Air Curtain Energy and CO2 Savings

What's the ROI? How much CO2 is saved?

Energy and CO2 Savings Calculator for Berner Air Curtains

If the space inside the open door is conditioned, then Berner air curtains are saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions.

Two calculators to explore:

  • Try the Simplified version for a quick energy and CO2 savings estimate.
  • Looking to go more in-depth?  The Advanced calculator allows you to customize many of the inputs for a more specific energy and CO2 savings estimate.
Looks like you've come from the Berner Air Curtain Selector, so we grabbed your model and selection data and pre-filled it here as much as possible. Model(s) copied over:
About project Tell us a bit about the opening and in what part of the country.
Nearest location to your project
Location
Door dimensions
Width in
Height in
Do you have a Berner Air Curtain model?
No? No problem, we’ll use some popular choices for this door size.
Estimated time the door is open
Hours per day hours
Days per week days
Operating Hours
About project This is really about the climate & utility costs, which we need to understand in order to calculate how much heating and/or cooling escapes through an open door.
Unit of measure
How do you want to enter the weather data? The BIN data was created using Typical Meteorological Year 2nd Edition (TMY3). It consists of weather data collected over a range of about thirty years, for a specific location. The range provides averages used in energy calculations.
Use national weather data (BIN)
Enter your own seasonal data
Enter your own monthly data
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Humidity (%)
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Nearest location to your project
Elevation at project location ft
Calculate savings for
Building energy source
Heating
Electric, Commercial Rate
Electric, Industrial Rate
Natural Gas
Oil, $/Gallons
Oil, $/Barrel
Cooling
Electric, Commercial Rate
Electric, Industrial Rate
Natural Gas
Utility cost at project location When using the National Weather Data option the average utility costs provided are obtained from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. They can be overwritten with your own local utility rates. If entering you own weather data provide your own local utility rates.
Electric* ($/kWH) USD
Gas* ($/Mcf) USD
Oil* ($/Barrel) USD
Type of power
About your door One door? Multiple doors? Not a door, but a window or an opening? For the purposes of this calculator, we refer to all openings as doors. A project may have more than one door, and thus, more than one air curtain. Enter information on your first door, if there are more, click "add another door." You can compare several air curtain models per door.
Add Another Door
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Results/Project Summary for Heating & Cooling
Total Energy Savings
— per year (USD)
Total MMBtu Saved
— per year
Total CO2 Saved
— Tons per year**
Total Payback Time
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Operating Costs
— per year
Equipment Costs
— project total
Installation Costs
— project total
Heating Energy Saved
— per year
Cooling Energy Saved
— per year
Loss w/o Air Curtain
— per year (MMbtu)
Data Used in Calculations:
Utility Rates — Electric ($/kWH) — Gas ($/Mcf) — Oil ($/Barrel)
Setpoints
* Energy savings calculations include motor operating costs based on electrical utility rate. The Berner Effectiveness Rating is a numerical scale representation assigned by Berner to its products to illustrate their effectiveness relative to each other. Berner applies penalties to product performance based on mounting height, opening location and the products ability to resist wind.
** Total CO2 Saved as calculated by the EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
Disclaimer

Berner International LLC Air Curtain Energy Savings Calculator (ESC) generates a payback period that is based on loads calculated from generalized customer input, TMY3 weather data, and ASHRAE calculations. Air curtain efficiency used to determine this payback period is based on generally accepted theory, laboratory and field tests. All results derived from ESC are for estimation only, actual payback period may vary. Berner International LLC is not responsible for variations in performance, input data, and payback, that may include and are not limited to site conditions, misapplication, energy costs, installation, etc.

Energy savings calculations include motor operating costs based on electrical utility rate.

The Berner Effectiveness Rating is a numerical scale representation assigned by Berner to its products to illustrate their effectiveness relative to each other.

Berner applies penalties to product performance based on mounting height, opening location and the products ability to resist wind.

The "generic air curtain" performance is based on the typical effectiveness of generally accepted performance achieved from a properly applied air curtain at conditions conducive to an air curtain solution.

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