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6 Ways to Ensure an Evaporator Fan Energy Efficiency Retrofit is Done Right
The upside to a well-implemented controls retrofit can be huge. The most advanced bring a whole suite of features and capabilities, including adaptive defrost control, web connectivity, intelligent alarms, sophisticated diagnostics and data analytics, and powerful controls for your entire refrigeration system.
6 Commercial Walk-In Cooler & Freezer Maintenance Tips
Maintained walk-in coolers and freezers function better. Because of this, they operate more efficiently than a cooler that is not maintained, which in turn means less money spent on bills.
Massachusetts Wants 80% Clean Energy by 2050, and New Regulations are Coming in 2018
Beginning in 2018, the baseline percentage will be set at 16%. And in each following year, the percentage will be increased by 2% until the clean energy sources account for 80% in 2050.
Liquid Subcooling: What it is and When to Apply it
In an exhaustive article for ACHR News, Brian Orr, cofounder of a service company, and founder of HVACRSchool.com, describes it in short: “subcooling tells you that you have a full line of liquid refrigerant in the liquid line.”
Energy Efficiency Can Get Us Halfway to Our Energy Goals, says the ACEEE
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a report that outlines the measures that could help drastically reduce energy waste by 50% by 2050. In particular, the report specifically explains how energy efficiency measures can get us there:
Refrigeration Problem of the Week: Solenoid Valve Stuck Open AGAIN
Today, we take a look at a problem that many of our clients deal with: repetitive failure of a mechanical component. Sometimes, it’s the way the piece was installed into the system, and sometimes it’s just from a bad batch.
Contractors and Customers Alike Can’t Live Without Refrigeration Controls and Monitoring
“It’s almost like the check engine light in your car.” This is how Charlie Sternberg, owner of S&S Refrigeration Co. in New Jersey, described the base value of NRM’s monitoring platform to greenHVACR magazine.
Annual Energy Efficiency Rankings by State – the ACEEE
Most states have more than one reason for wanting to tackle their energy problems—from wanting to better combat rising and changing temperatures to decreasing their reliance on fossil fuels—and different ideas on how best to approach them.