Global Energy News

Hudson’s SMARTenergy OPS has a new look and now includes a Chilled Water System Dashboard! This customizable, user friendly dashboard displays overall chilled water system electric consumption, cooling tons and efficiency and allows you to drill down to equipment specific … Read More

Hudson’s SMARTenergy OPS is ever evolving, and we are excited to share some of our latest updates. Did you know that a 1°F reduction in cooling water temperature improves chiller efficiency by 1 – 2%? And that same efficiency leads … Read More

Did you catch Hudson’s latest technical article published in Chiller & Cooling Best Practices? Don’t worry you can find the article here to download as a pdf or read it first hand form Chiller & Cooling Best Practices own website … Read More

The Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is a public-private partnership that encourages the use of a wide variety of commercially available Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) technologies and ongoing monitoring practices, with the goal of identifying energy-saving opportunities and improving building … Read More

Locating & identifying equipment Documenting the type of motor system Analyzing efficiency of existing system Developing technical options Developing proposals & reports / Recommendations Management for funding approval Implementing the projects Following up and measure actual savings Communicating activities to … Read More

You don’t want to wait until a motor fails. Here’s one example… Hudson’s Global Energy Services staff are experts at selecting and evaluating motor systems that meet your needs. Talk to an expert today at (845) 323-8591 or energy@hudsontech.com

Neglect/ abuse Dirt Bad lubrication Poor maintenance practices Power quality problems Misapplication Undersized motors Improper selection Coupling, belts, shimming Severe Environment Hot temperatures High altitudes High Humidity Airborne contaminants/ corrosive environment Normal Wear and Tear Normal operation stresses Insulation failure … Read More

Research shows that: Energy costs are more than 95% of the total cost of asset ownership…so efficiency matters. This applies across all size motors. Looking at the total cost of ownership of a new motor makes sense and saves $. … Read More