The Technology
Shift & Save's Ice Bear® technology works with off-the-shelf commercial air conditioners to cool and save energy. Leveraging the thermodynamic advantages of operating during cooler nighttime temperatures, Ice Bear uses a highly efficient patented refrigeration system to make and store ice at night and then uses the stored ice to cool air conditioner refrigerant during the day. Able to shift 95 percent of the power needed for indoor cooling to off-peak hours, Ice Bear consumes equal or less electricity than a comparable conventional air conditioning system.
The Ice Bear 50 system has a capacity of 50 ton hours of cooling, including 45 latent + sensible and an additional 5 sensible only. The unit provides 7.5 tons of cooling capacity for 6 hours of continuous cooling. Typical configurations are:
- 7.5 ton for 6 hours
- 5 ton for 8 hours or more
- Offloading of 10 ton rooftop unit, where 10 ton unit is oversized due to high rooftop temperatures
- Offloading one stage of a 10, 15, or 20 ton, 2-stage rooftop unit
The Award Winning Ice Bear System
Ice Bear technology has received numerous industry and "green" kudos including:- Flex Your Power Award, California Public Utilities Commission, 2007
- Plenty 20 Award, top companies to change the world, Plenty 20 Magazine, 2007
- Red Herring 100, Red Herring Magazine, 2006
- Most Innovative Energy Management Product Award, 2004 (ASHRAE and ARI)
- Top-10 Green Building Product of 2005 (U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild Conference)
- Gold Award (Federal Laboratories Consortium for Technology Transfer)
- Gold Award (National Association of Seed and Venture Funds World's Best Technology Symposium, 2004)
- Most Promising Company (Venture Fair, 2004, 2005)
