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Johnson Controls helps save energy

01 March 2011

JOHNSON Controls, a leader in products, services and solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings, has unveiled a new technology that it says will help cut energy consumption in central chilled water plants in buildings by 60 per cent.

The technology is available for all types of buildings including residential, commercial, mixed use, hospitality, airports, hospitals and educational facilities, a company spokesman said.

Integral to achieving these savings is new system-level automation software – Central Plant Optimization 10 (CPO 10) and Central Plant Optimization 30 (CPO 30) – which enable persistent optimum performance and energy savings in central plants in both new and existing buildings, he said.

“Depending on climate, region and equipment configurations, a central chilled water plant can consume more than 30 per cent of the power required to run a building,” he said. “To achieve peak efficiency performance, a facility’s central plant equipment and independent components can now be designed and operated as a single integrated system with the CPO software.”

CPO offers a holistic system approach with the potential to achieve and sustain ongoing savings throughout the entire lifecycle of an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) system, he said.

“Both software feature innovative control technologies that are designed to provide system performance improvements based on real-time building loads. When incorporated with a modern building automation system and efficient HVAC equipment, CPO software solutions can help a chilled water plant system achieve maximum energy savings,” the spokesman added.