Heat Pipe Technology, Inc., a division of MiTek, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK-A, NYSE: BRK-B), announced that the Company’s recent case studies show a remarkably consistent return on investment for heat pipe technology implementations in university, resort-hotel, and hospital settings.
In one case study, which profiled the heat pipe implementation for a pathogen research facility at a major Florida university, the HVAC design engineers needed to control humidity and temperature, and recover energy from exhaust air, while preventing cross contamination of the laboratory air. The Heat Pipe Technology (HPT) solution (a Vertical Tube Energy Recovery and Dehumidification system) achieved the required humidity, temperature control, and energy savings.
Heat Pipe Technology installed just three heat pipe systems, but the facility immediately saved over $10,000 annually, even while running at fractional capacity. The annual savings of this LEED Gold facility – in fuel and operating costs – will top out at nearly $60,000, yielding a three-year return on the investment, plus ongoing savings.
