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Texas
HVAC Insider News
HTS Texas Helps Military Keep Their Cool
Summer in South Texas can be
sweltering, to say the least. So when new air conditioning
equipment was needed at the massive Randolph Air Force Base in San
Antonio, the federal government turned to HTS Texas. With more
than 10,000 people living and working on the south central Texas
military base, where temperatures reach average highs above 90
degrees and 80 percent humidity each summer, air conditioning is a
vital component of employee productivity and, therefore, a company’s
bottom line.
Such high-demand air conditioning
systems can consume a great deal of energy if not properly
designed with state-of-the-art technologies. So base officials
recently launched renewed energy conservation efforts to reduce
utility payments, which are approximately $500,000 over budget so
far continued from page 1 this year, due in part to a 7 percent
rate increase by City Public Service, the San Antonio power
company.
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Base officials
earlier this year tapped HTS Texas to outfit the
200,000-square-foot, LEEDSilver- certified military facility with
more efficient HVAC equipment. That equipment includes a McQuay
magnetic bearing chiller, McQuay air handling units and Enviro-Tec
Variable Air Volume (VAV) boxes in a system designed for energy
efficiency.
Additionally, the
Air Force base will stringently follow its base policy of leaving
air-conditioning settings between 76 and 78 degrees during the
summer. The project received a $67,500 rebate just for installing
the magnetic bearing chiller. That significant rebate from CPS was
possible because of the power company’s commercial rebates on
the replacement of older equipment with new, highly efficient
equipment.
The magnetic bearing
technology used in the McQuay frictionless centrifugal chiller
provides superior energy efficiency by eliminating the high
friction losses of conventional centrifugal compressors, according
to McQuay. For example, the chiller requires less than two amps to
start, compared to 500 to 600 amps for a traditional screw
compressor chiller. And, because magnetic bearings require no
lubrication, there is no need for oil heaters, oil coolers, oil
pumps or oil piping. “We are all about providing the most
efficient HVAC equipment available because it makes the most sense
for our clients, both from a comfort and financial standpoint,”
notes John Winckler, HVAC Systems Consultant with HTS Texas’ San
Antonio office. “High energy efficiency system designs save
money in the long run – an investment building owners understand
offers greater return.”
HTS Texas, a premier
HVAC supplier providing custom heating and cooling solutions to
the commercial, industrial, institutional and residential markets,
has four offices in the Lone Star State.
About HTS
Texas Founded in 2001, HTS Texas provides heat transfer solutions
to the commercial, institutional, residential and industrial
markets. The company is a premier solutionsbased supplier of HVAC
systems including heating, air conditioning, air handling units,
chillers, heat recovery, building effi ciency improvements and
more. HTS Texas customizes comprehensive solutions for HVAC and
process cooling requirements and represents manufacturers McQuay,
Daikin, Haakon and many more to provide the best solution for
every building owner need.
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