The link below has the complete video interview and an article from 9News.

Interview

From Ryan Smith, on behalf of the Coolerado Team

Cash for You
Coolerado customers and friends are our best sales people and we’re launching a new program to give you cash in addition to our gratitude. We have found that many of you are telling everyone you know about Coolerado anyway, so we hope you’ll let us show our appreciation by letting us pay you for the businesses you send our way that purchase a system.

We’re starting this program in our prime target area that includes California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. Signing up is easy! Simply reply to coolingseason@coolerado.com with the following information by April 22, 2010:

• Your name, address and state of residence
• Your phone number (optional)

We’ll reply back to all participants in the target states by April 23, 2010 with the program information.

More on Sustainability Champions
We took a picture of most of the team when we received the award:

To view the full coverage of our Sustainability Champions award, click here: Link to Award

Or, to see a quick recap from the award event with Dr. Maisotsenko, click here: Link to Video

Deconstruction is on the diy Network, which “deconstructs” products down to their basics and shows you how and why things do what they do. Matt Blashaw is the hands-on host of the show – he does a fantastic job at making technical things simple and entertaining.

Editorial note – Matt’s also very handsome!

Watch the episode via the link below. In the bottom of the video player, scroll to the right until you see “Heating and Cooling” – Coolerado starts at the (-) 9:00 minute mark.

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy-deconstruction-episode/videos/index.html

We’re also part of a recent case study from SWEEP (Southwest Energy Efficiency Project) – profiling the economic benefits of energy efficient businesses in Colorado. You can view the case study here:

http://swenergy.org/publications/documents/SWEEP_Business_Case_Studies_Report.pdf

From Jennifer Palmerino, on behalf of Coolerado

Granted, not always the most fascinating words, but we were awarded a tax credit from the government last week to help us build our green air conditioners – in turn, creating jobs and boosting an emerging green economy.

Maybe we should change the words “tax credit” to “green growth.”

See the official release at: www.coolerado.com/news/coolerado-awarded-750000-tax-credit-to-support-green-economy/

From Mark Heller, on behalf of the Coolerado Team

It’s a fun, fast tool for many different locations, structures and uses. For example, figure that you might use: 1 Coolerado H80 to dehumidify and cool your 2,500 square foot, super insulated restaurant to 74 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Arizona; or 2 Coolerado C60s to cool your 180 square meter, event tent down to 25 degrees Celsius in Harare, Zimbabwe. Yes, it works in both imperial and SI units.

Have some fun with it: http://www.coolerado.com/calculator/

See ‘How it Works’ video, DOE test results, University of California news release, psychrometric charts, a brochure and other information here:   http://www.coolerado.com/product-downloads/#h80  From Ryan Smith, on behalf of the Coolerado Team   ]]> http://www.coolerado.com/and-the-popular-science-best-of-2009-award-goes-to-%e2%80%a6-coolerado/feed/ 0 http://www.coolerado.com/usain-bolt-runs-42-miles-per-hour/ http://www.coolerado.com/usain-bolt-runs-42-miles-per-hour/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:14:44 +0000 Cool News Admin http://www.coolerado.com/?p=3085 Usain Bolt is currently the fastest man on the planet with a top speed record of 23.35 MPH set at the last Olympics – a fractional improvement from the last record holder. But what if Mr. Bolt improved his speed by 80%, meaning he could now run upwards of 42 MPH? People would be in a complete frenzy! Every aspect of the marvel would be probed to find out how he did it. He’d even be entered into the Kentucky Derby … and he’d win.

This summer, Coolerado blew away current air conditioner efficiency standards by 80 percent – but there was little fanfare. There’s nothing too exciting about air conditioning – it’s a box that sits on a roof after all. However, there are some geeks like us out there in the world who want to know how we did it. So we created a video that gives insight into just how it works.

There are two versions – one in Fahrenheit and one in Celsius. Both have closed captioning so you can read the narration if you don’t have speakers. You can also translate the narration from English to many other languages. These features are available by clicking on the little up arrow in the lower right hand corner of the video screen.

To view the video, visit the Coolerado homepage at: www.coolerado.com

From Ryan Smith, on behalf of the Coolerado Team

The back story on the news release comes from a green home event I attended this summer where several Coolerado residential clients were in attendance. Of course, I asked them how their Coolerado systems were performing and all but one gave very positive comments. It’s not that the one was unhappy, she was just proud that she had not turned her Coolerado on yet. This client is very green, and felt she was doing her part for the environment by suffering through the heat by only opening windows and running fans.

It is true that we had a very mild summer in parts of the west, but there is no reason to suffer at all if you have a Coolerado air conditioner. Her Coolerado system only draws 600 watts at full speed, and hers will average much less because of the variable speed thermostat controller she has. She will actually use less power running her Coolerado than using the multiple fans.

With a quick search you’ll find ceiling fans use about 100 watts a piece and you need to run one in each room for even moderate air movement. Portable fans vary all over the map, but the familiar box type draw over 150 watts each. Most whole-house fan websites recommend one or more for a small home and their wattage will add up to well over 500 watts, about double that for a medium sized home.

The new M30 for small homes only uses 450 watts when it is at full speed; at least as efficient as using house fans and you get cool, conditioned air. No comparison when it comes to comfort. Turn it on; guilt free.

No kidding; Coolerado doubled the aggressive target efficiencies.  “While our target was a 40 percent reduction in energy use and peak electricity demand compared to conventional cooling units, the Coolerado H80 tests indicate almost 80 percent energy-use savings and over 60 percent peak-demand reduction,” said Mark Modera, director of the UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center.

The “Western Cooling Challenge” was introduced at a Retailer Energy Alliance Supplier Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, and sponsored by the UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center.  The challenge was to develop an air conditioner to more efficiently handle the severe temperatures and lower humidity of the western USA.  Two climate conditions were chosen for the challenge:

1.    Peak condition (similar to Phoenix, Arizona) at 105°F dry bulb (DB) and 73°F wet bulb (WB), with the return air temperature being 78°F DB and 64°F WB.
2.    Annual average condition (similar to Sacramento, California) 90°F DB and 64°F WB, with the return air temperature being 78°F DB and 64°F WB.

Additional test conditions beyond the standard require more than twice the downstream duct pressure, which increases fan power, and all power to be included.  The unit has to be able to dehumidify to meet the test conditions, but the targets do not allow the dehumidification portion to be used in the efficiency calculation.  Finally, aggressive water consumption limitations were set.

A summary of the results from the DOE-National Renewable Energy Laboratory technical report:

Find the DOE Report, the UC Davis press release, the Coolerado press release and more at the Coolerado website by clicking here.

Coolerado is taking orders for the new H80 commercial hybrid unit now for delivery late this year.  Specifications for the H80 will be available on the Coolerado website by the end of August.  3D Drawing, Rev-It, and other files will be available mid September.

There’s a great quote in the video from the Mayor that starts with, “We would champion this kind of technology even if they were from Wyoming, Utah or New Mexico, but . . . ”  Another great quote came from the City’s Senior Mechanical Engineer, Greg Bertram, “We would give them a lot dryer and cooler air and on top of that we could avoid about $30,000 worth of cost to install the electrical service upgrade. . . ”

We commend the City of Denver for embracing a Big Green initiative and committing to install many more Coolerado air conditioners to cut energy costs, create green collar jobs, and stay net water zero. Yesterday, we issued a challenge to other government leaders to embrace a Big Green initiative.  See the press release at http://www.coolerado.com/news/press-releases/call-to-government-leaders/.

The Denver Post printed a nice article last week on how our technology is creating a healthy environment and creating jobs.  See the article at http://www.coolerado.com/cool-prospects-for-green-colo-ac-company/.

We have some great new stuff coming soon, so stay tuned!

From Rick Gillan, on behalf of the Coolerado Team