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Cleaning “Green”

What does it mean to go green? Everywhere you look new and improved “greener” products are popping up. Being environmentally friendly is IN. Not only is it beneficial for the environment, but it also pleases many consumers to see a green effort from corporations and businesses. But how does a company go green? (I recycle at my desk, does that count?) Who determines which companies are environmentally friendly enough to claim the green title?

One organization holding a high standard to being considered green is The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). One of the EPA’s main priorities is to push progress toward assuring the safety of chemicals used in the United States. The EPA formed the Design for the Environment Program (DfE) to try to make this goal a reality. The DfE was created to help prevent pollution as well as the risk pollution presents to humans and our environment. Implementing safer chemical formulations is one of the main goals that DfE strives for. These safer chemical formulations are meant to be just as effective while presenting less risk to the environment. Sounds like a win-win situation!

The EPA allows safer products that contain only approved chemical formulations to use their DfE label. This DfE label presents an easy way for consumers to quickly recognize products that are green and safe. When a product bears this label you can be confident that the DfE scientific review team has carefully looked over each ingredient for potential harmful effects. Only products that pose the least concern among the chemicals in their class are accepted. DfE approved products have already decreased the use of dangerous chemicals by millions of pounds!!!

So how is Nu-Calgon striving to help the environment?

Why Clean Your Coils?

Who doesn’t want to conserve energy and save money? I know I do! In today’s world we are constantly looking for ways to stretch each dollar and spend money wisely. So when easy solutions to do both are found, they should be shared! Conserving energy and getting the maximum efficiency out of your air-conditioning equipment can be a very effective method to preserving your hard-earned money and keeping your space cool.

Evaporator coils (inside the building) and condenser coils (outside the building) are aimed to deliver the best cooling possible. In order to provide the maximum efficiency, these coils need to be clean. In your day-to-day use coils come in contact with pollen, dust, dirt, grease, and all kinds of grime that can be found in the air on a daily basis. YUCK! These particles land on the coil surfaces and build up over time. Need to see it for yourself? Just go outside and look at what condition your own condenser fins are in. If your unit looks more like the second picture…

…It’s obviously time to do some cleaning! It is likely that your own unit could be covered in dirt, grass, or even cotton fuzz. This does not give the coil the opportunity to reach maximum efficiency.