Chilled Water Plant Resource Blog
4 Reasons Your Site Needs an HVAC Energy Audit, No Matter Its Age
A well-conducted HVAC energy audit examines and measures how your system currently performs. It also shows you how to boost your system’s energy efficiency. Did you know that HVAC performance declines over time in almost all buildings? The heating and cooling...
How To Optimize Chilled Water Pumps
For building owners and operators, optimizing the efficiency of commercial and industrial facilities can be challenging when there are so many energy-intensive processes and pieces of equipment. One significant source for HVAC optimization savings potential lies in...
How To Utilize ESSER Funds To Boost Energy Efficiency
ESSER Funds provide large amounts of emergency aid available to school districts across the country that can be used to improve energy efficiency. What are ESSER Funds? In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided close to $190.5 billion to the...
4 Ways to Optimize Cooling Towers
Introdcution: Optimizing Cooling Towers Looking for ways to optimize cooling towers? Manufacturing companies spend billions of dollars each year for the fuel and electricity that keep their facilities running. Energy saving products, designs and systems are more...
Creating an Effective Energy Efficiency Plan for Commercial & Industrial Facilities
Long-term energy efficiency goes beyond technology. Sustainable operations require a culture with an energy-reduction mindset and a focus on consumption reduction goals. Most employees want to do their part to cut costs and reduce energy-related emissions, but they...
Cooling Season Checklist: 10 Steps to Maximize Your Efficiency
As we approach warmer months, a thorough cooling season checklist will ensure that your plant’s cooling systems operate at peak efficiency through the summer months. Check for wintertime damage. Inspect flue stacks, chimneys, ductwork, gas lines, electrical conduits,...
3 Airside Optimization Strategies for Any Facility
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are among the most energy-intensive mechanism of any business. Airside optimization can significantly reduce these expenses. HVAC systems are in charge of keeping temperatures comfortable, humidity...
Chilled Water Optimization for LEED Certification Projects
, The principles of LEED address the need for efficient and reduced water use in buildings. Plumbing systems, cooling towers, and landscaping are the main areas where green design can effectively minimize a building’s demand for treated water. As building owners and...
Reducing Campus Energy Costs with HVAC Optimization
The average 50,000 square foot campus building consumes more than $100,000 worth of energy each year. Lighting, ventilation, and cooling equipment consume the most electricity. As a result, these areas are among the best targets for finding energy...
How to Optimize Chiller Performance
There have been numerous studies demonstrating that regular maintenance extends the life of HVAC equipment and chillers are no exception. Maintained property, water cooled chillers will run over twenty years and air-cooled chillers will last up to sixteen or seventeen...
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