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The Future of HVACR Energy Efficiency: Monitoring-Based Commissioning
Monitoring-Based Commissioning is a combination of controls, sensors, software and sometimes ‘human review,’ that constantly monitors equipment by way of algorithms and real-time data to detect faults and optimize performance.

Looking for Energy Savings? Look In to Retrofitting Your Refrigeration
Many refrigeration systems in the food retail environment comprise older equipment, and many businesses are unable to absorb the cost of replacing the equipment with newer, more expensive components. But there are options out there to retrofit the systems.

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.

Historically Cold Climate can Wreak Havoc on Air-Cooled Condensing Units
The use of low pressure refrigeration controls (LPC) is mostly found in smaller, refrigerated boxes such as beer coolers. LPC systems operating in low ambient temperatures may experience upset as system pressures are not sufficient to close normally adjusted LPC switches.

3 Questions About Anti-Sweat Door Heaters Answered
To prevent condensate related problems, manufacturers include electric heaters in the frames, doors and sometimes in the glass of cooler and freezer doors. Anti-sweat door heaters keep the glass and frames clear of condensation.

Equipment Optimization: A Driving Force in High-Performance Buildings
The concept of energy efficiency at the commercial level is nearly a ubiquitous one in today’s landscape. Cutting costs is a high-priority goal for just about any entity.

HVACR Contractors: the Key to a Healthy Relationship with Your Customers? Communication
In the relationship between HVACR contractors and their customers who rely on the complex, expensive refrigeration equipment to keep their business alive, neither partner has it easier than the other. Especially when that relationship exists in the restaurant and service industry.

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.”