Shifts HVAC Energy Demands from Day to Night, Reducing the Demand on the Grid FAIR LAWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CALMAC, a leader in energy storage systems, announced its participation in an energy retrofit project at the City of Encinitas Civic Center that will reduce the center's utility bill by 74 percent. As part of the city's Energy Efficiency Improvements Project, CALMAC provided three IceBank(R) Energy Storage tanks to help the center towards their goal of reducing utility costs and energy consumption. By storing ice at night, when utility rates are far less expensive, CALMAC's IceBank allows the civic center to reduce cooling costs and minimize its effect on the energy grid by shifting energy demands from day to night. CALMAC's involvement in the project began when Xnergy, an engineering, construction and alternative energy leader, proposed the project to the city council and selected CALMAC to help provide cooling to the civic center. Apart from CALMAC's IceBank tanks, the project also includes alternative measures to reduce the civic center's energy use, including solar panels (photovoltaic), natural lighting and lighting controls. Facilitated by the CALMAC tanks, the civic center's greatest cost savings came from shifting the electrical demand from on-peak to off-peak periods.
