Help save energy without costly retrofits to your HVAC systems
29 September 2009
The new Allen-Bradley FanMaster energy savings package from Rockwell Automation allows users to convert a constant volume heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) air handler to variable air flow without changes to existing mechanical systems and controls.
HVAC systems consume a large amount of a building’s operating costs. It makes sense to ensure these systems are running as efficiently as possible. Many HVAC systems use constant volume air-handling units with simple on/off controls. Upgrading a user’s constant volume air handler to variable flow allows the user to save energy by being able to control the speed of the fan.
Converting a constant flow HVAC system to a variable air flow system used to be a complex and costly task. With the FanMaster energy saving package, that is no longer the case with its integrated control – designed to deliver more energy savings at a fraction of the cost when compared to a traditional hardware retrofit conversion.
The key to identifying the energy-savings opportunities in HVAC systems is to understand the heating and cooling operation cycle of a system. With the FanMaster energy saving calculator, a user can see their potential savings before installing the equipment. The web-based calculator uses geographic-specific calculations, giving the user confidence that their specific weather patterns have been leveraged.
Keeping temperature variations similar to a user’s current hard-ducted constant volume air-handling system and limiting upgrade costs help make the FanMaster energy saving package an effective solution for saving energy at a fraction of the price of traditional retrofit.
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