measures to increase overall energy efficiency of the equipment you operation,
- take stock of your carbon footprint and calculate an emissions inventory and
- put in place initiatives across many operations in order improve corporate sustainability.
Be Energy Efficient or Loose the Consumer’s Respect
At one time a relative inefficiency was treated as acceptable, if it meant that it was a mere “byproduct” of doing business in the first place. Recently, significant corporate failures caused by
- an inability to rein in energy consumption,
- an inability to contain energy costs, and
- an inability to exist in the new carbon constrained world.
The easiest, quickest, and least expensive way to reduce a company’s carbon emissions is to immediately take action to reduce energy consumption and to improve the energy efficiency of all assets across your organization.
Furthermore, a significant public upswell of opinion against those who emit carbon and greenhouse gases with impunity will combine and place additional pressure on all companies to achieve significant corporate sustainability, or face significant brand damage.
The “green consumer” is not willing to accept inefficiencies in the course of doing business anymore.
Government Action and Performance Incentives
The American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act was passed in early 2009. It contains millions upon millions of dollars in the form of grants and energy efficiency improvement incentives. A massive flow of money is heading into business community.
Are you prepared to leverage stimulus money to your advantage?
The carbon constrained economy is coming. The existing laws Europe and other parts of the world are providing United States lawmakers with significant numbers of blueprints.
There WILL be a greenhouse gas emissions reporting law passed in 2010. The U.S. EPA has taken the lead with current regulations due to take effect shortly. The U.S. Senate has drafted and will call for regulation of carbon and the introduction of commodity based market forces to contain emissions.
Ramping Up to Retrofit Your Inefficient HVAC Systems
Congress is considering the availability of financial incentives to help companies actively engage in actions to retrofit their installations for energy and financial efficiency.
The Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program could provide significant federal-through-state funding, when passed.
The government’s existing “retrofit ramp up” call for action intends to discover and catalyze energy-efficient retrofitting solutions for rollout across the country.
HVAC Systems are at the Center of the Energy Issue
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units represent a significant part of a building’s asset structure and a significant cost center when it comes to your company’s operations.
Traditionally these systems are rather difficult to optimize and as they are also traditionally integrated within the structure of a building upon construction they can be difficult to replace.
Air conditioning can nevertheless represent up to 65% of an overall energy bill, which in turn can be one of the top three expenditures for an organization.
Airco Energy Solutions Has Your Energy Efficiency Solutions
Airco Energy Solutions has an innovative solution to help your company retrofit its existing HVAC systems and to help achieve considerable savings against mounting energy bills.
This retrofit product effectively adds a layer of intelligence to air conditioning systems, significantly reducing energy usage and in turn extending the life of the compressor.
The Energy Retrofit Product:
- is one hundred percent maintenance free;
- can be installed in less than 30 minutes;
- has been proven to reduce air-conditioning energy costs by between 20 and 30% in a number of existing establishments across the nation;
- could save air-conditioning energy costs by up to 40% for utility demand service users.
Our energy efficiency products work by incorporating sensor driven software algorithms into the control systems of HVAC equipment. The “improved intelligence & control logic” detects irregularities and adjusts the asset to optimize compressor running times.
The process reduces equipment operating temperature and by correctly cycling the compressor can prevent any “freeze-over” on the evaporator. The product constantly adapts its settings according to demand and overall outside temperature conditions.
Airco Energy Solutions’ Retrofit Product Works!
- Airco Energy Solutions’ Retrofit product works in all types of air conditioning systems, including package units, split systems, window or wall units and PTAC;
- Units realize a significant increase in their Energy Efficiency Rate and marked savings in their kWh unit usage and subsequent bills;
- The unit is highly cost effective and relatively inexpensive when installed in the typical system;
- Energy savings can be realized immediately after the simple installation of the product.
Airco Energy Solutions’ Retrofit Product is Tried and Tested
Airco Energy Solutions’ energy-saving retrofit products can be applied to a wide range of heating, cooling and refrigeration (HVAC) equipment and has been designed, following consultation with equipment manufacturers, by experts from within the HVAC maintenance industry.
They comply with all accepted industry standards for control equipment and is Energy Star certified. Intertek Laboratory and the US EPA has certified its claimed results.
A long list of existing clients includes:
- Frito Lay
- Miller Brewery
- McDonalds
- LAX Airport
- Boston Logan International Airport
- General Motors
- JFK Airport
- Dulles International Airport
- Honolulu Airport
- San Francisco Airport
- General Electric
- Domino’s Pizza
- Taco Bueno
Air Conditioning Retrofit –
Despite the undersized nature of the equipment to the facility, an 11.9% energy reduction was noted while fully meeting the thermostat settings. The savings based on the commercial tariff of $ 0.20/kWh is approximately $1000/year and additional savings for similar buildings with properly sized equipment would be readily achieved.
Electric Air Conditioning (30 ton retrofit) –
Extrapolating the energy savings from the test period to a full year’s operations and using the recorded data values, the energy savings would be 18,718 kWh. At an average energy cost of $0.155/kWh this would be an annualized savings of $2,901/year.
Automobile Manufacturer –
Extrapolating the energy savings and energy efficiency improvements…The client was very pleased to see a 31% reduction in energy draw on the equipment metered.
Gas Fired Boiler in a Hotel –
Boiler run time reduction was normalized to 9.2%. Assuming natural gas @$1.40/CCF even a 5% savings would equate to $14k/year. The 9.2% savings equates to an annualized saving of $25,000 per year.
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