Tecogen Selected to Supply Alternative Source of Cooling For Broome County (NY) Veterans Memorial Arena.Business Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 Tecogen's TECOCHILL to Make Ice During Hockey Season and Provide Space Conditioning During Summer Months Tecogen, a leading manufacturer of commercial and industrial natural gas-powered air-conditioners, has been selected to provide an alternative source of ice-making for hockey games in Broome County (NY) Veterans Memorial Arena. Tecogen's TECOCHILL(R) system also will be used during the summer months to provide space conditioning for the arena's many concerts and other special events. Tecogen's natural gas-powered chillers allow commercial and industrial customers to significantly reduce operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales by 30 to 60 percent. "When it was time to update the arena's cooling equipment, we looked at systems that would enable us to lower the utility costs for the county's 7,200-seat arena," said Roger George of Johnson Controls Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is a United States company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of automotive systems, automotive batteries (Optima[1] based in Denver, Colorado) and climate control systems. , consulting engineers to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena The Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena is a 6,800 to 4,727(Hockey)-seat multi-purpose arena in Binghamton, New York. The arena was completed in 1973, providing an entertainment venue for residents of the Greater Binghamton area. . "Tecogen's chillers will reduce electric costs by using natural gas instead of electricity to cool the arena and chill the glycol glycol (glī`kōl), dihydric alcohol in which the two hydroxyl groups are bonded to different carbon atoms; the general formula for a glycol is (CH2)n(OH)2. used for the ice rink." Located in Binghamton, NY, the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena hosts diversified entertainment for over half a million people each year. Besides being home to the United Hockey League's BC Icemen, the Arena also hosts such events as "Disney on Ice," concerts, trade shows, and other professional, scholastic and amateur sporting events. Since all of these events do not take place on ice, the Arena needed a multi-faceted chiller chill·er n. 1. One that chills. 2. A frightening story, especially one involving violence, evil, or the supernatural; a thriller. chiller Noun 1. that would enable them to not only keep the ice cool, but also to keep the building itself comfortable for all event-goers. The 200-ton TECOCHILL STx system will provide air conditioning as part of a "hybrid" central utility plant for the arena. A hybrid plant hybrid plant, n the creation of a new plant from natural or artificial fertilization between two species. The letter x in the middle of the plant name indicates its hybrid status. allows users to alternate between different energy sources - such as electricity and natural gas - using whichever source is the most cost-effective at a given time. The system is scheduled to be in operation by the end of February. Tecogen's STx systems use R-134A refrigerant re·frig·er·ant adj. 1. Cooling or freezing; refrigerating. 2. Reducing fever. n. 1. A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of , which is widely accepted throughout the industry and is one of the most environmentally friendly refrigerants Chemical refrigerants are assigned an R number(sometimes the label replaces it with the word Freon) which is determined systematically according to molecular structure. The following is a list of refrigerants with their R numbers, IUPAC chemical name, molecular formula, and CAS number. available. R-134A meets the terms of the Montreal Protocol, under which refrigerants are classified by their potential to deplete de·plete v. 1. To use up something, such as a nutrient. 2. To empty something out, as the body of electrolytes. the Earth's ozone layer. About Tecogen Tecogen Inc. operates in the distributed generation market and is a leading manufacturer of natural gas-fueled commercial and industrial cooling and cogeneration systems. Tecogen has an installed base of more than 1,000 units, which it supports through an established network of engineering, sales and service support. Formerly a public subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation, the company is now privately held. Tecogen is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, with annual revenues of approximately $13 million. |
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