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Are the utility bills increasing at your plants?
Are you looking to audit your facilities and identify savings opportunities?
Do you want the energy savings projects you’ve invested in to stick so that you can reap their benefits year after year?
Monitoring Based Commissioning is your answer. VaCom’s industry-leading EnergyDashboard is the ideal tool to identify savings and more importantly monitor them to assure that they remain in a place year after year. Email us for a demonstration: energydashboarddemo@vacomtech.com.
Read about an example of a successful implementation of VaCom’s EnergyDashboard tool here: Cold Storage Facility Improves Bottom Line Through VaCom’s Refrigeration Performance Monitoring
For more information, take a look at our EnergyDashboard flyer.
Does your facility utilize refrigerants like R22, R404A, or R507A that will eventually be phased out due to high Global Warming Potential (GWP)?
Do you have a plan for continuing operations as your refrigerant becomes unavailable for purchase in the coming years?
What happens if you have a leak?
Several refrigerants commonly used in refrigeration systems across the country are in the process of being phased out as the US aims to reduce the production and consumption of harmful greenhouse gasses. As a result, it is critical that facilities think ahead regarding refrigerants and the sustainability of their facilities. VaCom has assisted several of our customers by developing and completing turnkey projects to convert away from R22, R507A, and other high-GWP refrigerants, thus setting them on a more sustainable, environmentally friendly, and profitable path going forward.
Read about an example of one of these projects here: VaCom Technologies Partners with Customer to Win $1.5 Million from the California Energy Commission to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Which refrigerant should we be using in our new plant?
How much energy will our design use?
What are the alternatives?
VaCom’s array of analysis and modeling tools help companies make informed decisions. WE are the industrial refrigeration leaders in applying DOE2 or refrigeration system energy modeling.
Read about some examples of VaCom’s success implementing refrigeration energy efficiency upgrades:
Improved Sustainability Efforts Led to Massive Cost Savings
Cold Storage Facility Improves Bottom Line Through VaCom’s Refrigeration Performance Monitoring
Thinking of building a new facility?
Or updating an existing facility?
Do you know what incentive programs or subsidies your local utility offers for energy-efficient refrigeration design or retrofits?
VaCom has more than 30 years of experience assisting refrigerated facilities in gaining the most value from the various incentive programs offered by utilities across the United States. Whether your facility is in California, Texas, Georgia, or anywhere else, let VaCom’s experienced energy engineers advocate on your behalf to maximize the ROI of your investment.
Read more about some examples of VaCom’s projects here:
Second VaCom Customer Receives $900K in Grants to Combat Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California
Does your refrigeration system have the capacity and flexibility to handle your future production needs?
Are you most cost effectively managing your refrigeration system assets?
Need help identifying and allocating capital project money wisely, base on facts and real data?
If so, contact us and we’ll show you why some of the wold’s largest food & beverage facilities utilize this VaCom service to maintain their competitive advantage.
VaCom works with industrial and commercial customers to deliver energy projects with significant savings. Many projects qualify for incentive credits from various utility programs that encourage conservation. For example, most electric utilities provide credits that apply to refrigeration retrofit projects, which can help pay for controls upgrades, new variable speed capabilities, or new refrigeration components.
VaCom experience with the major utilities makes this process easy. We can design the updated system, simulate the savings, apply to the utility, and then implement the system on a turn-key basis. Our experience with these Utility “Standard Performance Contracts” has been exceptional with a 100% record of success in obtaining energy savings and energy incentives.
VaCom customers within these areas obtain significant benefits. Projects typically have a 12-18 month payback with a continuing savings benefit that extends for over 10 years. In California, several utilities offer this type of program for energy conservation. Click here to view a recent example from SDG&E that saved our client $230,000. Refer to the utility services link to see how VaCom works with major utilities to manage portions of these incentive programs.
Check out our VaCom Asset Utilization Services Brochure for more information on what challenges we can help you overcome and what goals we can work with you to achieve.
Building owners: Do you own a refrigerated facility with multiple tenants sharing a central refrigeration system?
Tenants: Would you like to have greater control over your utility costs and reap 100% of the benefits of your tenant improvements?
Both building owners and tenants stand to gain from VaCom’s Multi-Tenant Refrigeration Allocation Solution. Owners can increase property value, avoid legal disputes surrounding utility cost breakouts, and lower vacancy rate by incorporating VaCom’s multi-tenant solution. Tenants can be assured they are only paying for what they use and can reap 100% of the benefits of any space improvements or utility programs they choose to implement.
Take a look at our VaCom Multi Tenant Brochure for more details on the benefits of accurate refrigeration energy usage allocation.
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