BETTER. BY A FACTOR OF FIVE.

For nearly 15 years, TAS Energy has designed, manufactured and installed more than 300 modular chilled water or complete hot water plants around the world. That’s roughly five times the number of all the installations of all of our competitors, combined. With over 900,000 tons of cooling sold, TAS Energy is the largest packager of centrifugal chillers in the world.

The TAS organization has a history of innovation and a record of performance. Specializing in modular utility system design and manufacturing for more than a decade, packaged central plants are our core business. Our engineering, manufacturing, service and support capabilities are second to none in the modular utility system market. Routinely executing projects with diverse requirements in diverse locations, what really sets us apart from the competition is our highly skilled manufacturing team combined with more than 250,000 sq ft of fabrication space, and the capacity to manufacture more than 150,000 tons/yr. We have the experience, the ability, and the capacity to execute your project while saving you time, energy, and capital.

The Problem with the Status Quo

Almost a full 1/3 of every building’s utility bills are a result of air conditioning requirements. Traditionally, the focus for building owners and developers has rested solely on how much the air conditioning units initially cost to purchase -first costs. The efficiency of the unit and the full life-cycle cost analysis-(including first costs, operating costs, maintenance costs, cost of managing risks, and often replacement costs) of the unit is rarely the determining factor. The lesson here is that although a more efficient unit may be more expensive initially, it can save thousands and even millions of dollars over the lifetime of the unit through lowered utility bills. By combining a competitive first costs with lower utilities and operating costs, plus lower maintenance costs, plus lower cost of managing risk, the result will show that over the lifetime of the building or equipment the best value is a highly efficient modular utility system.

The example below shows an analysis that was used in the decision to retrofit an existing air cooled system with an energy efficient TAS Water Cooled Packaged Central Plant. In a 10 year analysis using data collected from a 3rd party energy audit, the analysis shows that the electricity usage alone from the air cooled system that was in place at this facility, costs more than the total capital expenditure and operating expenses combined for the TAS Packaged Central Plant.

TAS Energy Pioneers Solutions

Refrigeration, Meet Power Generation

Visit a power plant operator and at any moment of the day they can tell you the ‘dollars per kilowatt hour’ ($/kWhr), or the amount of fuel spent to produce one-kilowatt hour of electricity. Unfortunately, the same is not true for managers of commercial buildings in regard to the cost of electricity per ton hours of cooling needed for their air conditioning systems. If this metric were commonly known among the industry, the industry would have long ago switched to high efficiency units over the low efficiency low cost units traditionally installed today.

TAS Energy’s deep knowledge of power generation as well as its strong experience in refrigeration has yielded an entire business and set of products leading the Modular Utility Industry by “measurement of energy input relative to product output,” as is done successfully in the power generation industry. At TAS Energy, we believe the focus of the purchase decision should be placed squarely on the unit’s overall life-cycle cost – heavily dependent, of course, on its overall efficiency. In fact, when looking at the life-cycle cost of owning and operating an air conditioning unit, only 22% of the total cost is the capital investment, 12% is operation and maintenance costs, and a full 66% is the cost of energy!

They Operate. We Optimize.

System Optimization = Lowest Lifecycle Cost

Although engineered water cooled chiller plants for commercial buildings are almost twice as efficient as the standard air cooled roof top units, not all water cooled units are the same. Due to the inherent benefits of packaging, its emergence in the commercial market has caused several companies to recently begin producing modular central plants that operate much like traditional mechanical rooms in a self contained enclosure. At TAS Energy we focus on product optimization, and have spent thousands of engineering hours testing the best combination of all components on the market to design Modular Utility Systems that not only operate, but are optimized for ultra-efficient performance. This includes our design of highly efficient controls that continually optimize, not simply operate the unit’s performance in real time. In addition to operational performance, our modular utility systems are optimized for ease of installation, reliability, and maintenance. These are all factors that are often overlooked but are critically important to mitigating financial and operational risk over the life-cycle of the system.

Tested & Ready to Go

TAS Energy’s Modular Utility Systems designs are enhanced by applying our expertise into standardized products for easy repeatability. Our designs allow for flexibility according to unique customer requirements, while ensuring we don’t reinvent an already perfect wheel. This allows us to save project schedule time and enhance the quality of the final product by beginning with a system that has been pre-engineered, built, and in many cases proven in the field- customized to meet your specific site requirements. This process allows you to benefit from the collective experience we’ve gained from each of our previous projects, and helps ensure greater product quality.

The merits of standardization can immediately be realized through asking a few basic questions:

• What value is it to me having my project in operation in 20 weeks versus 40 weeks? (Schedule Certainty)
• What value can be placed on greater operating efficiency and lower operating costs? (Performance certainty)
• What value is having standard product designs requiring less project engineering hours- especially if consulting engineer is paid by the hour or based on their scope involvement?(Process or Engineering Certainty)

Standardizing our designs into products allows us to manufacture, assemble and pretest them at our environmentally controlled 250,000 sq foot headquarters in Houston, Texas. After a thorough testing regimen, our Modular Utility Systems unit is disassembled into easily reassembled modules and transported by truck, train or ship anywhere in the world.

The TAS Energy standardized approach of modular manufacturing eliminates a number of risks faced by the traditional approach of field erected equipment. These risks include weather delays, component shipments, unreliable and inexperienced labor, and risk of actual performance.