Newsletter August 2014

According to Bloomberg.com, Goldman Sachs is using CALMAC’s energy storage tanks to cool its New York City office. Rocky Mountain Institute's new video explains that we need distributed storage such as ice storage (HVAC). And CALMAC CEO Mark MacCracken explains to Breaking News (formerly AOL Energy) how energy storage is like throwing a party. Don't miss the interesting infographic on what’s needed to stay cool at work included with the article.

In other news, CALMAC released the results of St. Lucie School District’s energy cost reduction strategy using ice enhanced cooling. Learn how this school district saved up to $5 million in utility costs. CALMAC also announced the launch of its new website, Calmac.com. Last but not least, CALMAC employees happily volunteered with the Habitat for Humanity ‘Repair, Rebuild, Restore’ Sandy Restoration Program. See the photos.

• Press Release: St Lucie School District Uses Energy Storage to Save up to $5 Million in Utility Costs

• Press Release: CALMAC launched a new website to educate global building professionals on ice-based energy storage

• Infographic: How is energy storage like throwing a party?, Breaking Energy
  

• Video: Amory Lovins, Renewables and Energy Storage

• Case Study: LEED Case Study on CALMAC, YRG

• Case Study: Florida schools raise efficiency grades with IceBank technology, Engineered Systems

• Archives: Thermal storage “Movin” on up in Dallas, Engineered Systems

• Quiz: What You Don't Know About Air Conditioning, National Geographic

• Phasing out Fossils: Big Companies Using Thermal Storage to Meet Carbon Rules, Renewable Energy World

• Financial firm shows investment savvy with ice storage installation, CALMAC
  

• Goldman’s Icy Arbitrage Draws Interest to Meet EPA Rule, Bloomberg News

• US utility Con Edison chooses storage over billion-dollar substation project, PV Tech

• Mississippi State- An important storage project on many levels, CALMAC 

• 3 ways thermal energy storage can help buildings stay cool, CALMAC

• CALMAC Team Build Day, CALMAC facebook

• Reducing Peak Demand With Thermal Energy Storage, HPAC Engineering

• Peak-to-average electricity demand ratio rising in New England and many other U.S. regions, EIA

• Energy storage can help flatten ‘duck’ curves, CALMAC website, CALMAC

• Con Ed goes big on efficiency, The Energy Collective

• Ice storage helps manage energy demands at zoo in Toledo, OH, CALMAC

• Ice Storage Plant at WEB reaches next milestone, CALMAC facebook

• Averting dangers of climate change with renewables and energy storage, CALMAC

• Better energy storage and grid “defection” may soon upend utility industry, Environmental Defense Fund

• Energy Storage Website Launched for NY Building Owners, Energy Manager Today

• Thermal energy storage stores wind power on college campus in Ireland, CALMAC

• Having Trouble Swallowing the EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules? Just Add Bacon, RollCall

• California Approves $415M for Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Wind and Turbines, Greentechmedia

• Energy storage assets, a viable tool for EPA's new Clean Power Plan, CALMAC

• IPCC assessment report