Energy Saving Commercial Air Con Unit Wins Competition

This years UC Davis Western Cooling Challenge winner has been announced as the denver based company, Coolerado Corp. The UC Davis challenge was designed to help manufacturers design better air conditioners and commercial retailers to get new information about the units.

Coolerado were announced winners after federal tests came back about their entry, the H-80 five ton commercial rooftop cooling system. The tests found that the five ton unit uses less than half the energy used by a normal air con unit.

The results of the tests, which were carried out at the US Government’s National Renewable Energy Labratory, actually came as a surprise for many. Mark Modera, the director or the UC Davis challenge, believed that the H-80 unit would only use 40% less energy. However, the test results found that the 5 ton air con unit actually uses a massive 80% less energy.

The Coolerado H-80 rooftop cooling unit has been designed for use on commercial buildings such as shops and office blocks. Each unit has the ability to cool anywhere between 1,500 and 3,000 square feet, certainly alot more than a simple cieling fan.

No doubt with this announcement, a large number of companies will look to invest in a H-80 unit to try and improve their green profile. Air cooling and air filter units and they are normally considered to be a luxury, for that reason they are considered to be extremely bad in the eyes of environmental campaigners. Now with this news, the H-80 will become very popular with both the customers and retailers. Although I assume lots of customers never really consider how the store is kept cool during the summer months.

Despite this being good news for Coolerado and the industry, the good news might not just be for Coolerado. Many other companies have also submitted their cooling units, not just Coolerado, however, the results of these tests have not yet been released. Whether any will beat the H-80 is unknown.