Energy Efficient Cooling

Ventilation systems alone can provide comfort cooling for most of the year in the UK. However, on hotter days they are unable to maintain internal temperatures below 25°C. It is at this point that additional cooling is required. Using evaporative cooling as an integral part of a balanced ventilation system means that the temperature of a building can be controlled even on the very hottest days.

Being a natural process, evaporative cooling is far more energy efficient than refrigeration, requiring no energy input.  The only energy used in an evaporative cooling system is for the ventilation system fans and the small internal water pump within the unit.

An evaporative cooling installation typically consumes less than 10% of the electricity of an equivalently rated refrigeration based cooling system. Return on investment for industrial systems is usually between 2-5 years and can be as low as 6 months for environments where the cooling is required 24/7 e.g data centres.


Industrial Systems Savings

An EcoCooling installation typically consumes less than 10% of the electricity of an equivalently rated refrigeration-based cooling system. These low running costs mean that the return on investment for industrial systems is usually between 2-5 years and can be as low as 6 months for environments such as data centres where cooling is required 24/7.

Hourly costs are below for a standard EcoCooler, which can cool a 15m diameter circle or 250sqm area.

Therefore the total cost for 168 hour continuous working week would be £22.18. To put it into perspective, the comparative air conditioning cassettes would cost around £48 a week to run.**

The environmental impact of evaporative cooling and ventilation is much lower than refrigeration.

Using less than 90% of the electricity reduces the carbon footprint of businesses, while the natural cooling process does not use harmful refrigerants, both of which support green initiatives and targets set up by some organisations.

**Costs calculated using the Carbon Trust running costs calculator

Hourly running cost
Electricity£0.13
Water£0.012
Total Cost£0.132

Data Centre Systems Savings

EcoCooling developed a calculator to estimate the possible energy savings for all of our systems, inputs include historical weather data and fan data. Cost analysis can be performed for any size data centre or telecoms room in most locations worldwide.

PUE (Power Utilisation Effectiveness)

CREC® systems have assisted both new build and retrofit data centres to achieve PUEs of below 1.1. The fans that drive air flow are the most significant energy consumer in the system, and the use of efficient electronically commutated motors is instrumental in minimising energy use. Exploiting EC fan technology can reduce the power required further, meaning PUEs of 1.05 are now achievable in optimum environments.  See our data centre case studies page for more information.

Example EcoCooling Energy Savings Report


Safety – Legionnaires Disease

Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia.  It is contracted by breathing in very small droplets of water contaminated by Legionella bacteria. It is estimated that there are over 40 million evaporative coolers world-wide and there has never been a case of Legionnaires’ disease attributed to a wetted media evaporative cooler. UK legislation regarding Legionnaires’ disease is contained in an HSC guide called Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) Legionnaires’ Disease: The control of legionella bacteria in water systems L8.

The key reasons why an EcoCooling evaporative cooler is safe are:

EcoCooling produces a range of fact sheets and a complete Legionella control manual which exceeds the requirements of this legislation.

Please follow this link to a downloadable presentation on Legionnaires Disease.  For our full risk assessment pack please contact sales@ecocooling.co.uk.