This paper describes a technology procurement conducted by DOE, PNNL, and the Defense Logistics Agency to increase the availability of energy-efficient, packaged, unitary ?rooftop? air conditioners. The procurement encourages air conditioner manufacturers to produce equipment that exceeds federal energy efficiency standards by at least 25 percent at a lower first cost. Program developers have also sought to aggregate market demand by organizing groups of large-volume buyers of air conditioning equipment. A Cost Estimator tool developed by PNNL to help consumers determine the cost effectiveness, based on local climate conditions, of purchasing energy efficient air conditioners for their own facilities is also described.
Revised: November 10, 2005 |
Published: April 1, 2003
Citation
Hollomon J., and T.L. Gilbride. 2003.High-Efficiency Rooftop Air Conditioners: Small Commercial ACs Could Add Up to Big Energy Savings.Energy Engineering 100, no. 3:53-65.PNNL-SA-36374.