Distributed Energy Storage for Air Conditioning

Ice Energy owns a proprietary technology and a field tested product that unleashes the off-peak potential of our nation's electrical grid.  Acute constraints in the grid are caused by our demand for air conditioned comfort. The blackout last summer was graphic evidence  that the grid can’t service the daytime demand for cooling when typically 30% of the energy is flowing to service commercial and residential air conditioning demand. We can't meet the growing daytime demand for cooling yet an excess generation and transmission capacity exists at night.  Ice Energy bridges the gap by filling the valley at night with the peak from the day with an affordable, off-the-shelf, non-engineered energy storage product known as the Ice Bear.

 Ice Energy provides Demand Side Management, Energy Storage, Peak Shaving, and Energy Conservation solutions for commercial buildings ranging from small fast food restaurant chains to box retailers, Elementary schools, branch banks, automotive dealers, military bases and residences.

Ice Energy manufactures an efficient, affordable, off-the-shelf Distributed Energy Storage module that directly offsets the single largest contributor to summer on-peak demand --air conditioning. The technology is good for the environment and it saves money. The Ice Bear offsets the need for new peak power plants and transmission lines and virtually eliminates on-peak air conditioning electric demand by shifting energy consumption to lower priced off-peak hours.

The Ice Bear is the first product to complement the high volume "residential style" unitary (sometimes referred to as central or packaged) air conditioning market. The Ice Bear uses technology common to existing residential and small to medium sized commercial building HVAC design. The local HVAC dealer installs the complete solution which includes standard thermostats, fans, evaporator coils and refrigeration supply lines. Ice Energy manufactures the Distributed Energy Storage module and packages a standard 5-Ton compressor/condenser assembly. Example of a typical installation.

Our customers continue to enjoy the benefits of cooling even during the hottest on-peak summer days without sacrifice, while saving money and reducing air pollution. Ice Energy is an enabling technology for real-time and time-of-use pricing as it allows commercial and residential customers to purchase and receive electricity when demand and prices are low and to later use that energy to produce air conditioning when demand and prices are high. Ice Energy uses a high-efficiency air conditioner condensing unit to make ice during the evening’s off-peak hours. The system provides cooling during the day by seamlessly disengaging the energy-consuming, 5000-watt compressor and replacing it with a small, 100-watt refrigerant pump. One of the many remarkable features of the Ice Bear is that it uses the same amount of energy (or less) in a twenty four hour period. The markets we serve.