Thermal Energy Storage Provides More Efficient Cooling for High School
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — CALMAC, a leader in energy storage systems, announced the installation of its IceBank® thermal energy storage tanks at the recently retrofitted Romeoville High School located near Chicago. School district officials worked with Trane and Kenneth J. Kogut & Associates to design and oversee the installation of a partial energy storage system, resulting in a more efficient cooling system for the building.
Replacing the high school’s old 350-ton system, the new partial storage system includes 900 ton-hours of ice storage capacity and a 200-ton air-cooled chiller from Trane. Improvements also include a Trane Tracer building automation system to optimize efficiency of chiller plant operation. To provide smarter, efficient cooling for the high school, the building controls have the chiller charge the ice storage tanks, creating stored cooling, during off-peak hours when electricity costs can be much lower.