Equipment Buying Advice

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Building Shell

• Insulation
• Window Film
• Windows

Distributed Generation

• Photovoltaics
• Small-Scale DG

HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning)

• Air-Source Electric Heat Pumps
• Building Automation Systems
• Centrifugal Chillers
• Cool Thermal Storage
• Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems
• Demand-Controlled Ventilation
• Duct Sealing
• Economizers
• Evaporative Cooling
• Fans
• Gas Furnaces
• Hotel Room Automation
• Natural Gas Chillers
• Packaged Rooftop Air Conditioners
• Programmable Thermostats
• Radiant Heating
• Room Air Conditioners
• Rotary Screw Chillers
• Space Heaters
• Small Gas Boilers
• Underfloor Air Systems

Lighting

• Compact Fluorescent Lamps
• Daylighting Controls
• Exit Signs
• Fluorescent Ballasts
• Full-Size Fluorescent Lamps
• HID Track Lights
• HID Versus Fluorescent for High-Bay Lighting
• High-Intensity Discharge Lamps
• Indirect Lighting
• Light-Emitting Diodes
• Lighting Controls
• Metal Halide Ballasts
• Occupancy Sensors
• Personal Dimming Controls
• Power Reducers
• Remote-Source Lighting

Motors

• Elevators
• AC Induction Motors
• Adjustable-Speed Drives
• Power Factor Controllers

Office Equipment

• Computer Monitors
• Computer Power-Management Software
• Smart Power Strips
• Vending Machine Energy Savings

Power Quality Equipment

• Harmonic Mitigating Transformers
• Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors

Refrigeration

• Ice Makers
• Walk-In Cooler Controllers

Water Heating

• Electric-Powered Tank Water Heaters
• Gas-Fired Tank Water Heaters
• Heat Pump Water Heaters
• Tankless Water Heaters

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