MechChem Africa August 2017

August 2017

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MechChem Africa

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Heating, cooling, ventilation and air conditioning

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ngersoll Rand

, aworld leader in creating

comfortable, sustainable and efficient

environments, won an Environmental

Leader Product Award for its Inger-

soll Rand Next Generation R-Series line of

compressors at the Environmental Leader

Conference in Denver, Colorado on June 6,

2017. Deborah Kalish, programme manager

for Ingersoll Rand, also received an Energy

Manager Today 50 award at the conference.

The Environmental Leader Product and

Project Awards recognize excellence in

products/services and projects that provide

companieswithenvironmental, sustainability

and energy management benefits: winners

are awarded Top Product based on scores

from a panel of judges with experience in

environmental management.

“We are honoured to receive this award

at the Environmental Leader Conference,”

said Kevin Kosobud, contact-cooled portfo-

lio leader for Ingersoll Rand Compression

Technologies and Services. “This technology

helps our customers improve their energy

efficiency and sustainability. It has been a

great example of how, through a commitment

to innovation and global teamwork, we are

bringing leading edge efficiency technology

to the market.”

The Next Generation R-Series air com-

pressors deliver enhanced performance

Environmental Leader Awards

and

climate commitments

Half of our electrical needs

from alternative sources

Arequirement of theSouthAfricanNational

Standard Act 10400-XA 2, is that a maxi-

mumof 50%of a newbuilding’s water heat-

ing may come from an electrical resistance

element. In other words, all new buildings

must have half their electrical needs sup-

plied by alternative energy sources.

What are the options? The best are a

solar system, a gas water heater or a heat

pump. When sized correctly, a solar system

has the potential to generate hot water at

virtually no cost, provided back-up electric

elements are not needed.

Sunshine provides one eight-hour heat-

ing period every day andmost hot water us-

ageoccurs in themorningand in theevening.

It is therefore advisable to double the size

of the water tank when replacing a conven-

tional geyser with a solar system, to ensure

there is 24-hours’ worth of water stored.

Even so, the downside is that the water will

be lukewarmor cold on some overcast days.

If you use a back-up heating supply

(whether gas or electricity) towarmthewa-

terwhen solar power alone is not sufficient,

running costs will rise. This cost works out

to about the same as the annual average

running cost of a heat pump system.

Heat pumps do use electricity to gener-

ate hot water, but 70% less is needed com-

pared to conventional electric geysers. And

while some gaswater heatersworkwithout

anymains electricity supply, comparedwith

solar and heat-pump systems, gas has a

relatively high running cost.

Taking running costs and availability of

hot water into account, a heat pump looks

like the best option, yet of the three options,

it is the one with which South Africans are

least familiar.

“Aheat pump is a bit like a reverse-action

air-conditioner,” explains Mike Alton, co-

founder of HydraTherm. “It transfers heat

from the air around it to the water in its

geyser. It requires roughlya thirdof theelec-

tricity usedby a conventional geyser toheat

the same amount of water,” says Alton.

Left: Deborah Kalish receives an Energy Manager Today 50 award

for her sustainability leadership efforts. Right: Kevin Kosobud

receives Ingersoll Rand’s Environmental Leader Product Award for

Ingersoll Rand’s Next Generation R-Series compressors.

At the 2017 Environmental Awards earlier this year, Ingersoll Rand won

a product award for its Next Generation R-Series line of compressors,

while sustainability leader, Deborah Kalish, received an Energy Manager

Today 50 award.

and reliability, lowering opera-

tional costs for those in need of

general-purpose plant air in

support of many manufactur-

ing applications. All fixed-speed

models are 16% more efficient

compared to legacy products,

while the efficiency of the company’s variable

speed options is up to 35% higher compared

to the industry average.

In recognitionof her sustainability efforts,

Kalish also received an Energy Manager

Today 50 award at the conference award

ceremony. She leads sustainability efforts

for new product development and serves as

the programme manager for the company’s

Climate Commitment. Kalish received the

award for her leadership in the development

of improved energy management strategies

that impact the company as well as the ac-

celeration of the industry.

Ingersoll Rand’s climate

commitment

Ingersoll Rand made a climate commitment

to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

from its products and operations by 2030.

The Ingersoll Rand Climate Commitment

pledges to:

• Cut the GHG refrigerant footprint of its

products by 50%by 2020 and incorporate

lower GWP alternatives across its portfo-

lio by 2030.

• Invest US$500-million in product-related

researchanddevelopmentby2020tofund

thelong-termreductionofGHGemissions.

• Reduce companyoperations-relatedGHG

emissions by 35% by 2020.

The company’s climate commitment has

supported the avoidance of approximately

6.7-millionmetric tonsofCO

eglobally,which

isequivalentofavoidingannualCO

emissions

from the energy used in more than 700 000

homes. By 2030, the company expects to

reduce its carbon footprint by 50-million

metric tons.

Ingersoll Rand advances quality of life by

creating comfortable, sustainable and effi-

cient environments. Its people and its family

of brands, which include Club Car

, Ingersoll

Rand

,ThermoKing

andTrane

,worktogeth-

er to enhance the quality and comfort of air in:

homes, building and transport environments;

to protect food and perishables; and to in-

creaseindustrialproductivityandefficiency.