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VENDING MISERS
• 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
• 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
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.
VENDING MACHINES
• 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
• Affordable: $160• Simple external plug-
and-play (5 minutes)• Tested & approved by
major bottlers• Compatible with all
cold drink vending machines
• 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