by Brianna Crandall — June 22, 2016 — Trane, a global provider of solutions and services for optimizing indoor environments and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, is expanding its CenTraVac centrifugal chiller portfolio for large buildings and industrial applications in the United States and Canada. These additions address customer demand for chillers and services that are efficient, reliable, safe and compliant with current and proposed regulations.
In 2017, Trane will offer small tonnage CenTraVac chillers for markets like office and municipal buildings with a choice of current, high-efficiency refrigerant R-123 or R-514A. R-514A is a next-generation, low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant from Chemours (Opteon XP30). Starting now, Trane offers large tonnage CenTraVac chillers for applications such as industrial buildings, data centers and higher education facilities with R-1233zd (Honeywell Solstice zd).
Trane will offer small-tonnage CenTraVac chillers for markets like office and municipal buildings with a choice of current, high-efficiency refrigerant R-123 or R-514A.
Trane says its CenTraVac chillers are “the most reliable, most efficient, lowest emission and quietest centrifugal chillers in the world” (see AHRI-approved performance validation test). They are part of the Ingersoll Rand EcoWise portfolio of products that are designed to lower environmental impact with next-generation, low-GWP refrigerants and high-efficiency operation.
To provide customers maximum flexibility, Trane will offer a service option that requires minimal rework to convert existing CenTraVac chillers with R-123 to R-514A. It will also extend its availability and price guarantee on R-123 for customers purchasing a CenTraVac centrifugal chiller using the refrigerant.
The new solutions and services for CenTraVac chillers align with Ingersoll Rand’s Climate Commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its products and operations by 2030. To date, the Climate Commitment has supported the avoidance of approximately 2 million metric tons of CO2e globally, which the company says is the equivalent of avoiding annual CO2 emissions from energy used in more than 270,000 homes or more than 2.1 billion pounds of coal burned. By 2030, the company expects to reduce its carbon footprint by 50 million metric tons. To learn more, visit Trane’s EcoWise site.
