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Building Shell
Building Shell: Insulation
Building Shell: Windows
Building Shell: Window Film
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Controls
Controls: Hotel Room Automation
Controls: Building Automation Systems
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DG Technologies
The following is a sampling of companies that offer commercial or very-near-commercial DG products. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list.
Reciprocating Engines
Distributed Generation: Dual-Fuel Reciprocating Engine Conversions
Industrial Gas Turbines
Microturbines
Fuel Cells
Stirling Engines
Photovoltaics
Scores of companies—including these leading manufacturers—produce PV panels, inverters, and system components. For a more complete listing, see Underwriters Laboratories’ “Information for Regulators and Utilities” page and the California Energy Commission’s lists of eligible renewable equipment.
Module manufacturers
Inverter manufacturers
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HVAC
HVAC: Air-Source Electric Heat Pumps
HVAC: Centrifugal Chillers
There are four major manufacturers of centrifugal chillers:
- The Trane Company
manufactures both HCFC-123 and HCFC-22 chillers with multi-stage compressors.
- Carrier Corporation manufactures HFC-134a and HCFC-22 chillers.
- York International manufactures HFC-134a, HCFC-123, and HCFC-22 chillers.
- McQuay manufactures HFC-134a chillers.
- For more information, the Energy Star program (jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy) offers a Buildings Upgrade Manual online, with step-by-step advice on improving the energy efficiency of chilled water systems.
HVAC: Cool Thermal Storage
HVAC: Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems
Designing a DOAS requires applications knowledge so that the system is properly configured and the ventilation-air subsystems are properly sized. A few engineering design firms specialize in the application of DOASs:
HVAC: Demand-Controlled Ventilation
Sensor Manufacturers:
DCV-ready equipment:
HVAC: Duct Sealing
HVAC: Economizers
The best-known manufacturers that supply dampers, actuators, and controls are:
HVAC: Evaporative Cooling
More than 40 companies manufacture evaporative cooling equipment. Here are several of the leading suppliers.
HVAC: Fans
Here is a partial list of industrial and commercial fan manufacturers.
In the U.S.
In Canada
HVAC: Gas Furnaces
There are far more furnace manufacturers than we can list here. For a thorough list, see the Consumers’ Directory of Certified Efficiency Ratings, published by the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. Here are a few industry leaders:
- Lennox invented the forced air furnace and continues to put out some of the most innovative products in this market sector.
- The Carrier Corporation has an extensive product line and was first to combine premium efficiency with a variable-speed blower.
- Amana manufactures some of the most efficient residential furnaces.
HVAC: Natural Gas Chillers
Absorption chiller manufacturers
Gas engine–driven chiller manufacturers
HVAC: Packaged Rooftop Air Conditioners
The largest manufacturers are:
For further background information, the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute offers downloadable versions of the current unitary equipment standards at its web site. It also offers a list of links to other efficiency-related or HVAC-related sites and organizations.
HVAC: Programmable Thermostats
The following is a partial list of manufacturers that offer programmable thermostats.
HVAC: Radiant Heating
Thirty or more companies manufacture radiant heating equipment. What follows is a short list of a few of the leading suppliers.
HVAC: Room Air Conditioners
As with other appliances, different brands of room air conditioners may be made by a single manufacturer. The most prominent North American manufacturers are:
HVAC: Rotary Screw Chillers
There are five major manufacturers of rotary screw chillers. The equipment they offer uses either HCFC-22 or HFC134a refrigerant, and both air-cooled and water-cooled models are available.
HVAC: Small Gas Boilers
A list of Energy Star-certified boilers is available from the Energy Star web site. The following is a partial list of manufacturers of small gas boilers:
HVAC: Space Heaters
A useful online resource to compare general space heater features and performance are consumer opinion web sites such as www.epinions.com. Small portable space heaters are rated on these sites, but there are currently no ratings for unit heaters and radiant panels. You can also compare information on the web sites of space heater manufacturers, including these:
Electric space heaters:
Unit heaters:
Radiant panels:
Utility heaters:
HVAC: Underfloor Air Systems
Listed below are some of the leading manufacturers of underfloor air systems.
Diffusers
Raised Floors
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Lighting
Lighting: Compact Fluorescent Lamps
The following and a number of other companies produce compact fluorescent lamps:
Lighting: Daylighting Controls
Lighting: Exit Signs
- Lithonia Lighting offers a full line of lighting products and is the leading supplier of exit signs in North America.
- Cooper Lighting is also a general lighting company that offers an array of products, including a full line of LED signs.
- Gilbert Industries introduced the first LED-based exit sign back in 1987. The company now offers a broad array of LED exit sign products.
- Mule Emergency Lighting is another leading supplier of LED exit signs. In fact, the company supplied and installed more than 30,000 LED exit signs in post offices throughout the U.S.
- DMF Lighting designs recessed lighting fixtures, track lighting, under-cabinet fixtures, industrial lighting, and exit and emergency products.
- Liton Lighting is a general lighting company that offers a line of emergency lights and exit-sign products.
- Hubbell Lighting is one of the leaders in the lighting industry, offering a full range of exit signs.
Lighting: Fluorescent Ballasts
Dozens of firms produce fluorescent ballasts, including the following leading manufacturers. For a more complete listing, visit the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.
Lighting: Full-Size Fluorescent Lamps
A list of the major fluorescent lamp manufacturers follows.
Lighting: HID Versus Fluorescent for High-Bay Lighting
Several manufacturers offer variations of the new fluorescent fixtures for high-bay applications. Most designs are square or rectangular and are derived from either recessed troffers or surface-mounted fixtures. To facilitate “one-for-one” replacement of existing HID fixtures, the new fluorescent fixtures are usually hung from chains or pendant-mounted from a single point.
Lighting: High-Intensity Discharge Lamps
- GE Lighting’s HID line includes Multi-Vapor® metal halide, ConstantColor ceramic metal halide, and Lucalox® high-pressure sodium lamps.
- Osram Sylvania offers the Metalarc line of metal halide lamps, including pulse start and ceramic metal halide, and Lumalux high pressure sodium lamps.
- Philips Lighting has the Master Color line of metal halide lamps.
- Venture Lighting sells a line of standard metal halide lamps as well as the Uni-Form line of pulse-start lamps.
Lighting: Indirect Lighting
The list below presents some of the leading manufacturers of indirect lighting fixtures.
Lighting: Light-Emitting Diodes
Following are some of the largest makers of LEDs:
These companies generally supply LEDs to hundreds of original equipment manufacturers that place them in luminaires and other products sold to end users.
To help you sort through the products in several emerging LED fields, the Energy Star Lighting Program will begin rating products in late 2008.
Lighting: Lighting Controls
The following is a partial list of manufacturers that offer lighting control products.
Lighting: Metal Halide Ballasts
Manufacturers of nondimming HID ballasts
Manufacturers of dimming HID ballasts
Lighting: Metal Halide Track Lights
Following is a partial listing of companies that offer MH lamps and track-lighting fixtures.
Lamp Manufacturers
Fixture Manufacturers
Lighting: Occupancy Sensors
Here are some suppliers' Web sites to visit for more information:
- The Watt Stopper The Watt Stopper manufactures a complete line of energy efficient and intelligent lighting, HVAC, and office power control products.
- Sensor Switch, Inc. Sensor Switch manufactures passive infrared occupancy sensors, daylight control devices, and most recently, passive dual technology sensors.
- Cooper Controls In 1977, Novitas, which is now part of Cooper Controls, invented and produced the first sensor for lighting control. Today, it provides more than 2,000 large commercial, institutional, and governmental organizations with controls for lighting and HVAC.
- Leviton Leviton produces controls for commercial, industrial, and residential applications, including box-mounted, surface-mounted, and ceiling-mounted sensors that control a variety of light sources. Leviton occupancy sensors are available with passive infrared or ultrasound area monitoring. The line includes devices for indoor and outdoor applications and features products that switch lighting themselves or that command a separate switching relay.
Lighting: Personal Dimming Controls
The following manufacturers offer personal dimming systems.
Lighting: Power Reducers
Lighting: Remote-Source Lighting
Here is a partial list of manufacturers of remote-source lighting products:
Fiber Optics
Light Pipes
Daylight Pipes
Hybrid Lighting
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Motors
Motors: AC Induction Motors
The U.S. motor industry is relatively fragmented—roughly 20 manufacturers make most of the integral-horsepower induction motors sold in the U.S., and none of them dominate the market. Many of the selected manufacturers listed here also sell variable-speed motors, which can help to match the motor to variable loads.
Motors: Adjustable-Speed Drives
Of the dozens of ASD manufacturers, only a handful provide Web resources:
For extensive listings of ASD products and manufacturers, check out the following resources:
- powertransmission.com This ad-supported site is a central clearinghouse for the power transmission industry. Click on Buyeṟs Guides, then Adjustable-Speed Drives.
- manufacturing.net This site provides manufacturer contact info for hundreds of drive companies. At the Product Central page, search for “adjustable speed drives” the site will ask you to register to access the product directory, but it is free.
Motors: Elevators
Motors: Voltage Controllers
These are manufacturers of voltage controllers:
- Baldor Electric Co. offers a multipurpose
soft-starter for AC motor control that includes voltage control capabilities.
- Motortronics Inc. offers the PS1
Series solid-state reduced-voltage motor starters for 1- to 1,125-hp motors.
- Power Efficiency Corp.
offers the Power Commander, employing technology licensed from NASA.
- Saftronics offers the EZ6 Series
energy saver card for use in conjunction with its motor controls.
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Office Equipment
Office Equipment: Computer Monitors
- The Energy Star Web site offers a comprehensive table of manufacturers, listing type, brand, model, size, resolution, and watts in sleep mode. Visit the site to view or print this 831-kilobyte table.
- A nifty commercial computer information site, CNET computers.com, offers product reviews and pricing for a multitude of monitors of all types. You could also try computershopper.com.
- For more on reducing office equipment energy use, see the following: “Reducing Office Equipment Energy Use,” a compilation of online resources by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
- LBNL’s “User
Guide to Power Management in PCs and Monitors.”
- The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) “Buyer’s Guide to Energy-Efficient Office Equipment.”
- EfficientProducts.org is a web site dedicated to promoting only the most efficient consumer electronics on the market.
Office Equipment: Computer Power-Management Software
Office Equipment: Smart Power Strips
Five companies offer products that use occupancy sensors to control plug loads.
Office Equipment: Vending Machine Energy Savings
Only one manufacturer makes vending machine occupancy sensor systems in North America:
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Power Quality Equipment
Power Quality Equipment: Harmonic Mitigating Transformers
Power Quality Equipment: Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors
There are many TVSS manufacturers. The following is a partial list.
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Refrigeration
Refrigeration: Ice Makers
The leading manufacturers of ice-making machinery are listed below.
Refrigeration: Walk-In Cooler Controllers
Only one company offers an evaporator fan controller:
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Water Heating
Water Heating: Electric-Powered Tank Water Heaters
Here is a partial list of residential and commercial water heater manufacturers.
Water Heating: Gas-Fired Tank Water Heaters
Here is a partial list of residential and commercial water heater manufacturers.
Water Heating: Heat Pump Water Heaters
Here is a list of manufacturers of heat pump water heaters.
And for consulting on heat pump water heater design:
Water Heating: Tankless Water Heaters
Here is a partial list of manufacturers of tankless water heaters.
Gas
Electric
