LG VRF System Provides Efficient Comfort for Women’s Center
The shelter was in urgent need of an immediate upgrade
The Orlando, Florida-based Women’s Residential and Counseling Center is a transitional establishment for local women and children who have experienced hardship and are looking for a safe place to temporarily call home. The center operates around the clock to serve the community and provide shelter for those who need it most. After years of helping countless families get back on their feet, the center’s leadership recognized the need for a facility upgrade and put plans in motion to install a new, energy-efficient air conditioning system.
Prior to the renovation, the shelter’s fully concrete building was operating with an outdated water chiller system with leaky pipes and large fan coils. The system was loud, disruptive, energy inefficient, and costing the shelter upwards of $2,000 per month to operate. In hot and humid Orlando, where air conditioning systems are essential for day-to-day comfort, the shelter was in urgent need of an immediate upgrade. In order to continue providing residents with a comfortable place to call home, the women’s shelter needed a HVAC system that would be both energy- and cost-efficient.
The women’s shelter operates solely on raised funds, donations, and grants, so the outdated and inefficient chilled water system was becoming too costly for the shelter to operate in the year-round Florida heat. A more efficient and effective HVAC solution was needed.