Unitary Air Conditioners

TORO WATT – a Canadian HVAC technology company based in Ontario, is a signatory to the Advanced Cooling Challenge, an initiative of Clean Energy Ministerial where TORO WATT committed to introducing a 50% more energy efficient residential Air Conditioner. TORO WATT designed & developed the Room Air Conditioner based on Dual Path Technology using conventional refrigerants for the time being but reduced refrigerant charge by 50% for the given capacity. Mass production of these units requires minor changes to the current manufacturing processes. The outcome besides reducing the refrigerant emissions by 50%, will also reduce the carbon footprint of the air conditioner by 50% reducing strain on the already stressed ecosystem. This changeover will actually be an opportunity to achieve a leapfrog effect when integrated with natural refrigerants like hydrocarbons /ammonia in the residential air conditioning. This should happen as the next logical step and sooner.

COOL-PHASE is an award winning natural cooling and low energy ventilation system that creates a comfortable, fresh and healthy indoor environment that can significantly reduce the running costs of buildings. The system uses the concept of a ‘Thermal Battery’ to capture and store heat and cooling energy. The Thermal Batteries use the latent heat property of a Phase Change Material (PCM) to store large amounts of energy. This PCM changes phase at room temperature and is charged and discharged by passing air through its thermal batteries releasing the stored energy when it is required. The COOL-PHASE system monitors indoor and outdoor temperatures, internal CO₂ levels and humidity and automatically ventilates the space via the means of an intelligently controlled Air Handling Unit.