Siemens to Offer Commercial and Industrial Buildings More Water, Energy Saving Options
12 Março 2015 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Siemens and Silver Bullet Water Treatment Company have entered
into an agreement that will help broaden Siemens’ offerings of
non-hazardous chemical water treatment solutions. Specifically,
customers will be able to lease the EPA-proven technology to treat
cooling tower water onsite.
Accounting for up to half of the average building’s water usage,
cooling towers are found in office buildings, hotels, data centers
and factories. They provide cooled water for air-conditioning,
manufacturing, and electric-power generation.
“Our customers understand the importance of maintaining the
entire heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems within
their facilities,” says Eric Koch, a national product manager for
the Building Technologies Division at Siemens.
According to Koch, Siemens recently ran several tests at three
of its customers’ facilities to quantify the cooling tower water
treatment claims made by Silver Bullet and to complement the
existing tests already performed by the company. The results were
outstanding.
The ‘green’ Silver Bullet technology helps kill harmful
bacteria, remove scale, and control corrosion. It also
significantly reduces water, electricity, and chemical usage,
lowers operating costs, and can help commercial and industrial
buildings earn LEED credits as well as municipal and tax
rebates.
In traditional systems, various chemicals such as chlorine are
added to water to control bacterial growth, calcium build-up and
corrosion. Transporting, handling and storing these chemicals could
be hazardous to the environment and to workers. Alternatively, the
Silver Bullet process uses a very strong and effective
EPA-recognized disinfection method called “advanced oxidation
process,” or AOP.
Silver Bullet’s patented AOP technology generates highly
reactive hydroxyl and oxygen-free radicals which oxidize
contaminants in the water and kill bacteria. Other remaining oxygen
atoms keep minerals such as calcium in solution, which prevents
scaling. For calcium adhered to walls and surfaces, the reactive
oxygen atoms break down the build-up so the calcium chips away and
remains suspended in the water.
“Silver Bullet’s approach to cooling tower maintenance offers a
proven, patented technology that keeps bacteria from contaminating
cooling tower water, while preventing scaling and corrosion,” said
David Sunshine, president of Silver Bullet. “This makes for safer
working environments and a wiser use of water and energy. We are
proud to partner with Siemens, one of the biggest names in safe and
sustainable building technology.”
With its small footprint, the Silver Bullet system is scalable
to any tower size. It can be installed in less than a day, with no
interruptions in electric or HVAC service. There are no upfront
capital costs because the systems are leased within a service
contract.
“By adding the Silver Bullet water treatment process to our
portfolio, customers will now have an even broader range of
cost-effective and environmentally-friendly solutions that help
ensure safer yet efficient operation of their buildings,” says
Bruce Searight, a national sales application manager for the
Building Technologies Division at Siemens.
For more information on the Silver Bullet technology, please
visit http://sie.ag/1zVA8Uk
The Siemens Building Technologies Division (Buffalo Grove, Ill.)
is the North American market leader for safe and secure,
energy-efficient and environment-friendly buildings and
infrastructures. As a technology partner, service provider, system
integrator and product vendor, Building Technologies has offerings
for fire protection, life safety and security as well as building
automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and
energy management. To learn more about the Siemens Building
Technologies Division, visit
www.usa.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies.
Silver Bullet is a trademark of Silver Bullet Water Treatment
and/or its affiliates in some countries.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global powerhouse in
electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the fields of
industry, energy and healthcare as well as providing infrastructure
solutions, primarily for cities and metropolitan areas. For over
165 years, Siemens has stood for technological excellence,
innovation, quality, reliability and internationality. The company
is one of the world's largest providers of environmental
technologies. Around 43 percent of its total revenue stems from
green products and solutions. In fiscal 2013, which ended on
September 30, 2013, revenue from continuing operations totaled
€74.4 billion and income from continuing operations €4.2 billion.
At the end of September 2013, Siemens had around 362,000 employees
worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further
information is available on the Internet at:
http://www.siemens.com.
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