Getting to Know the York YVAA Air-Cooled Chiller

If you've spent any time looking into industrial cooling, you've probably come across the york yvaa and wondered if it actually lives up to the hype. It's one of those machines that people in the HVAC world talk about a lot, mostly because it tries to solve the age-old problem of balancing high performance with lower energy bills. It's an air-cooled variable speed screw chiller, which sounds like a mouthful, but in plain English, it's just a very smart way to keep a large building cool without burning a hole in your pocket or the ozone layer. ...

April 29, 2026 · 6 min · Kathi Cababie