The ESM™ has been designed in order to qualify for all utility and government rebate programs. Specifically the ESM's™ "on and off" feature allows it to be switched out of the compressor circuit for easy savings verification which is a requirement for most rebate programs. Additionally an ESM™ installation includes the completion of our standard evaluation process to determine the energy reduction performance and temperature maintenance of the ESM™.

Evaluation Procedure

Methodology: An Energy Logger will be installed on the electrical service to the air conditioning or refrigeration compressor. The Logger will record the amperes, KW, KVA, & Kwh. In addition a temperature data logger will be installed to monitor the ambient temperature and the temperature of the controlled medium, either chilled water, return air temperatures or conditioned space temperatures.

The air conditioning and / or refrigeration plant will be operated alternate weeks with the Energy Saving Module™ switched on and off to achieve a seven day comparison. The duration of the trial is normally for two weeks.

The loggers are set to provide a print out every hour and summated every 24 hours. This provides a "weekday" comparison, for example compare Monday week 1 to Monday week 2. The data from the logger is downloaded on site at the conclusion of the evaluation.

The Loggers: The Energy Logger will either be an ACR Model SR003, a Power Site PS250 Meter or a Pacific Technologies E Logger or equivalent. The logger is non-intrusive, does not require any interruption to the supply or the disconnection of any power cables. The loggers utilize clamp on current transformers and voltage probes to collect the relevant data. All loggers have a sampling rate of 8 seconds and can be programmed to summate and print the data for any time interval. The loggers are fully approved to Australian Standards, USA Underwriters Laboratories (UL) CSA and C.E. requirements.

The Report: At the conclusion of the evaluation period a report will be presented to the client. The report will provide details of any financial and environmental benefits and outline the cost effectiveness of the installation of the Energy Saving Modules™. The report will include a copy of the numeric data collected from the loggers.

This evaluation will also form the basis of an application to the relevant utility or government office to access any rebate program available for the installation of the equipment. If you wish Smartcool can apply for the rebate your behalf in exchange for a fee that is equal to a percentage of the funds received.

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