Design Build Systems (DBS) has been actively involved in exploring cost-effective, combined cooling-heating-power trigeneration (TG) and medium- to low-temperature generated ice thermal energy storage (TES) system applications for buildings that are lower cost and user-friendly when dealing with the highly variable load demands of multi-tenant occupancies, often requiring simultaneous space heating and cooling requirements.
During initial client discussions held at the schematic design phase on an unusual multi-use, multi-building application, our client expressed a preference for reducing the greenhouse emission (GHG) eco-footprint of both their planned Phase 1 and 2 building projects. That is, provided it could be demonstrated to be cost-effective on a life-cycle-cost (LLC) basis along with equivalent operational benefits and demonstrable annual energy cost-savings.