Category: HVAC

Ice Air: Geothermal’s Energy-Efficient Future In the heart of Brooklyn, an ambitious new project called Alafia is rising as a beacon of resilience, health, and sustainability. This wellness-oriented development, part of New York State’s Vital Brooklyn initiative, is set to transform over 25 acres of decommissioned public land into a thriving community hub. Ice Air’s Geothermal Heat Pumps are playing a critical step in aligning with Passive House standards used…

Ice Air and Steven Winter Associates Super-efficient, compact heat pump solution that doesn’t strain the grid. BOOST: NYSERDA investment $255,000 BREAKTHROUGH: Traditional heat pump designs often require back-up electric resistance heating on cold days, which is inefficient. Ice Air, a manufacturer located in Westchester County, NY, and Steven Winter, a building efficiency consultant agency, with an office in Manhattan, commercialized a package terminal heat pump (PTHP). The PTHP avoids the…

This is JUST what your specifications need: a compact and versatile, iCool XC engineered with advanced heat pump and inverter technology. And, with requisite R-32 refrigerant for optimal performance under a wide range of construction and climate conditions, we would love to help you make this part of your next project!

Buildings generate the most global carbon emissions annually. Energy use makes up ~30% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions, while embodied carbon adds up to ~10%. Architecture 2030 challenges architects to design more energy efficient buildings, but the impacts of the systems installed can be significant. Mechanical equipment, delivery, refrigerants, and refrigerant leaks are commonly excluded from life-cycle analysis studies, so we don’t know the full extent of their impacts.…