Software turns refrigerator chiller green
February 9, 2010 by Tom GuayPosted in: Cost Cutting, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, News
Operating costs at the University of Texas are on track now to take a nose dive. The hero: a software upgrade.
The school expects to save $500,000 a year in lower electricity bills thanks to newly installed software that maximizes energy efficiency of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at its Austin, TX, campus.
That’s a lot of green credit thanks to the significant emission reductions that come with the upgrade, which the school says is well worth the one-year return on investment to install the software from Optimum Energy, LLC.
The design cuts power demand by six million kilowatts, which in turn reduces the university’s indirect greenhouse gas and conventional air pollutants generated by its electrical suppliers.
The energy-optimization software can be used in a variety of building applications, including:
- office towers
- schools and universities
- government facilities
- data centers
- laboratories
- medical facilities
- airports
- hotels
- casinos, and
- shopping centers.
The OptimumHVAC software runs controllers provided by Johnson Controls to operate the university’s first, 100% variable-speed drive HVAC system.
Tags: energy efficiency, Johnson Controls, Optimum Energy, University of Texas
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