Our patented PermaFrost NMR® products are installed in thousands of locations worldwide. Our track record of innovation and success help our customers lead the world in sustainability. Powertron Global’s products are scientifically proven, have long term customer-history and are verified by third parties. Our PermaFrost NMR® product line is the worlds leading energy conservation measure (ECM).
Bristol-Myers Squibb / New Brunswick, NJ
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Carrier 19XR 1050-ton water-cooled chiller (R-134) owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb located in New Brunswick, NJ. The unit has been inservice since 2002. The treated chiller with the PermaFrost NMR® ECM showed an 8.8% reduction in kW/ton and an 9.6% improvem
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Tender Meats / Dublin, Ireland
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a low temperature refrigeration system (Copeland Compressor R-22). Cooling capacity increased by 11.7%. This coupled with the noted improvement of 11.3% in COP will allow the unit to reach set temperatures faster. The system is now running approximately 11%
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City of Playford / Australia
The ECM implementation yielded average savings of 18.5% in energy costs for the period.
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Panama Canal Railway
The Panama Canal Railway Co. decided to treat an entire office building. The DX equipment treated was 5 & 10 ton York units, 2 ton Miller unit, 1.5 ton LG and two unnamed DX units. All were equipped with R-22. The reduction in energy consumption was 17.7%.
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Dunkin’ Donuts - 2 locations / Michigan
The three units installed with Permafrost NMR were all Carrier (models 48HJ, 48TF, 48HU) packaged rooftop units using R-22 refrigerant. The units averaged manufacture date of 2003. Average total system efficiency restored across all three units was 21.8%, while the average EER across the uni
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Leading Hotel in Dubai
The ECM implementation focuses on the refrigeration systems and cold storage facility of a large Dubai based hotel. An overall 11.85% reduction in kWh consumed was realized after comparing pre and post-installation data sets.
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British Airports Authority / Glasgow, UK.
An independent analysis by Business Edge Ltd. was performed on a Carrier 30GF145A1927EE Water Chiller manufactured in 1990 for Glasgow Airport. The unit was equipped with R-22 refrigerant. The final results showed an average COP improvement of 9.52%.
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Andrews Air Force Base Data Center Computer Room Air Conditioners (CRAC)
Andrews Air Force Base in MD installed PermaFrost NMR® into two 10-ton Liebert Model VS035AGA0E CRAC units (2007) equipped with R-22 refrigerant. These units service the Defense Information Systems Agency Data Control Center. The efficiency improvements averaged 15.9% along with an EER
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Mervyns, Mesa, AZ
The measurement and performance data for 9 Rooftop AC units (6 - 40 tons in size) at Mervyn’s, in Mesa, AZ showed a 9.4% decline in metered energy usage post-PermaFrost NMR®. The Micro Air computer-generated energy calculations program based on ASHRAE & ARI industry standards was util
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Tafe SA Automotive / South Australia
This test was administered at Tafe, Automotive Department in South Australia. All tests were conducted in the Automotive Workshop at the Elizabeth Campus of TAFE SA. After injecting PermaFrost NMR® the vehicle's AC unit, the post treatment reading was 7.4 C (12.4 C pre); yielding a 5.1 C im
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Bristol Myers-Squibb / Dublin
The test was administered by Dalkia (leading European provider for energy services) for Bristol-Myers Squibb, in Dublin, Ireland, on a 12 HP Refrigeration Unit used for Chemical Cold storage. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 14.3% and showed an improvement of 12.7% in COP.
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Royal Farms Convenience Stores - 2 locations / Maryland
Royal Farms in MD installed PermaFrost NMR® in 5 DX units. All were York packaged rooftop units, some using R-22 and some with R-410 refrigerant. The total amount of refrigeration was 32 tons (three 5-ton units and two 8.5-ton units). Restored system efficiency across all five units improv
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Residential Report / Atlanta, GA
PermaFrost NMR® DX was installed in a 1997 Bryant 597CN036-D (3 ton) at the home of a Regional Energy Star Manager for the EPA in Atlanta, GA. He uses his home as a real-time laboratory for ongoing EPA projects he is involved in. He has measured the kWh usage at his home for over a decade.
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University of Sharjah 2 / U.A.E.
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a 4 year old SKM 10 ton packaged air-conditioning unit. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 15% and a overall increase of 10% in COP. PermaFrost NMR® has proved to be an excellent ECM addition to the University's long-term sustainability efforts.
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McCormick (Spice) & Company / Maryland
McCormick (Spice) & Company in Maryland installed PermaFrost NMR in a 50-ton Trane SWUA-5004 water-cooled packaged unit, using R22 refrigerant, that serves the 4th floor of the facility. Total system efficiency restored was 32.3%, while the EER rating of the unit rose by 39.9%. These eff
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City of Tea Tree Gully / Australia
The City Council of Tea Tree installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Trane DX unit resulting in an 18% reduction in energy per day.
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Vornado Building / NYC
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in two 54-ton Carrier Model 50BAO54600 Water Cooled DX Units at the Vornado Bldg in New York City. These units are equipped with R-22. The facility houses the Traffic Police Department for the City of New York. The overall system efficiency improved by 14.9% an
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University of Sharjah 1 / U.A.E.
This case study shows the effects of PermaFrost NMR® on a 4 year old SKM 8 ton packaged air-conditioning system. The unit’s total cooling capacity increased by 6% and increase of 12% in COP.
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Citi Group (South Florida 51 locations).
Powertron Global® installed PermaFrost NMR® in 51 of Citi Groups South Florida locations. All units installed were DX. Over the following year after the installation of PermaFrost NMR®, these locations averaged 9.9% in power bill reduction. This led to a global rollout for Citi in their o
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SWAN Tafe / Australia
This implementation of PermaFrost NMR® was performed on a Trane CGAB080S reciprocating chiller equipped with R-22 refrigerant. Efficiencies carried out on this chiller indicated an improvement in the cooling capacity of 6.32% and an overall increase in COP of 12.57%.
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USA Medical Center / Mobile, AL
Seven units were treated in 4 different buildings. Three Nordyne units (JS5BD) ranging from 3-4 tons, three 10 ton Trane units (TTA120) and one Carrier 20 ton unit (38AH-24). An average energy savings of 10.4% were realized for this multi-unit installation.
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Ducab / 80-Ton Chiller Unit / U.A.E.
PermaFrost NMR® Chiller mineral oil blend was installed on a 5 year SKM 80 Ton Process Chiller at the Ducab PVC Plant in Dubai. The installation of PermaFrost NMR® led to an overall increase of 19% in COP with a reduction of 25% in kW. The system showed significant increases in system ef
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Andrews Air Force Base / Maryland
Andrews Air Force Base treated a number of buildings (multiple DX units) with PermaFrost NMR and monitored the effects over a 6-month period. Total energy consumption for the sites was reduced 12.5%.
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Kaplans Department Store / Australia
Honeywell engineers installed and monitored for Kaplan's Ben Hur Department Store an installation of PermaFrost NMR® on a 40 HP Trane Chiller. This resulted in an overall reduction in energy consumption by the treated chiller of 19.8%.
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Bridgestone-Firestone / Tampa, FL
The installation of PermaFrost NMR was completed at three Bridgestone-Firestone locations in the Tampa, FL metro area. The units were all packaged rooftop units using R-22 refrigerant and totaling 35 tons (Two Trane TCH180 units and a Carrier 50TM006). Restored system efficiency across all t
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Hilton Waldorf Astoria / NYC
The Waldorf Astoria in New York installed a 1 and 2 ton refrigeration units; one for a freezer, the other for a cooler. Over the period the compressors averaged 8.68 % in daily energy savings, and a 16% reduction in run-time.
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Sahara Tower / Dubai, U.A.E.
Sahara Tower Building 1 in Dubai installed PermaFrost NMR® on a 3 ton Rheem DX Split unit (less than 3 years old) air-conditioning system. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 15% and showed an improvement of 13% in COP.
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Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field / WA
The installation of Permafrost NMR® was on a Trane 32-ton DX system and uses R-22 refrigerant. Data verification was derived by Metasys (Johnson Controls Building Management System). In addition to these improved efficiencies, the percentage improvement of thermal exchange (BTU) was 29%.
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Midtown Athletic Club / Atlanta, GA
The installation of PermaFrost NMR® in a selection of units at the Midtown Athletic Club provided a great example of the direct benefits associated with the use of Powertron Global ECM, PermaFrost NMR®. A total of 323 tons of HVAC were treated. These units were all equipped with R-22. Thes
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Bristol-Myers Squibb / Wallingford, CT
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a York YKJH 1279-ton water-cooled chiller (R-134) owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb located in Wallingford, CT. The BMS chiller showed a 6.0% reduction in kW, a 20.8% reduction in kW/ton and a 26.2% improvement in COP.
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NSF Laboratory / U.S.
NSF International certifies products and writing standards for food, water and consumer goods. In a lab, PermaFrost NMR® was evaluated on a Manitowac GR0150 ice machine. The ice cycle time on the ice machine decreased from 20 minutes to 13 minutes. A 25% reduction in ice production time was
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Bank of America / Austin, TX
Powertron Global® installed PermaFrost NMR® in 2 rooftop units at a Bank of America location in Austin, TX. The net reduction in energy consumption was 20%. These results were completed and verified by a P.E. with a third party engineering firm.
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M/V Bold Endurance
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a 30 year old, 45 ton DX unit aboard the vessel “Bold Endurance”. Post installation of PermaFrost NMR®, resulted in an approximate 15% efficiency improvement.
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Welcare Hospital / Dubai, U.A.E.
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a 12 year old Rheem 4 ton split air-conditioning system. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 12% and energy consumption decreased by 4%. These two improvements led to an increase of 16% in COP and a reduction in maintenance costs due to the units redu
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Major U.S. Communications Company / Data Center CRAC Units
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in two 16-ton Liebert Model UE192G Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units. These units are equipped with R-22 and provide cooling for a mission critical data center in Long Island, NY. The average system efficiency improvement was 20.5% while the average E
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HGMRI Laboratory / China
HGMRI, (Hefei General Machinery Research Institute), is the National Quality Supervision and Inspection Center for Compressor and Refrigeration Equipment Products for the People's Republic of China. It is a third-party organization for comprehensive inspection, certification and evaluation
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Retrospective Performance and Safety Analysis
This case study involves 3 residential DX units that are 17 years old. The three units are manufactured by Rheem and are rated for 12 RLA. These units were treated with PermaFrost NMR® in 2002. The amp draw readings for this report were taken in the fall of 2009 by a licensed HVAC service t
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Ocular Center / Panama
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a 40 ton DX unit for the Ocular Center in Panama. 5 months post data have reflected a kWh savings of 12.4%. PermaFrost NMR® has been a significant contributor to the Ocular Center's ongoing sustainability efforts.
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Citibank Chiller / Manama, Bahrain
The installation of PermaFrost NMR was performed in Manama, Bahrain for Citibank. Forensic performance analysis was performed on a 130-ton Carrier Model 30GX-1332-AOO7O-NEE water-cooled chiller unit using R-134A refrigerant. The chiller showed a 12.5% reduction in kW while simultaneously pro
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Chase Bank / NYC
Chase Bank in NY installed PermaFrost NMR® in a 50-ton Seasons-4 packaged DX unit (2000) and a Carrier 12.5-ton packaged DX (2009) in two different locations. Average percentage improvement of thermal exchange (BTU) was 17%.
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C & C Group Facility / Lenexa, KS
The installation of PermaFrost NMR® was done in all of the operating HVAC units supporting the C&C Group Headquarters in Lenexa, KS. Of all the packaged units treated, 39-tons were using R-22 refrigerant and 3-tons were using R410A for a total of 42-tons. The total energy reduction fo
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El Machetazo / Panama
El Machetazo is a Panamanian based supermarket chain installed PermaFrost NMR in two York 200 ton water-cooled chillers model number YSCBCBSI-CGC. The installation yielded a savings of 10.9%.
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Laureate International Universities / Maryland
The equipment treated was a 30-ton Carrier Rooftop Package Unit and a Carrier 20-ton RTU operating with VAV systems. The units are equipped with R-22. The two RTU’s treated showed significant improvements in cooling capacity with an energy savings of 18.7% was realized for the period.
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M/V Glorius Rena
PermaFrost NMR® was installed on a 25 year old, 60 ton Daikin DX unit aboard the vessel “Glorious Rena”. The unit is equipped with R-22 for refrigerant. After the installation the Delta T had improved by 8 degrees.
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Baskin-Robbins / Louisiana
This installation was completed on two store locations. The average savings for both locations was 9.3%. All DX units ranged from 2 to 5 tons.
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Bristol Myers-Squibb / Syracuse, NY
Powertron Global® in conjunction with NYSERDA, (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority), Bristol Myers Squibb, Air Products Inc., and Resource Energy Systems Technologies, Inc. conducted an installation of PermaFrost NMR® in a 10 year old, 450 ton, Trane CVHE450 chilled w
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Irish Tax & Customs Revenue 2
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in a Mitsubishi Mr Slim - 6 HP split air conditioning unit. This unit is used to cool a data storage room. In the case of the Revenue Commissioner’s office the unit’s COP increased by 9.2%.
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Glanbia-Rosderra Plant-Irish Meats
A 10 HP Prestcold Condensing Unit with dual discharge evaporators that services a food prep room was installed with PermaFrost NMR Mineral blend. The unit’s cooling capacity increased by 8%. This coupled with the noted improvement of 10% in COP, will allow the unit to reach set temperatu
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Deutsche Bank / Melbourne, Australia
Deutsche Bank in Melbourne, Australia installed PermaFrost NMR® in a Copeland reciprocating compressor model number 66H7000 charged with R-22 refrigerant. Overall efficiency improvements were in the cooling capacity of 11.3% and the system performance improvement of 13.1%.
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Tsingtao-Asahi Brewery / China
PermaFrost NMR® was installed in Chiller No. 4 at Tsingtao-Asahi Brewery Factory in Shenzhen, China. An improvement of 8.3% in COP and 8.5% in cooling capacity was achieved after the treatment of PermaFrost NMR®.
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