Government Energy Policy, Business and Technology

Mynt Systems’ Cost Effective Net Zero Carbon Retrofit

Clean Technica: Mynt Systems successfully optimized the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum to become a Net Zero facility. Typically, Zero Net Carbon facilities are built from the ground up at costs that are not market competitive. Mynt Systems was able to reduce the facilities energy usage to such a low level that enabled a conventional rooftop solar array to cost-effectively bring the facility to Net Zero Carbon.

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California, had an existing HVAC system that had refrigerant leaks. The existing system was inefficient and unable to provide a comfortable guest experience or maintain optimal humidity levels for safely archiving the museum’s ancient artifacts. With thousands of visitors touring the museum all year long, Mynt needed to execute the project without interrupting operations. Leaks are difficult to repair and other HVAC companies had recommended replacing the HVAC system in full.

Mynt Systems performed a detailed Efficient Energy Management Systems study which was able to find creative ways to repair the aging system and modify it to operate at far lower energy levels than any of the proposed complete replacement alternatives. Mynt Systems recommended an advanced HVAC optimization & control solutions so that the facility uses only a fraction of the energy previously used.

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