80 percent of NY State commercial buildings were not designed to be energy efficient. Unfortunately, most people don’t have the slightest idea that the primary culprits are space cooling and refrigeration, which are the #1 and #2 sources of electricity consumption in the commercial sector. To help solve these challenges, HVAC/R jobs are seeing significant growth. Pre-Covid-19 studies projected 15% growth in HVAC/R jobs. Since energy efficiency is becoming more critical, especially to help offset lost sales revenues and address Covid-driven objectives to increase outdoor air ventilation at the lowest cost, growth is now expected to be significantly higher.

Regrettably, many have neither clue nor the time to consider where to begin. Those who investigate run into other concerns regarding the numerous good solutions, from adding simple controls to retrofits (like VRF) to costly upgrades. Most of these projects take forever to break even. Worse, they may be complex, take a long time to implement, require significant planning and oversight, and adversely impact management and personnel time.

Fortunately, one of the simplest solutions, Preventive Maintenance, (PM) is the one that is frequently ( overlooked – by both buyers and sellers, because the value is poorly understood and poorly communicated. These are some of the key reasons we developed COOLcon events, educational webinars (and Covid-permitting, in-person workshops).

COOLcon events have been attracting leaders and visionaries representing regional Commercial HVAC/R Installers, Facility Management Companies, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Consultants, Engineers, and Building Owners. These professionals appreciate the opportunities to learn how to add value to their existing customer base, expand their product and/or service offerings, and even help carve out new space in a very large and rapidly expanding market.

Tailored to the NY market, COOLcons reveal the newest, simplest, and best ways of combining PM with revolutionary technology that has proven to quickly reduce HVAC/R cooling energy use by 30% to 70%, improve occupant comfort and productivity, AND deliver a payback period of under two years.

Attend this COOLcon Webinar to gain the Actionable Insight you’ll need to make the most from this opportunity.

Learn:

1. How to expand your business – what do you need to do?

2. What should you focus on – what is the low hanging fruit?

3. What are the essential tools?

4. Who will give us the most effective help?

Topics:

1. HVAC Preventative Maintenance (PM) – best practices on marketing and selling annual contracts to commercial customers, reducing downtime while increasing sales and profits

2. Low Cost HVAC Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs) – a project opportunity that combined with PM improves building occupant comfort and reduces cooling energy consumption, GHG emissions, and operating costs by 50% or more.

Session 1: Healthy Building and Energy Efficiency: The Critical Role of HVAC Maintenance

 Preventative Maintenance (PM) represents a huge opportunity in terms of job creation. Yet, PM is often deferred by the small commercial sector. This can negatively impact indoor air quality, indoor thermal comfort, drive higher energy consumption, GHG emissions, and operating costs. Also. critical HVAC components can fail earlier resulting in disruption to operations and a significant unplanned cost for building owners.

Dave Ableman from Protek Corporation will kick-off the webinar explaining the size of the opportunity for Commercial HVAC contractors to grow their service business revenue and profit. Dave will talk about:

·     How to motivate customers to buy PM services

·     Compelling techniques to attract new customers

·     Ways to reduce time spent handling emergency calls

·     How to support Covid-driven needs for increased outdoor air ventilation

 Following Dave, Bob Krell from Health Building will moderate a panel of experts who will share their perspectives on:

·     How do we increase understanding of the cost of doing nothing with the small commercial sector?

·     How can we incorporate AC tune-ups / preventative maintenance in energy efficiency projects (e.g., bundling, incentives)?

·     How do we increase skills and trust for the HVAC technicians who perform this work?

Session 2: Low Cost HVAC Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs)

Once you have a HVAC system that is properly maintained, while you are already on-site, there is a project revenue opportunity to implement 1 or more low-cost HVAC energy efficiency measures. CoolGreenPower has curated a low-cost, commercially available emerging technology COOLNOMIX that commercial HVAC contractors can install and commission in 1-2 hours. The addressable market for this technology in NY state is >800,000 DX cooling systems.

Who Benefits:

HVAC Contractors: COOLNOMIX is a services differentiator vs. other HVAC services firms, exceeding the benefits of other HVAC EEMs such as VFDs, economizer

Building Occupants: Love the improved temperature stability of the space vs. their existing thermostat or BMS controls.

Building Owners and Tenants: appreciate the value proposition of a low upfront one-time cost with immediate cost and GHG emissions reductions that result from using less electricity to cool the space.  

Joe Mueller from CoolGreenPower will describe the low cost COOLNOMIX compressor controller add-on technology that is being launched in NY state, initially targeting the small commercial sector. Joe will describe how COOLNOMIX benefits the small commercial sector using case studies relevant for different NY state climate zones and industry sectors.