[SPN-Discussion] Please register today for a special NY Funders breakfast this Friday, May 14: A New Heat Pump Technology and the Director of a new Energy Center

[Gelvin Stevenson]

Call-in available. 

 

[See below about the Special Guest from the new International Center for
Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability ( I-CARES) at Washington
University.)

 

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%. 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. That means ease of installation and a constant
75o heat source. 

 

                        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, Low Cost, Modularity, LEED score and No Regulatory
Risk.

 

                        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. 

 

Himadri B. Pakrasi, PhD and Director, I-CARES

 

Before the main program, we are honored to have a brief presentation on a
new and emerging organization with shared goals: Himadri B. Pakrasi, PhD and
Director, I-CARES (International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and
Sustainability--http://i-cares.wustl.edu/), will describe this new
institution's mission and activities.  

 

I-CARES was created in 2007 to encourage and coordinate university-wide and
external collaborative research in the areas of global renewable energy and
sustainability. A key initial goal of I-CARES is to foster institutional,
regional and international research on the development and production of
biofuels from plant and microbial systems and the exploration of sustainable
alternative energy and environmental systems and practices.

 

Please register at www.ceepinc.org or email donna at ceepinc.org with your
contact information and you can pay at the door. 

 

Call-ins are 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 $25 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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