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Central Plant Optimization Yields 25 Percent Efficiency Improvement

Savings of Over $500,000 Annually Expected in Energy, Repair and Unnecessary Services

December 22, 2014

When Pepco Energy Services (PES) wanted to find cost-effective ways to improve the operations of its Midtown Thermal Control Center (MTCC) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, it contacted Tustin Energy Solutions (TES), a commercial energy management company located in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Many HVAC Contractors Unaware of Pending Chiller Standards

Kyle Gargaro

June 16, 2014

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The chiller standard will need to be adopted more on a state-by-state basis, making it highly unlikely it will be evident throughout the country by 2015.

Enticâ??s energy dashboard is shown here at work on a smartphone screen inside the park.

Opportunities in Chiller Optimization

Improving Chiller System Efficiency Benefits Contractors and Customers Alike

Kimberly Schwartz

May 12, 2014

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Enterprising companies and contractors are striving to lessen the burden of this expense by optimizing chiller systems to achieve greater efficiency.

Automated Logic Provides Control for World’s Tallest Data Center

The 32-Story, 1.2 Million-Square-Foot Tower Is Located in Lower Manhattan

November 4, 2013

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Automated Logic Corp. (ALC), a leading provider of building automation systems, is providing critical building monitoring and control for Intergate.Manhattan, believed to be the world’s tallest high-rise data center.

New York City-based engineering firm WM Group saved a large pharmaceutical company roughly $400,000 per year in energy costs by upgrading the pumps in its chilled water system.

Variable-Speed Pumps Reduce Energy Use

Ultrasonic Flow Meters are Key to Controlling Energy Management

Jack Sine

October 28, 2013

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WM Group recently helped a large New Jersey pharmaceutical company save nearly $400,000 per year in energy costs by upgrading the chiller system at its 100-acre research and development campus.

Variable-Speed Pumps Reduce Energy Use

Ultrasonic Flow Meters are Key to Controlling Energy Management

Jack Sine

August 5, 2013

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Hemant Mehta’s WMGroup must be doing something right because his team has been fine-tuning HVAC systems for the same major New Jersey pharmaceutical company since 1984. The latest improvement involved the upgrading of the chiller systems at the company’s 100-acre research and development campus.

Five ClimaCool modules â three UCA units and two UCF units â are installed at Montana State Universityâs Leon Johnson Hall in Bozeman, Mont. ClimaCoolâs modular chillers are designed to minimize installation time and costs.

Easing Chiller Install and Service

Manufacturers Design Chillers with Contractor in Mind

Kimberly Schwartz

May 13, 2013

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While it may never be possible for an HVAC contractor to chill out on the job, installing and servicing chillers continues to be easier and easier, as, according to several manufacturers, today’s chillers are being designed with the contractor in mind.

Broward Health Medical Center is a 1.2 million-square-foot, 716-bed facility featuring a 6,000-ton chiller plant with average loading of 3,500 tons.

Healthy Chillers Make a Happy Hospital

Chiller Optimization Saves Hospital $250,000 Per Year

May 13, 2013

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The chillers at Broward Health Medical Center were not achieving the kW per ton for which they were rated — a serious problem that they had not been aware of before, and which had probably cost them over $1 million in excess energy use since installation.