Chillers
Last Updated: 05/07/24
Chillers typically cool water, which is then circulated to provide comfort cooling throughout a building or other location. Chillers can be classified by compressor type, including centrifugal, reciprocating, screw, and scroll.
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Legal Requirements
Lists federal requirements related to the purchase of this item, including applicable Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements
Life Cycle Cost Savings
Life Cycle Costing (LCC) aims to quantify the financial impact of a product over its entire life cycle to assist consumers in making decisions that will save them money over the long term.
An efficient product is cost effective when the utility costs saved over the life of the product exceed the additional upfront cost (if any) of the more efficient model. Federal purchasers may assume that Energy Star-qualified products and products meeting FEMP-designated efficiency requirements are life-cycle cost effective. However, users wishing to determine cost effectiveness for their application may do so using the cost effectiveness examples on FEMP's product web pages
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GSA's Green Proving Ground found that variable-speed magnetic levitaton chillers (maglev) are 35% more efficient than FEMP-designated high-efficiency rotary screw chillers. They can acnieve a 42% energy savings and have a payback of 5 years or less, after normalizing for payment structure and utility costs.
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