Ice Energy Provides Hybrid Cooling Systems For Facilities In Southern California

November 15, 2007 – Vol.12 No.34

Ice Energy Provides Hybrid Cooling Systems For Facilities In Southern California.

Nine Ice Bear systems are operational and combined they will reduce the facilities' peak load by 85 kW. Further, the systems will reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by 33 tons and nitrogen oxide emissions by 90 lbs, the equivalent of taking approximately 10 cars off the road each year.

Ice Energy's Ice Bear products shift the largest component of residential and commercial peak demand power -- air conditioning -- from expensive peak times of the day to off-peak periods, when energy is less expensive and less polluting. The Ice Bear unit makes ice in off-peak periods that is used to provide air conditioning at peak periods. The Ice Bear(R) system is approved as an optional compliance measure for California's Title 24 building energy efficiency standards.

The facilities with the Ice Bear systems are operations owned by Manheim California, a provider of vehicle remarketing services, and Cox Communications, one of the nation's leading media companies and providers of automotive services.

The Manheim Ice Bear installation will take advantage of the Anaheim Public Utility's peak shifting incentive program. Through the program, Manheim will receive a rebate to cover a majority of the initial costs of the systems. The company will also be enrolled in a Time-of-Use rate structure that delivers ongoing savings for the reduction of peak demand. As a result, the Ice Bear units will help Manheim California save an estimated 27 percent on its annual electricity bill.

The Cox Communications Ice Bear system in San Diego is at a repeater station housing critical broadband communication equipment that requires continuous high-performance cooling. The Ice Bear units will provide cooling, even throughout power loss events, using only a fraction of the power normally required.

Manheim and Cox Communications both participate in Cox Conserves -- a national corporate program that includes Cox Enterprises' six major subsidiaries. That program enables and encourages Cox's 80,000 employees and families to engage in practices that reduce energy use and promote sustainability. Since 2000, Cox Enterprises has reduced its energy consumption by 10 percent while growing at nearly 12 percent a year. The goal of Cox Conserves is to reduce its energy consumption by an additional 20 percent by 2017. (11/15/07)

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