Thermal Storage: A Tool For Energy Savings In Hybrid HVAC Systems
For the most part, the TES market has been restricted to larger applications, which often have skilled people capable of investigating and evaluating equipment choices. However, the energy managers of institutions and larger companies are increasingly receptive to equipment with economic advantages beyond "first cost."
What makes the situation particularly daunting is that the same experts who are predicting large increases in the future demand for energy are also predicting peaks in the energy production levels of many oil and natural gas fields around the world. Our own country is projected to virtually deplete its supply of crude oil in 50 years, even if we develop the newly discovered Alaskan oil field at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Figure 1).