VENDING MISERS

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VENDING MISERS
Dennis Vu
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• The production of electricity causes more damage
  to the environment than any other single human
  activity.
• Key culprit in global climate change
• Electricity use accounts for 35 percent of U.S.
  carbon dioxide emissions

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VENDING MACHINES

• The two major energy-consuming systems are
  lighting and refrigeration
• Lighting accounts for roughly a third of machine
  energy use.
• Cooling the vending machine accounts for the
  remaining two-thirds

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VENDING MACHINES

• Cool less than half the volume of a home
  refrigerator, yet may use more than five times as
  much energy.
• Uses almost 3500kWh per year That is an average
  of almost 0.4 kWh per hour.
• Each machine responsible for 4500 lbs of CO2
  emissions per year.

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• Uses motion sensor to detect occupancy in the
  space
• Reduces energy consumption and CO2 emission
  without compromising the vended product
• monitors ambient room temperature while the
  vending machine is powered down

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• Affordable 160
• Simple external plug-and-play (5 minutes)
• Tested approved by major bottlers
• Compatible with all cold drink vending machines

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• 582 soft drink vending machines.
• Savings up to 65,000
• Reduce 590 tons of CO2 emission a year.
• Reduce the maintenance costs and extend the life
  of the vending machine.
• Payback time between one to two years