Savings

With AirMotion Sciences AltAir™ HVLS fans, immediate cost savings can be achieved. Rapid payback of installed costs, coupled with annual savings to generate high ROI and significant Net Present Value (NPV) over the initial cost, make good sense and cents.

Not installing AirMotion HVLS fans has a much greater cost.

Here are some good examples:

Savings from Heat De-Stratification - The savings resulting from Heat De-stratification provide rapid payback and high ROI. For example, in a typical 100,000 square foot distribution center near Boston with a 30’ ceiling height, one can expect a payback period of less than a year on an estimated installed cost of $27,500 for five AltAir fans. More fans may be necessary if the prime objective is cooling, fewer are needed for heat destratification alone.

In this example, heating degree-days are estimated to be 5,630 such that natural gas is estimated to cost $158,000 annually (higher for other fuel sources). It is also estimated that there is at least a 15-degree difference in temperature between floor and ceiling (more of a heat strata difference is often encountered).

Air mixing creates a uniform temperature that reduces the frequency of heater cycling and cuts heat lost by infiltration through ceilings and roofs (especially by taking advantage of our VPT™ – Variable Pitch Technology – to effect our idea of CFM – Complete Facility Mixing). The AirMotion HVLS fans would create a 7.5-degree effective difference, resulting in 20% to 37.5% savings in heating costs.

Even more savings are possible - it is estimated that there is an additional 10% in realizable savings from heat de-stratification for every 10 feet of additional height, and for every 5 additional degrees of temperature difference.

Using only 20% as an estimate for this example, there is nearly $32,000 in annual savings that can be realized. The annual ROI would be over 100%. The NPV (net present value) of the savings over a 10 year period at 6% on such an investment (assuming no further increases in energy costs, which is unlikely, and little or no maintenance or component replacement, which is a realistic expectation) would be about $210,000. That means, a company would be wasting $210,000 over 10 years by not making the $27,500 investment in AirMotion AltAir HVLS fans today.

Savings as an alternative to Air Conditioning – The same 100,000 square foot DC in Oklahoma City is estimated to require 200 tons of air conditioning at an installed cost of approximately $300,000. The annual maintenance would be estimated to be about $7,000 and the annual operating costs would be estimated to be $24,000. Compare the above to the estimated installed cost of about $55,000 for ten AltAir fans having an operating cost during the cooling season of about $3,000. The AltAir fans would be over $240,000 less expensive to install and $27,000 cheaper to run every year. Even greater savings can be achieved after factoring in the benefits from Heat De-stratification. Contact us to learn how you can realize significant energy savings, rapid payback, high ROI, and significant NPV with a simple investment in AirMotion Sciences AltAir HVLS fans with Rotatair™ composite blades and VPT™ (Variable Pitch Technology). Also learn what we mean when we talk about CFM – Complete Facility Movement of air.