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 purifiers and for retailers to find out more information about them.
Coolerado, the winner of this years challenge, won the competition with their H-80, five ton, commercial rooftop air conditioning unit after tests were undertaken by government officials. The tests found that the five ton unit uses less than half the energy used by a normal air con unit.
The results of these tests came as a big surprise for some after they were released from the US Government’s National Renewable Energy Labratory. Mark Modera, the UC Davis challenge director, originally thought that the rooftop cooling unit would only use 40% less energy, he was wrong. However, the test results found that the 5 ton air con unit actually uses a massive 80% less energy.
The Coolerado H-80, five ton, unit is mainly designed for use on rooftops of small commercial buildings. Each unit has the ability to cool anywhere between 1,500 and 3,000 square feet, certainly alot more than a simple ceiling fan.
No doubt with the annoucement of an energy saving air con unit, many companies will be looking to improve their green image by buying one of these units. Air con and HEPA air purifier 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 that it’s been announced that the H-80 uses 80% less energy, it will become very popular with both companies and customers. No doubt many people never really think about the implications of keeping their favorite stores cool.
Although these tests have proven to be good news for the industry, we could soon see more good news as a result of these tests. A numer of other companies have also submitted their units for testing for the challenge, all of which have results expected back later this year. We’ll have to wait to see if any of them beat the H-80.
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