AVP Quotation — condensing-unit pricing across brands
By DigiEntropy Engineering · 2026-02-15 · 6 min read
AVP-format quotations (Aria Verde Pacchetto — the Italian standard for commercial condensing units) used to mean three Excel templates and a calculator. DigiEntropy's AVP Quotation page produces them for any condensing unit in the corpus.
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Commercial condensing units are sold as pre-engineered packages — compressor + condenser + receiver + suction accumulator + electrical panel, all mounted on a common frame. The Italian market uses the AVP (Aria Verde Pacchetto) quotation format as the industry-standard spec template. Other European markets have similar conventions with different names.
The challenge in 2026 is cross-brand pricing — you want to spec the right condensing unit but you also want to know the price across brands so the bid is defensible. Most vendor tools give you their own brand only. The DigiEntropy AVP Quotation page reads the cross-brand condensing-unit catalog and generates AVP-format quotations for any candidate.
1-50 kW - typical condensing-unit size - Qe
A condensing unit (CU) is a packaged refrigeration outdoor unit, all integrated on a frame for outdoor installation. Sized typically 1-50 kW Qe.
60-75 % - street price as a share of list - a typical commercial CU
List price is the vendor's catalog number, street price is what wholesalers actually charge after their margin. For a typical commercial CU, the street is 60-75 % of list.
3 - search modes - category, text, compressor
The AVP page offers three ways to find the right CU: by category, by text, by compressor.
18 - candidates across 6 brands - 8 kW MT cold room on R448A
AVP Quotation → category filter "Vertical-fan CU, R448A, 5-10 kW MT" → 18 candidates across 6 brands.
€1320 - street price of the winner - Frascold ECU 030.4
Frascold ECU 030.4: envelope OK, lead time "4-8 weeks", street €1320. Winner.
5 min - to a defensible spec + quote - the worked example
Total time to defensible spec + quote: 5 minutes.
What's a condensing unit and who buys them
A condensing unit (CU) is a packaged refrigeration outdoor unit — compressor, air-cooled condenser, receiver, electrical panel, and (sometimes) liquid line components, all integrated on a frame for outdoor installation. Sized typically 1-50 kW Qe.
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