[SPN-Discussion] NY Funders breakfast May 14: Chi Sage Systems: A Robust, Modular Heat Pump Technology for New or Exiting Buildings. Call-in available

[Gelvin Stevenson]

Greetings,

 

                 Most heat pumps for large buildings have to drill deep into
the ground or be attached to water. Chi Sage Systems' technology can us all
forms of water, including ocean water and even sewage,  to provide heating
and cooling at higher efficiencies than standard systems, with energy cost
reductions of up to 75%, and minimal capital investment. While there are
multiple heat pump and heat exchanger products in the market, this is the
only one able to utilize raw wastewater and salt water.  

 

                  Chi Sage's ability to use the pre-existing geothermal
loop, i.e. the wastewater system, allows it to be the only provider of
significant HVAC energy cost reductions to existing or new large commercial
buildings in urban areas. The cost structure, as a result, is favorable,
allowing for paybacks of below seven years, and often less than five.

 

                  Chi Sage owns all existing and future patent rights for
this unique system outside of China, where the technology has been proven
since 2003 in over 5 million square feet of built and is planned for another
55 million square feet new construction.  JinDaDi manufactures the systems
in an ISO 9000 facility in China, and provides Chi Sage with design,
installation, and operational support.  This is the third generation of the
system, and Chi Sage's ownership extends to all future generations of the
technology.   

 

Key product features of the Chi Sage water-based HVAC/hot water system
include:

.         Flexibility: Provides heating, cooling, hot water, chilled water
and refrigeration in any combination, eliminating chillers, cooling towers,
gas furnaces and boilers, reducing maintenance costs and releasing floor
space. 

.         Inexpensive: Minimally capital intensive. This contrasts sharply
with geo-thermal systems, which, because of their complex installation, have
limited application and can be up to 300% more expensive. In addition, Chi
Sage will install the system under a Power Purchase agreement, with an
immediate energy cost reduction of approximately 15%.

.         Modularity: Modularity of multiple smaller units provides
redundant back-up systems and maximizes the ability to track the energy
curve.  Scalable for any building from 25,000 square feet to large
multi-building developments up to several city blocks, such as the current
Tianjin project in China.  

.         LEED score: LEED building score may increase by 22-33 points,
solely based on applying Chi Sage's technology, making it the only option
for an existing building to become LEED certified economically.

.         No regulatory risk: Requires no special municipal license;
standard plumbing permits for HVAC systems apply. Philadelphia and Dallas
had already pre-approved Chi Sage's technology.

             The system's flexibility opens it to a very large market.
Projects in development include institutional, commercial office and
residential uses of about 10 million square feet with annual utility bills
of $14 million. The technology is especially effective for developments with
simultaneous heating/cooling and energy intensive uses, such as hospitals,
hotels and data centers. Sewage treatment plants and co-generation heat and
power plants also have advantageous applications and Chi Sage is in
discussions with two engineering firms that manage or consults to over 300
plants.

 

Please register at www.ceepinc.org. Note that we now offer call-ins. Once
you have registered, and pay the $25 fee, we will send you the number and,
before the meeting, a copy of the presentation slides.  

 

Call-ins are now available. After you have registered (also at
www.ceepinc.org and before 5pm on Wednesday, please), we will send you the
phone number and, when available, the presentation slides. There is a $20
fee. 

 

Please contact me with any questions.

 

Regards,

Gelvin 

 

Gelvin Stevenson, Ph.D.

Program Director 

Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.

212-222-4369

917-599-6089

 

Venue: 8:00am (presentation begins at 8:30am) at Dickstein Shapiro, LP, 1633
Broadway, 32nd floor, btwn 50th & 51st streets

 

 

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