How Capturing Air Conditioner Condensate Can Save Your Company Money

Air conditioning is an important feature in any business. It helps keep the facilities and equipment cool to prevent overheating, while providing comfort to your staff and customers. But did you know that it can serve another purpose beyond cooling and keeping you comfortable? Its condensate can be collected and reused for other purposes, such as irrigation and flushing toilets. By capturing condensate, you can reduce your company’s water consumption and save on utility bills down the line.

Condensate can be a free and easy resource when available. If your commercial building has a forced-air cooling system, the air travels over the cold coils from the compressor and the moisture condenses into a collection pan. Instead of letting that condensate go to the municipal sewer system, consider collecting it for re-use. On average, a commercial building can produce hundreds to thousands of gallons of condensate. Capturing air conditioner condensate makes sense if you want to reduce your water bills and increase your sustainability goals.

If you already have a rainwater harvesting system, it is easy to add condensate to your supply stream. Condensate can provide a supply source that is often available, even when rainwater is not.  This makes capturing air conditioner condensate an ideal way to save money, while applying environmentally friendly measures to save water.

Condensate harvesting systems are designed to be efficient and inexpensive, providing attractive returns on your investment. They do not require large tanks and the pressurization and treatment capabilities are sized for steady and slow capture and reuse. The condensate is filtered and sanitized to remove potentially harmful bacteria and mold. Reach out to a good water harvesting solutions provider so they can design a system for capturing air conditioner condensate in your business.

Find A Professional Rainwater Harvesting System Installation Provider for Your Facility

Rainwater harvesting has been practiced for thousands of years. Early systems were often the only way to ensure a supply of fresh water when the well went dry.  Eventually, municipal systems replaced home wells and cisterns, but that does not mean the practice is lost.  In fact, municipalities realize now that they need alternate strategies for conserving the public water supply.  So, they are raising rates, requiring water-efficient fixtures, and encouraging systems that reuse water sources available on-site – like rainwater, greywater and condensate.  To get started, commercial facilities will need to find a supplier-partner who specializes in these systems and can provide the required analysis, system design and delivery.  Here are tips to make that easier:

• Know your options – Look up service providers and narrow down the selection to only those that are proven for the quality of their rainwater harvesting systems and services. Determine their approach to what they do, too. Some companies use a holistic approach in building and designing systems. This means they try to integrate different sources of renewable water with multiple uses of water that has been treated to deliver maximum savings to you.

• Choose experienced providers – Make sure that the rainwater harvesting system installation provider has extensive experience and skills in what they do. They should be competent in designing systems, controls, and filtration systems, with focus on institutional and commercial needs. And they should be passionate about water conservation, too. You want to ensure that they keep your best interests in mind when customizing and planning your water harvesting solution.

• Verify their credentials – Choose a service provider that is part of the US Green Building Council. They should have a proven background in helping their clients achieve their LEED certification through their rainwater harvesting system installations.

• Find out what makes up their system – It should meet rigorous regulatory and building requirements and come complete with not only the equipment, but the support needed to correctly install and commission the system to make sure it works properly.  Their price should include complete O&M manuals and in-site training of your staff.  Finally, they should have the field support needed to help maintain and repair your system when needed.

Read feedback – Find out what their customers are saying about their rainwater harvesting system installation – is the system working well? Was the design and delivery process smooth? Would they recommend the company?