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THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE...in the newly deregulated,
privatized and highly competitive electric industry, the
climate has never been more favorable.

Why now? What is Thermal Energy Storage?

Whether you call it deregulation as in the US, or
privatization as it’s known throughout the rest of
the world, things are changing at an unbelievable
pace among electric energy providers. As a result,
thermal energy storage is a technology whose
time has come…a technology with the next
century in mind.
A proven technology that has been utilized for
decades, thermal energy storage takes advantage
of low cost, off-peak electricity, produced more
efficiently throughout the night, to create and
store cooling energy for use when rates are
higher, typically during the day.

THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE...clear cut benefits for

• Building Owners • Energy Providers • and the Environment.
Benefits for Building Owner:
Reduces energy and maintenance cost while increasing property value. It even increases negotiating
power with new Deregulated Energy Providers so you get the lowest rates.

Benefits for Energy Providers:

Reduces peak electrical demand allowing providers to produce more electricity at increased efficiencies while
saving our precious natural resources.

Benefits to the Environment:

Reduced fuel usage means less polluting emissions are released into the atmosphere, ultimately letting us
all breathe easier. In short, Thermal Energy Storage is truly a WIN-WIN-WIN proposition for everyone.

Calmac Thermal Energy Storage Systems let you shift the largest moveable portion
of your building’s electrical load from High Cost Peak Hours to Low Cost Off-Peak Hours.
Typical Electrical Load Make-up Electrical Load Profile with Thermal Storage
1600 Peak Load 1600
1400 1400
1200 600 kW Electric 1200
Cooling Reduction from Peak
1000 1000
800 Pumps 800 Pumps
Fans 600 Stored Fans Stored
600
Cooling Lighting Cooling
400 Lighting 400
200 200
Base Load Base Load
0 0
kW 6am 12pm 6pm kW 6am 12pm 6pm

OFF PEAK PEAK OFF PEAK OFF PEAK PEAK OFF PEAK
$ $ $ $
$$$$ $$$$
The blue tinted areas show the shifted kWh’s, and illustrates the savings created by the purchase of off-peak power.
Hypothetically, on a 600 ton, 300,000 square foot building, where the cost of kW is $10, saving 600 kW per month
translates to a savings of $6,000.
How does an Ice Bank® Thermal Energy Storage System work?
The system that Calmac has pioneered
over the years utilizes a standard pack-
aged chiller to produce ice during the
night, which is built and stored in modu-
lar tanks. This stored ice provides
cooling the following day to meet the
building’s air conditioning load requirement.

In short, an Ice Bank system does more

with less. These systems not only dra-
matically reduce the use of peak period,
high-cost energy, they also can reduce Thermal
Energy
total energy usage by 10%.
Storage

An Ice Bank system reduces the size of

the buildings Air Conditioning equipment Energy, generated by the utilities more
including chillers, cooling towers, pumps, efficiently at night, is used to make ice.
and electrical service. For instance, with
an Ice Bank system, a 100 ton chiller is
able to do the job of a 200 ton chiller in a
conventional system, which adds up to
significant savings. The residents don’t
notice any difference, while the building
owner saves both money and energy.

Ice Bank®…the Thermal

Energy
essential part of Storage
an energy efficient
building. The following day, the stored cooling is
utilized to cool the building.

What types of buildings can benefit from Thermal Energy Storage?

We have placed thousands of Calmac Ice Bank • Offices • Schools • Arenas • Hotels
systems into operation in over 30 countries
• Churches • Large Retail Stores • Hospitals
around the globe. Whether in new construction,
or as part of an expansion, retrofit, remodel or • Restaurants • Supermarkets
chiller plant rehabilitation (such as CHC phase-out
• Data Centers Emergency Cooling
programs), they successfully meet the cooling
requirements of: • Batch Type Industrial Processes
Installation options and overall costs
Siting our modular Ice Bank Tanks is simple.
They may be placed above ground, below ground,
on the roof, even stacked to save space. We
can accommodate whatever configuration best
suits your site with a flexible, low maintenance,
unobtrusive and quick installation.
When incorporated at the design stage in new
construction, thermal energy storage has initial
costs comparable to traditional systems. Many
installations achieve a net initial cost savings when
compared to other choices.
In cases of expansion, retrofit, or remodeling, the
upfront costs for the tanks are rapidly offset by the
savings in purchasing energy at the lowest possi-
ble rates. Most organizations see full payback in
two to five years.
Storage options
There are two basic design strategies with
Thermal Energy Storage; full or partial
storage. Each offers different advantages.
Full storage, as the name implies, fully shifts
all of a building’s cooling load to off peak hours.
While initially more expensive to install, full storage
normally offers the greatest savings over time.
Partial storage employs a chiller which is approxi-
mately half the size a conventional installation.
During the night it stores cooling; during the
following day, that stored cooling helps meet a
portion of the building’s load while the downsized
chiller handles the rest. Partial storage is often
chosen for many new projects because it is very
first cost-effective.

Interested?
Give us a call. If the concept of thermal storage intrigues you, get all the facts on how a Calmac Ice Bank
system can translate into big savings for your building while better utilizing your power provider’s capabili-
ties and cost structures and improving our environmental quality.

Calmac Thermal Storage systems keep some of the World’s Best Companies Cool…

Head Office (Johannesburg) – Airco McQuay Air-conditioning

39 Webber Street, Selby 2001, PO Box 260480, Excom 2023
Tel: 011 493 0169, Fax: 011 493 7660
Email: sales@airco.co.za, Tech support: ray@airco.co.za
Sales manager: alan@airco.co.za, Applied prods: graham@airco.co.za