Two New Sustainable Technology Additions to U.S. Embassy Santiago’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Systems Commissioned

The U.S. Department of State Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has installed two new state-of-the-art energy technology systems in the U.S. Embassy, Santiago, Chile in support of Embassy Santiago’s “Sustainability Initiative for the Embassy.” These two new sustainable technology additions to the Embassy’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems are being commissioned as the Embassy celebrates 2008 World Environment Day today. A third, sustainable energy project for the Ambassador’s residence has been funded and is being designed. It will be installed this summer.

The first of the innovative energy technology systems installed in the U.S. Embassy, Santiago, is a Dedicated Heat Recovery Chiller. This progressive, environmentally friendly application converts “waste heat” created by the Embassy’s lighting, computer and telephone electronic applications into useful energy for hot water needed throughout the building without using any fossil fuels. The second project is the installation of a Modular Air Cooled Chiller for the Embassy air conditioning system. These modular chillers have the lowest refrigerant charge per kilowatt available on the word market reducing potential losses to the atmosphere. The innovative U. S. energy technology chillers were engineered and manufactured by Multistack LLC of Sparta, Wisconsin.