Energy Dictionary

American Gas Cooling Center (AGCC)

The American Gas Cooling Center, AGCC, and its 140 manufacturer, utility, and other organization members are dedicated to developing sustainable and cost-effective natural gas cooling, humidity control and refrigeration markets. Their activities include technology commercialization support, education and outreach to the building community, and market advocacy at the federal and state level. Thermally activated cooling technologies are key to creating highly efficient building energy systems that use the "waste" heat from on-site generation (or other sources) to provide air conditioning and dehumidification.

Examples of BCHP (Building Combined Heat & Power):
Integrate desiccant cooling systems
Integrate chiller and desiccant cooling systems
Integrate electric chiller and absorption cooling systems
Integrate electric chiller and gas engine-driven cooling systems
Integrate gas engine-driven and desiccant cooling systems
Integrate liquid desiccant cooling and cogeneration systems
Integrate desiccant cold air distribution cooling systems
Integrated absorption cooling and cogeneration systems
Integrate solar-assisted centrifugal chiller, and desiccant cooling and cogeneration systems
Integrate Distributed Power and HVAC Systems