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Energy Saving Technologies For Your Business

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Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system (HVAC) is the single biggest energy consumer in residential buildings, accounting for over 40 percent of the residential energy consumption globally. Accordingly, installing an efficient HVAC system is the best way to cut on your energy bills and improve the comfort of your home at the same time. Without much ado, here is an overview of the top energy saving technologies that you can adapt for your business or home:

  • Duct Sealing: Duct sealing eliminates leakage in your duct systems—which is a major source of energy waste. Although aerosol systems are believed to seal existing duct leaks, they are never guarantee against future leaks.
  • Desiccant Dehumidification: Liquid desiccant solution absorbs moisture and evaporates it using heat. Desiccant dehumidification systems therefore save energy by removing humidity, pre-cooling makeup air, and lowering air conditioning load.
  • Adjustable Speed Drives: Save energy by regulating motor speed to accommodate different HVAC loads.
  • Energy Recovery Ventilation (ERV): Traps energy from the exhausted air and use it in preconditioning the incoming makeup air. This saves energy by reducing HVAC needs while maintaining the level and comfort of indoor air.
  • Electronically Commutated Motors: Have variable-speed components that vary HVAC lower speed to match your premise’s demand.
  • Displacement Ventilation: Uses low velocity cold and fresh air at the door level to displace the exhausted air near your ceiling, thereby improving indoor air quality. Their energy saving potential varies with premise design and climate.
  • Dedicated Outdoor Airs Systems: Conditions outdoor air makeup air separately from the returning indoor air, thereby improving humidity. What’s more, it removes air from the outside air, reducing cooling system load.
  • Demand Control Ventilation: This combines economizers with carbon dioxide sensors to regulate air levels while avoiding over ventilation (another form of energy waste).
  • Variable Flow Volume Systems: These use multiple compressors and provide zone temperature control and part-load performance, saving energy while ensuring that your premises remain comfortable.

While the highlighted technologies will help you save a lot on your energy, they are not applicable in every situation. Accordingly, it is pertinent to consult your trusted commercial HVAC expert before installing any in your premise.

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Energy Efficiency Tips (ie. What Temperature To Set My Furnace)

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Overview

We are a trusted and licensed HVAC company. In addition to providing our esteemed clients heating and air conditioning services (inspections, repairs, maintenance, installations and replacements), we regularly give our clients HVAC-relevant information through face to face interactions, as well as blogs. We give our clients home energy efficiency tips to help them reduce their furnaces’ energy consumption while receiving sufficient heat, as well as save a percentage of their utility bills. The temperature to set a furnace depends on several factors including efficiency of the furnace, loss of heat through surfaces and loss of heat through gaps on surfaces

Furnace-related energy efficiency ideas

Lower furnace’s temperature degree or switch it off

Furnace users can save a significant amount of energy by lowering their furnace temperature degree or switching the furnace off when premise/ rooms are not in use. To enjoy warm air, people should wear warm clothes or cover themselves with heavy/ warm clothing to complement the heat emitted by the furnace. Running the furnace at high degree increases energy consumption, and does not necessarily ensure indoor air warmth. Furnaces should be switched off when premises are not in use since no warm air is required.

Clean, repair or service furnace parts

Dirty filters, clogged/ blocked vents, and damaged furnace parts reduce the efficiency of a furnace; resulting in high consumption of energy to keep the air warmed sufficiently. Furnace parts’ repairs, cleaning or replacement should be scheduled to prevent furnace inefficiency. Premise owners may be able to do some of the furnace parts’ servicing, such as filter replacement, but advanced servicing requires professional HVAC intervention.

Insulate surfaces and seal drafts

Furnace’s energy consumption may also be saved by insulating walls, floors, roofs, doors and windows with materials that do not allow conduction of heat to the exterior of those surfaces. Insulating such surfaces ensures that the already accumulated indoor heat does not escape, and that the furnace can be operated at a lower degree to provide the needed warmth. Drafts cause warm air to escape, therefore, requiring the furnace to be run at a high degree and for long to keep indoor air warm. Sealing those drafts ensures maintenance of the heated air indoors; eliminating the need to run the furnace at a high degree or longer than necessary.

Conclusion

People can enjoy ample heating of their indoor air while saving energy and utility bills. While some home energy efficiency tips can be implemented by premise users at no cost, some tips need professional HVAC servicing. Call us for all your HVAC needs.