VECTOR CoGen Announces Cogeneration Unit for Multi-Family Housing.CARSON CITY Carson City, city (1990 pop. 40,443), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and agricultural area. State government is the major employer, and tourism is economically important. , Nev. -- VECTOR CoGen Inc., today announced the introduction of its 15kW, VC-15 cogeneration unit for multi-family housing owners, managers and developers. Cogeneration, also known as "combined heat and power" or CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan , is the simultaneous production of environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] power and thermal energy thermal energy Internal energy of a system in thermodynamic equilibrium (see thermodynamics) by virtue of its temperature. A hot body has more thermal energy than a similar cold body, but a large tub of cold water may have more thermal energy than a cup of boiling from one fuel input, usually natural gas. VECTOR's unit allows multi-family facilities to produce on-site energy for 20%-50% less than the utility, typically resulting in a payback period Payback Period The length of time required to recover the cost of an investment. Calculated as: of less than four years. For example, a recent estimate prepared for a 93-unit, northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern apartment building, showed that two VC-15s would reduce the building's annual energy costs by $13,000, with a payback period of only three and a half years. Moreover, each VECTOR unit will also function as a backup generator, providing building tenants with continuous electricity and hot water, even during power outages. "We are pleased to announce this first-of-its-kind product to the multi-family housing industry," stated VECTOR President Richard Langson. "Our product's unique ability to provide inexpensive electricity, 'free' hot water and emergency backup makes it perfectly suited for multi-family operations." Powered by natural gas or propane, the VC-15 uses a whisper-quiet, internal engine to spin a high-efficiency generator. Water that cools the engine is circulated through a heat exchanger, producing pre-heated water that is then fed into the facility's boiler or water heater. About VECTOR CoGen VECTOR CoGen Inc., is the premier manufacturer of small-scale cogeneration, or micro-CHP, systems in the United States. For more information on VECTOR's products, or on becoming a VECTOR distributor, please visit our Web site at www.vectorcogen.com, or contact James Robinson at 602-896-9000. |
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