Saving is the name of the game for New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Staff at its Green Island Maintenance Facility take saving all in stride—from helping unprepared hikers who lose track of time to housing a rattlesnake evicted from a vacation home. Lately, they have taken saving energy and money in stride, too, and ended up on the local news for doing so.
Green Island may be one of the smallest towns in New York, but its DEC facility turned heads when staff unveiled an air-to-water heat pump that models two characteristics commercial operations increasingly value:
- Less reliance on fossil fuels associated with heating and cooling buildings, and
- Greater cost savings both now and into the future.
MEETING NEW ENERGY REQUIREMENTS: THE CHALLENGE AGENCIES FACE
The heat pump in the Green Island facility will deliver up to 40% savings in operating costs and up to 50% greater energy efficiency than its oil-fueled counterparts. It will also help the department address a challenge that state agencies nationwide increasingly face—meeting bold requirements to electrify and decarbonize.
New York’s Climate Act requires that the state achieve a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 80% reduction by 2050.
Commercial operations account for 75% of energy used in the buildings they occupy, and HVAC systems play a major role in operations. Efficient fossil-free heat pump systems represent substantial opportunities for big savings.
AIR-TO-WATER TECHNOLOGY
The DEC’s Green Island Maintenance Facility chose our Advantage air-to-water heat pump, made right here in America.
Air-to-water heat pumps require no fossil fuel combustion. They transfer heat from the outdoor air to indoor water that warms interior spaces via radiators or underfloor heating. The process can be reversed for cooling or connected to an air handler for cooling the air in the building.
Installation of the heat pump system at the Green Island facility was integrated into an existing radiant floor heating system. It can accommodate the addition of air conditioning for office spaces.
BUSINESS SAVINGS
Air-to-water heat pumps like our Advantage provide significant savings to businesses:
- They deliver up to three times more energy than the electrical energy they consume.
- With fewer moving parts, they require less maintenance.
- They eliminate the risk of gas leaks or carbon monoxide poisoning from fuel-fired systems.
- They produce no onsite emissions.
Contact Enertech today to learn more about saving energy and money with an air-source heat pump in your business.
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