A 100-ton cooling tower uses 14,400 gallons of fresh water per day. That’s a small cooling tower, and that’s a lot of water. A 15,000-ton chiller plant (about the size used to cool a major airport) will use a couple million gallons of fresh water on a hot summer day just for cooling operations. People Read more
Jay Egg
With natural gas prices reaching an all-time low last year ($2.75 per million BTU [MMBtu]), use has flourished as many have made the switch to natural gas heating. Other heating technologies that used to be cost competitive against natural gas have become less attractive. But history has shown us that we should not be fooled Read more
A primer on geothermal incentives What do you know about incentives for geothermal HVAC systems? You are going to be surprised. Here are some possible benefits you may be able tap into: Residential – Federal tax credit of 30%, uncapped Commercial – Federal tax credit of 10%, uncapped Maximum Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) – Read more
We all know that geothermal HVAC has been around for decades. Solar PV and high-efficiency air source systems seem to be popping up all over. Is the geothermal HVAC market slipping submissively into slumber? Well, I’ll tell you what I know – Green technologies for home and business may seem to have reached a level Read more