Most chiller plants are managed as if “efficiency” were a single setting: a chilled-water setpoint, a condenser-water setpoint, or a pump DP setpoint.
That mindset is the root problem.
A chiller plant is not one machine. It is a system of machines, and every major component in that system has an efficiency curve—meaning its efficiency changes depending on where it operates.
Show time is closing in, and as I prepare for the 2026 AHR Expo, I’m struck by how far our “industry family” has travelled. This year
As the industry converges on Las Vegas for AHR Expo2026. A powerful new framework is emerging from leading voices in open building innovation—one that moves
The How and Why The Coalition for Smarter Buildings (C4SB) exists to solve a problem the building industry could not solve alone: how to deploy smarter
Most chiller plants are managed as if “efficiency” were a single setting: a chilled-water setpoint, a condenser-water setpoint, or a pump DP setpoint.
That mindset is the root problem.
A chiller plant is not one machine. It is a system of machines, and every major component in that system has an efficiency curve—meaning its efficiency changes depending on where it operates.
Show time is closing in, and as I prepare for the 2026 AHR Expo, I’m struck by how far our “industry family” has travelled. This year
As the industry converges on Las Vegas for AHR Expo2026. A powerful new framework is emerging from leading voices in open building innovation—one that moves
The How and Why The Coalition for Smarter Buildings (C4SB) exists to solve a problem the building industry could not solve alone: how to deploy smarter
