Shop Talk: 31 Expense-Slashing Solutions

When you have a cup of coffee with your peers, you share the ways you solved a problem, found a new use for a product, or slashed your budget without slashing quality. The BUILDINGS editorial team has had coffee with a number of facilities managers and has compiled a list of their best practices. Learn about the inventive practices your peers are using, like implementing daytime cleaning, arming security guards with temperature guns, using wireless irrigation systems, and purchasing refurbished furniture.

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Daikin McQuay
Daikin McQuay 150 to 530-ton Pathfinder™ chillers offer three levels of efficiency—Standard, High and Premium—to exactly meet performance requirements. The Standard efficiency model meets ASHRAE 90.1-2010 requirements; the premium model has best-in-class efficiency. Optional VFDs optimize part-load efficiency even more – up to 19.4 EER for the Premium efficiency model with VFD. Patented condenser fans move a maximum amount of air with minimum sound, making the Pathfinder chiller as quiet as it is efficient.

Free DOE Tool Sketches Lighting Plans

The name "Commercial Lighting Solutions" sounds more like a corporate subsidiary than a new, free software product from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In fact, it is a web-based lighting tool that DOE created last year to help facilities managers and others do accurate, quick calculations for energy-efficient lighting applications.

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Make your buildings work.

You can make your buildings more energy efficient, profitable and sustainable. Talk to Johnson Controls about an audit of your energy usage that can pinpoint opportunities to save. .

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Put Your Building to Work

Buildings that work benefit owners, occupants and their communities. From educational institutions and hospitals, to government and office buildings, Johnson Controls can make your building work more efficiently, sustainably and profitably. Discover how you can estimate the energy cost savings, improved productivity and reduced carbon emissions that can be achieved through building improvements with the Put Your Building to Work online savings calculator.

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