Newsletter November 2015

In top news, Forbes cautions readers that when it comes to energy storage don't leave ice out in the cold. The San Diego Union-Tribune explains that solar + ice could improve air-conditioners. Architect Lowell Tacker, principal at LPA Inc. shares his experience with ice based energy storage. CALMAC's Alamo Height's project is featured in Engineered Systems.

New market research forecasts the global thermal storage market to reach USD $1.8 billion by 2020. In company news, CALMAC CEO, Mark M. MacCracken has been named Distinguished Lecturer by ‪ASHRAE‬. And CALMAC's Director of Energy Solutions joins Trane and Fellon McCord at the Thermal Energy Storage Symposium.

Energy storage news

• Rising demand for cooling technologies threatens Earth of dramatic warming, IBTimes
• When It Comes To Energy Storage, Don't Leave Ice Out In The Cold, Forbes 
• Global Thermal Energy Storage Market to Reach US$1.8 bn till 2020, Industry Today
• Green building advantages that shouldn't be dismissed, CALMAC blog
• What makes energy so expensive for American companies?, CALMAC blog
• Solar-plus-ice could improve air conditioners, The San Diego Union-Tribune
• 4 reasons energy storage will become an essential part of the power grid's ongoing evolution, CALMAC blog
• Solar and energy storage set to bloom, CALMAC blog 
• Energy storage can help the country turn the corner on fossil fuel dependence, CALMAC blog
• CALMAC's Director of Energy Solutions speaking at the Thermal Energy Storage Symposium
• Nuclear power remains controversial as renewable energy attracts a closer look, CALMAC blog 
• CALMAC CEO, MarkMacCracken named Distinguished Lecturer by ‪ASHRAE, ASHRAE Insights
• Support for energy storage in Congress is back on the agenda, CALMAC blog
• Ice storage system helps Texas schools melt away energy use, Engineered Systems
• Two Projects Leverage New and Existing HVAC Equipment to Offer Optimal Returns, Retrofit 
• AHISD Successfully Reduces Energy Costs with IceBank, Cooling India (pg 70)