1. 2016 Maintenance Innovation Challenge
Resilient Integrated Power, Heating, and Cooling System
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Make resilient power, heating and cooling affordable for every building.
Lower installation, maintenance, and 75% lower operating cost than conventional approach.
Maintenance schedules, service procedures and operation similar to conventional HVAC systems
BENEFITS
Energy security provided in single package
Without solar field:
Immediate payback
Lower initial cost than heat pump + back-up generator + uninterruptable power supply.
40% lower energy cost than conventional heat pump
With solar field:
75% energy cost reduction
6 year payback (without Federal tax credits)
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION
Combined cooling, heating, and back-up power
Runs on solar thermal, photovoltaic, natural gas, or grid power
Switches to lowest cost energy source.
Heating from natural gas provides co-generated electricity at 2.5 ¢/kw-hr.
Prototype unit provides 15 tons cooling/heating, 7 kWe back-up power.
Hermetically sealed,
dual-cycle system.
OPERATING COSTS BENEFITS
Savings By Region – Solar Option (From DOE BLCC Program)
Example Operational
Cost Savings
Newark, NJ
With Federal Tax Credits