Kilawatt Technologies, Inc

Successes

Kilawatt Technologies periodically publishes examples of the successes our clients have realized. Due to confidientialty between the Kilawatt and all of our Clients, specific identifying information has been removed. Further, in some cases, dollar amounts of energy reductions have been removed and only percentages of energy or amount of BTUs saved are provided.

You are welcome to contract us to discuss the specifics of our means and methods for achieving these achievements.

Return on Investment Achieved in Less than Seven Days

June 2011

Kilawatt Technologies was retained by a broadcast organization to manage the energy flow in their building. This facility burned both propane and natural gas for heating. We immediately obtained the necessary supporting data from the facility manager and determined that by converting their systems to burn just natural gas, the amount of money saved would cover all of our fees AND the fees of doing the conversion. In addition, we were able to negotiate financial support of this project through the efficiency program of the gas company, further enhancing the total savings to the Client.

Propane-Natural Gas Switch

Realized annual savings: $6000

Cost to achieve savings: $0

Tstats Roasting in the Open Sun

March 2011

A financial institution contracted us: one section of their building was so cold in the winter that they had to move their meetings to an interior conference room, away from the south and west facing windows. Their HVAC contractor has suggested a $40,000 solution including a new boiler and perimeter fin tubing.

Kilawatt instrumented the area, gathered data for three weeks, and determined that the real issue was that all of the thermostats were being influenced by the sun, shutting them off. Further there was no return air system for the heat pump system.

The Fix: $4,000

Avoided Cost: $40,000

Space Heaters and Wool Socks

April 2011

A manufacturing facility had Kilawatt Technologies review their energy usage and determine if there was any energy savings to be had. They were about to embark on an approximately $80,000 HVAC upgrade to address some comfort issues within their facility: the office area was way too cold with everyone having an electrical space heater under their desk.

Kilawatt initiated trending for three weeks and also reviewed and analyzed some long term legacy trending that likely had been initiated by a previous owner of the facility for reasons unknown.

The Results

The building’s mechanical equipment is working perfectly. The internal temperatures are rock solid. The building’s equipment is doing exactly what it is being told to do, and doing it very well.

The problem is that the system seems to be set up completely backwards. The heat is only on during unoccupied hours. In fact, the boilers appear to be locked out during occupied hours so requesting additional heat via the Thermostat on the wall is ignored by the system.

Oh, and the HVAC system upgrade, was using outdated technology that would not have addressed the challenges the building was having and would have been connected to the same control system that caused the problems in the first place.

The Solution

Institute superior algorithms to reduce energy consumption by an estimated 50%

Place the HVAC upgrades on hold indefinitely

Savings

$80,000 in HVAC upgrade costs avoided
$75,000 in energy costs per year that can be eliminated

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