Date: 26 Aug 2009 Comments: 0

Coolerado Corp, based in Denver, Colorado, has been announced as the winner of the UC Davis Western Cooling Challenge for 2009. The UC Davis challenge was designed to help manufacturers design better air conditioners and for customers to get the latest information about them.

The H-80 5 ton commercial air conditioning unit was entered by Coolerado and was announced the winner after the results of federal tests came back. The tests found that the five ton unit uses less than half the energy used by a normal air con unit.

The results of the tests, which were carried out at the US Government’s National Renewable Energy Labratory, actually came as a surprise for many. The director of the UC Davis challenge, Mark Modera, originally believed that the H-80 unit would only save 40% energy compared to standard units. However, once the results of the tests came back, it was found that the five ton unit uses 80% less power.

The Coolerado H-80 rooftop cooling unit has been designed for use on commercial buildings such as shops and office blocks. A massive 3,000 square feet of floor space can be cooled by just one of the H-80 units, a great deal more than a basic cieling fan.

No doubt with this announcement, a large number of companies will look to invest in a H-80 unit to try and improve their green profile. Air con and HEPA air purifier units and they are normally considered to be a luxury, for that reason they are considered to be extremely bad in the eyes of environmental campaigners. Now with this news, the H-80 will become very popular with both the customers and retailers. Although I suspect many customers don’t really consider what’s keeping the store cool and refreshing.

Although these tests have proven to be good news for the industry, we could soon see more good news as a result of these tests. There have been a number of other companies that will be submitting their air con units for testing later this year. We’ll have to wait to see if any of them beat the H-80.