Cooling Challenge Yields A Better AC Unit

Monday, August 17 2009

Coolerado CEO Mike Luby said the five-ton H-80 rooftop unit is designed principally for light commercial buildings. One H-80 is able to cool 1,500 to 3,000 square feet of commercial floor area. “There will be a higher first cost associated with this equipment, but with utility rebates, tax incentives, and energy savings, our customers should make up that difference in just two years," said Luby. The firm is now taking H-80 orders for delivery late this year.

The completed certification of the first unit puts the Western Cooling Challenge right on schedule to have a selection of new equipment reach the market by spring of 2010, Modera said. Five other manufacturers have promised to submit equipment for Western-Cooling-Challenge efficiency testing, and more results should be available by the end of the year.

(UC Davis).