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Building Shell Building Shell: Insulation Owens Corning DOW Chemical Icynene Astro-Foil Building Shell: Windows Andersen Corp. Marvin Windows Pella Corp. More complete listings of window manufacturers are available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star web site and the National Fenestration Rating Council web site. Building Shell: Window Film 3M IQue LLumar Madico Solar Gard Southwall Technologies V-KOOL Distributed Generation Distributed Generation: Reciprocating Engines, Microturbines, Fuel Cells, Stirling Engines, and Photovoltaics The following is a sampling of companies that offer commercial or very-near-commercial DG products. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list. Distributed Generation: Reciprocating Engines Caterpillar Cummins Detroit Diesel Deutz Energy Fairbanks Morse General Motors Electro-Motive Generac Honda Jenbacher (part of GE) Kohler Rolls-Royce Wartsila Waukesha Distributed Generation: Dual-Fuel Reciprocating Engine Conversions Clean Air Partners Energy Conversions Inc. Innovative Technology Group Westport Innovations Inc. Distributed Generation: Industrial Gas Turbines Alstom Power GE Power Systems Pratt & Whitney Rolls-Royce Solar Turbines (a division of Caterpillar) Vericor Distributed Generation: Microturbines Bowman Capstone Turbine Elliott Ingersoll Rand Distributed Generation: Fuel Cells UTC Fuel Cells FuelCell Energy Ballard Plug Power Distributed Generation: Stirling Engines STM Power Whisper Tech Distributed Generation: Photovoltaics Solarbuzz keeps a list of manufacturers, distributors, and installers The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners also maintains a list of board-certified installers HVAC HVAC: Air-Source Electric Heat Pumps Carrier Corp. ClimateMaster McQuay International Rheem Trane York HVAC: Building Automation Systems The top three BAS manufacturers are listed below. Honeywell Johnson Controls Siemens Building Technologies, Landis Division Other manufacturers can be found at the AutomatedBuildings.com web site. HVAC: Centrifugal Chillers There are four major manufacturers of centrifugal chillers: The Trane Company manufactures both HCFC-123 and HCFC-22 chillers with multi-stage compressors. Carrier Corporation manufactures HFC-134a and HCFC-22 chillers. York International manufactures HFC-134a, HCFC-123, and HCFC-22 chillers. McQuay manufactures HFC-134a chillers. For more information, the Energy Star program (jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy) offers a Buildings Upgrade Manual online, with step-by-step advice on improving the energy efficiency of chilled water systems. HVAC: Cool Thermal Storage Baltimore Aircoil Co. is a leading supplier of external melt ice-on-coil thermal storage systems. Calmac Manufacturing Corp. supplies internal melt ice-on-coil systems. Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. supplies large-scale chilled water thermal storage systems and has worked on the development of ice slurry systems. Dunham-Bush offers internal melt ice-on-coil thermal storage systems. Paul Mueller Co. manufactures both ice harvesting and ice slurry systems. HVAC: Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems Designing a DOAS requires applications knowledge so that the system is properly configured and the ventilation-air subsystems are properly sized. A few engineering design firms specialize in the application of DOASs: Coad Engineering Consultants Exergen McClure Engineering HVAC: Demand-Controlled Ventilation Sensor Manufacturers: AirTest Technologies Inc. Digital Control Systems Inc. Honeywell Control Products Johnson Controls Inc. Sensata Technologies Telaire Systems Inc. Vaisala Veris Industries Inc. DCV-ready equipment: Carrier McQuay. Trane York HVAC: Duct Sealing Aeroseal Inc. is the only manufacturer of aerosol duct-sealing technology. The Energy Conservatory manufactures leak-testing equipment for ducts. HVAC: Economizers The best-known manufacturers that supply dampers, actuators, and controls are: Honeywell (dampers, actuators, and controls) Johnson Controls (dampers, actuators, and controls) Belimo (direct-drive actuators) HVAC: Evaporative Cooling More than 40 companies manufacture evaporative cooling equipment. Here are several of the leading suppliers. Adobe Air Inc. American Air Filter Des Champs Laboratories Energy Labs Evapco Inc. Governair Corp. Munters HVAC: Fans Here is a partial list of industrial and commercial fan manufacturers. In the U.S. Aerovent Chicago Blower Corp Continental Fan Manufacturing Cook Howden Leader Fan Industries Ltd. Moore Fans Penn Fan Twin City Fan and Blower In Canada Aeroflo Inc. Co-Vent Fans Inc. Northern Blower HVAC: Gas Furnaces There are far more furnace manufacturers than we can list here. For a thorough list, see the Consumers' Directory of Certified Efficiency Ratings, published by the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. Here are a few industry leaders: Lennox invented the forced air furnace and continues to put out some of the most innovative products in this market sector. The Carrier Corporation has an extensive product line and was first to combine premium efficiency with a variable-speed blower. Amana manufactures some of the most efficient residential furnaces. HVAC: Natural Gas Chillers Absorption chiller manufacturers McQuay Trane York Carrier Century Robur Gas engine–driven chiller manufacturers Tecogen York Trane HVAC: Packaged Rooftop Air Conditioners The largest manufacturers are: Carrier Corp. Goodman Manufacturing Lennox Industries Rheem Trane York International Energy User News offers extensive manufacturer listings at its online data center, sorted by type of equipment. For further background information, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute offers downloadable versions of the current unitary equipment standards at its Web site. It also offers a list of links to other efficiency-related or HVAC-related sites and organizations. Global Energy Group HVAC: Programmable Thermostats The following is a partial list of manufacturers that offer programmable thermostats. Aprilaire Climatouch Honeywell Jackson Systems Lux Products Proliphix Robertshaw White-Rodgers HVAC: Radiant Heating Thirty or more companies manufacture radiant heating equipment. What follows is a short list of a few of the leading suppliers. Ambi-Rad USA Combustion Research Corp. Detroit Radiant Products Marley Electric Heating Solid-State Heating Division, SSHC Inc. HVAC: Room Air Conditioners As with other appliances, different brands of room air conditioners may be made by a single manufacturer. The three most prominent North American manufacturers are: Fedders Whirlpool Frigidaire. To search by brand or capacity for other high-efficiency models, visit the Energy Star site. HVAC: Rotary Screw Chillers There are five major manufacturers of rotary screw chillers. The equipment they offer uses either HCFC-22 or HFC134a refrigerant, and both air-cooled and water-cooled models are available. The Trane Company Carrier Corporation York International McQuay Dunham-Bush For more information, the Energy Star program, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, offers a Buildings Upgrade Manual online, with step-by-step advice on improving the energy efficiency of chilled water systems. HVAC: Small Gas Boilers A list of Energy Star-certified boilers is available from the Energy Star web site. The following is a partial list of manufacturers of small gas boilers: Burnham Carrier Corp. Dunkirk Hydrotherm Lennox Rheem, Raypak Division Trane Weil-McLain York International HVAC: Space Heaters A useful online resource to compare general space heater features and performance are consumer opinion web sites such as www.epinions.com. Small portable space heaters are rated on these sites, but there are currently no ratings for unit heaters and radiant panels. You can also compare information on the web sites of space heater manufacturers, including these: Electric space heaters: Holmes Vornado DeLonghi Unit heaters: Modine Sterling Reznor Radiant panels: Econo-heat Indus-tool Utility heaters: Desa International Mr. Heater HVAC: Underfloor Air Systems Listed below are some of the leading manufacturers of underfloor air systems. Diffusers Halton Krantz Titus Trox USA York International Corp. Raised Floors SMED Tate Access Floors Lighting Lighting: Compact Fluorescent Lamps The following and a number of other companies produce compact fluorescent lamps: GE Lighting Lights of America Litetronics International, Inc. Lumatech Corporation MaxLite Osram Sylvania Panasonic Lighting Philips Electronics Technical Consumer Products Westinghouse Lighting Corporation Lighting: Daylighting Controls Architectural Energy Corp. Axis Technologies Day Light Controls Easylite Encelium Technologies Hunt Dimming Ledalite Architectural Products Leviton Lutron PLC-Multipoint Watt Stopper Lighting: Exit Signs Lithonia Lighting offers a full line of lighting products and is the leading supplier of exit signs, both incandescent and LED-based, in North America. Cooper Lighting is also a general lighting company that offers an array of products, including a full line of LED and incandescent exit signs. Gilbert Industries introduced the first LED-based exit sign back in 1987. The company now offers a broad array of LED exit sign products. Mule Emergency Lighting is another leading supplier of LED exit signs. In fact, the company supplied and installed more than 30,000 LED exit signs in post offices throughout the U.S. For a complete list of Energy Star partners that provide approved exit signs, visit the Energy Star Web site. Lighting: Fluorescent Ballasts Dozens of firms produce fluorescent ballasts, including the following leading manufacturers. For a more complete listing, visit the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. Advance Transformer Co. Fulham Inc. GE Lighting Howard Lighting Products OSRAM SYLVANIA Universal Lighting Technologies Inc. Lighting: Full-Size Fluorescent Lamps A list of the major fluorescent lamp manufacturers follows. General Electric Maxlite Osram Sylvania Panasonic Lighting Philips Lighting Lighting: HID Versus Fluorescent for High-Bay Lighting Several manufacturers offer variations of the new fluorescent fixtures for high-bay applications. Most designs are square or rectangular and are derived from either recessed troffers or surface-mounted fixtures. To facilitate "one-for-one" replacement of existing HID fixtures, the new fluorescent fixtures are usually hung from chains or pendant-mounted from a single point. 1st Source Lighting Los Angeles Lighting MetalOptics Sportlite Lighting: High-Intensity Discharge Lamps GE Lighting’s HID line includes Multi-Vapor® metal halide, ConstantColor ceramic metal halide, and Lucalox® high-pressure sodium lamps. Osram Sylvania offers the Metalarc line of metal halide lamps, including pulse start and ceramic metal halide, and Lumalux high pressure sodium lamps. Philips Lighting has the Master Color line of metal halide lamps. Venture Lighting sells a line of standard metal halide lamps as well as the Uni-Form line of pulse-start lamps. Lighting: Indirect Lighting The list below presents some of the leading manufacturers of indirect lighting fixtures. Cooper Lighting(Corelite and Neo-Ray brands) Ledalite Litecontrol Peerless Lighting Lighting: Light-Emitting Diodes Following are some of the largest makers of LEDs: Cree General Electric/Lumination Luxeon Nichia OSRAM Toshiba These companies generally supply LEDs to hundreds of original equipment manufacturers that place them in luminaires and other products sold to end users. To help you sort through the products in several emerging LED fields, the Energy Star Lighting Program will begin rating products in late 2008. Lighting: Lighting Controls The following is a partial list of manufacturers that offer lighting control products. Advance Transformer Co. GE Lighting Invensys Controls America Ledalite Leviton Lightolier Controls Lutron Osram Sylvania The Watt Stopper Tridonic Universal Lighting Technologies Lighting: Metal Halide Ballasts Manufacturers of nondimming HID ballasts Advance Transformer Co. Fulham Inc. Golden Way Electronics Corp. Hatch Transformers Inc. Osram Sylvania Power Select Inc. Sunpark Electronics Corp. Manufacturers of dimming HID ballasts Advance Transformer Co. Holophane (Acuity Lighting Group Inc.) Wide-Lite Lighting: Metal Halide Track Lights Following is a partial listing of companies that offer MH lamps and track-lighting fixtures. Lamp Manufacturers GE Lighting Iwasaki Electric Co. Ltd. Osram Sylvania Philips Ushio America Venture Lighting International Fixture Manufacturers Amerlux Lighting Systems Capri Lighting Inlite Corp. Kramer Lighting Co. Kurt Versen Co. Lightolier Lithonia Lighting Ruud Lighting Times Square Lighting Zumtobel Staff Lighting Lighting: Occupancy Sensors Here are some suppliers' Web sites to visit for more information: The Watt Stopper The Watt Stopper manufactures a complete line of energy efficient and intelligent lighting, HVAC, and office power control products. Sensor Switch, Inc. Sensor Switch manufactures passive infrared occupancy sensors, daylight control devices, and most recently, passive dual technology sensors. Novitas, Inc. In 1977, Novitas invented and produced the first sensor for lighting control. Today, it provides more than 2,000 large commercial, institutional, and governmental organizations with controls for lighting and HVAC. Leviton Leviton produces controls for commercial, industrial, and residential applications, including box-mounted, surface-mounted, and ceiling-mounted sensors that control a variety of light sources. Leviton occupancy sensors are available with passive infrared or ultrasound area monitoring. The line includes devices for indoor and outdoor applications and features products that switch lighting themselves or that command a separate switching relay. Lighting: Personal Dimming Controls The following manufacturers offer personal dimming systems. Ledalite Lutron Starfield Controls The Watt Stopper Tridonic Lighting: Power Reducers Ecopower Energy Automation Systems Inc. Lime Energy (previously called Electric City) Lighting: Remote-Source Lighting Here is a partial list of manufacturers of remote-source lighting products: Fiber Optics Fiberstars Inc. Lumenyte International Light Pipes 3M Lighting TIR Systems Ltd. Daylight Pipes Solatube International Inc. Sun Pipe Co. Motors Motors: AC Induction Motors The U.S. motor industry is relatively fragmented—roughly 20 manufacturers make most of the integral-horsepower induction motors sold in the U.S., and none of them dominate the market. Many of the selected manufacturers listed here also sell variable-speed motors, which can help to match the motor to variable loads. A.O. Smith Baldor Electric Co. Brook Crompton Emerson Electric Co. General Electric Co. Louis Allis Leeson Electric Corp. Marathon Electric Inc. Reliance Electric Co. Siemens Sterling Electric Inc. Toshiba International Corp. Motors: Adjustable-Speed Drives Of the dozens of ASD manufacturers, only a handful provide Web resources: Cutler-Hammer Danfoss Drives Grainger Rockwell Automation (see also the related sites at Allen Bradley and Reliance Electric) For extensive listings of ASD products and manufacturers, check out the following resources: powertransmission.com This ad-supported site is a central clearinghouse for the power transmission industry. Click on Buyer's Guides, then Adjustable-Speed Drives. manufacturing.net This site provides manufacturer contact info for hundreds of drive companies. At the Product Central page, search for "adjustable speed drives"; the site will ask you to register to access the product directory, but it is free. Motors: Elevators ThyssenKrupp Elevator KONE Inc. Otis Elevator Co. Schindler Group Motors: Power Factor Controllers These are manufacturers of power factor controllers: Baldor Electric Co. offers a multipurpose soft-starter for AC motor control that includes power factor control capabilities. Motortronics Inc. offers the PS1 Series solid-state reduced-voltage motor starters for 1- to 1,125-hp motors. Power Efficiency Corp. offers the Power Commander, employing technology licensed from NASA. Saftronics offers the EZ6 Series energy saver card for use in conjunction with its motor controls. Office Equipment Office Equipment: Computer Monitors The Energy Star Web site offers a comprehensive table of manufacturers, listing type, brand, model, size, resolution, and watts in sleep mode. Visit the site to view or print this 831-kilobyte table. A nifty commercial computer information site, CNET computers.com, offers product reviews and pricing for a multitude of monitors of all types. You could also try computershopper.com. For more on reducing office equipment energy use, see the following: “Reducing Office Equipment Energy Use,” a compilation of online resources by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). LBNL’s “User Guide to Power Management in PCs and Monitors.” The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) “Buyer’s Guide to Energy-Efficient Office Equipment.” EfficientProducts.org is a web site dedicated to promoting only the most efficient consumer electronics on the market. Office Equipment: Computer Power-Management Software 1E Ltd. Apple Remote Desktop BigFix EZ GPO Faronics Verdiem Corp. Office Equipment: Smart Power Strips Five companies offer products that use occupancy sensors to control plug loads. BITS Limited Micro Energetics Watt Stopper USA Technologies Office Equipment: Vending Machine Energy Savings Only one manufacturer makes vending machine occupancy sensor systems in North America: USA Technologies Energy Star maintains a list of manufacturers of compliant vending machines. Power Quality Equipment Power Quality Equipment: Harmonic Mitigating Transformers Mirus International Inc. Powersmiths International Corp. Power Quality International The Delta Group Power Quality Equipment: Transient Voltage Surge Suppressors There are many TVSS manufacturers. The following is a partial list. APT Current Technologies Cutler-Hammer Innovative Technology Joslyn LEA International Leviton Liebert Meter-Treater Inc. Siemens Square D Refrigeration Refrigeration: Ice Makers The leading manufacturers of ice-making machinery are listed below. Hoshizaki America Inc. Ice-O-Matic IMI Cornelius Inc. Manitowoc Ice Scotsman Ice Systems For manufacturer and product information see "Certified Automatic Commercial Ice-Cube Machines and Ice Storage Bins," on the the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute's web site: www.ari.org. Refrigeration: Walk-In Cooler Controllers Only one company offers an evaporator fan controller: Energy Control Equipment Inc. Water Heating Water Heating: Electric-Powered Tank Water Heaters Here is a partial list of residential and commercial water heater manufacturers. A.O. Smith Water Products Co. Bradford White Corp. Marathon PVI Industries Rheem Manufacturing Co. State Industries Inc. Therma-Stor Water Heating: Gas-Fired Tank Water Heaters Here is a partial list of residential and commercial water heater manufacturers. American Water Heater Co. A.O. Smith Water Products Co. Bradford White Corp. PVI Industries Inc. Rheem Manufacturing Co. State Industries Inc. Water Heating: Heat Pump Water Heaters Here is a list of manufacturers of heat pump water heaters. Addison Products Co. (commercial systems) Applied Energy Recovery Systems Inc. (commercial and residential systems) Colmac Coil Manufacturing Inc. (commercial systems) Environmentally Engineered Equipment Inc. (commercial systems) Nyle Special Products (residential systems) And for consulting on heat pump water heater design: Robert Systems Inc., Birmingham, AL, 205-682-7373, brobsys@cs.com Water Heating: Tankless Water Heaters Here is a partial list of manufacturers of tankless water heaters. Gas BOSCH Noritz Rinnai Rheem Takagi Electric Bosch Eemax Niagara Seisco SETS Systems, Inc. Print This Page Copyright 2006 - Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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