• PowerCold has designed and developed proven proprietary products that provide the potential for explosive growth in all business lines.
• PowerCold’s patented Nauticon® condenser system is 30%-40% more efficient than existing systems worldwide.
• PowerCold’s proprietary 4-Pipe HVAC system can generate savings of up to 50% for all hospitality clients.
• PowerCold has started to penetrate significant national retail accounts.
• PowerCold has developed a number of strategic relationships with OEMs and HVAC service providers.
• PowerCold has a highly experienced senior management team.
• PowerCold has developed proprietary HVAC coils that incorporate DuPont’s Caltrel® engineered polymeric materials.
Patents and Trademarks
PowerCold’s intellectual property includes four (4) patents awarded and three (3) additional patents pending. The Company has formal Certificate of Registrations from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for both PowerCold® and Nauticon®.
PowerCold derives revenues from 4 main product line applications:
The first is proprietary applications for the HVAC industry, which includes a patented four pipe integrated piping system for large commercial buildings and turnkey HVAC systems for light commercial national chain store applications.
The second is a patented line of evaporative condensers, heat exchange systems and fluid coolers for the HVAC and refrigeration industry.
The third is the design and packaging of custom chiller systems for the HVAC and refrigeration industry.
The fourth is energy products including generators, engine driven chillers and engineering.
High-Rise Office Installation

A total of ten (10) condensers, in skids of two each, were
shipped to an office building in New England, U.S. These
pictures show the shipping, rigging and final installation
of some of the condensers.
PowerCold has established numerous strategic marketing programs:
The National Accounts Program has designated relationships with 22 national chain accounts, including; Cendant Corp, Hilton Corp, Marriott, CVS / Eckerd Drugs, Walgreens, Burger King, Applebee’s, Chick-Filet, Waffle House, Denny’s, Arby’s, 7-Eleven Stores, BP/Amoco, Boston Market, Popeye’s, Starbucks and Brinkers International.
The National Associates Alliance includes relationships with regional engineering firms, architects, general contractors and HVAC contractors that support sales and installations around the U.S.
Strategic Partnerships reflect direct partnerships with major equipment suppliers including York International, Carrier Corp., Trane Corp, Munters Corp., Rheem Corp, Halton Company, Teletrol Systems and OEM Controls.
PowerCold also has strategic alliances with:
- Two major hospitality companies; Cendant Corp and Hilton Corp;
- U.S. government alliances with the EPA and the DOE; and
- A major strategic new product alliance with DuPont for a five year joint development agreement and a five year license agreement for DuPont Catrel® plastic tubing.
The Company first initiated their highly successful marketing and sales program two years ago to create a synergy of products and marketing. This initiative was implemented to establish multiple alliances with other industry vendors to support the Company’s proprietary products and to direct combined marketing efforts to national chain businesses.
PowerCold has created a nationwide network of HVAC mechanical contractors, general contractors, engineers, architects and equipment suppliers to design build and equip new and retrofit building projects with its proprietary HVAC systems.
Over the last 18-months this network of alliances has led to PowerCold’s proposals to 20 national chain customers representing 84 drug stores, restaurants, hotels, extended care facilities and hospitals, with an impressive percentage of these proposals leading to contractual agreements.
Additionally, PowerCold has signed a five-year sales and marketing agreement with the Unitary Products Group of YORK International Corporation, whereas YORK® and PowerCold® will promote their respective HVAC products with joint sales calls to specific national chain customers. York is further supporting the relationship with promotional literature, product specifications, performance software and plant tours. The joint marketing efforts target specific customers and chain accounts including hotels, restaurants, healthcare facilities and pharmacies.
Products and Services
Nauticon®
PowerCold’s newly developed proprietary water-cooled condenser Nauticon® is innovative in design, uses new material technology, is simple to manufacture, and most importantly is 40%-50% more efficient than other traditional technologies that are the industry standard today. They are used for condensers, fluid coolers, subcoolers, and cooling towers. There are over 150 systems installed in the US.
Basically, Nauticon® uses the evaporative properties of water to cool condensing coils instead of air. While it is well documented that water-based systems are superior, the maintenance costs of these systems have historically been prohibitively high for smaller users because traditional water-cooled systems need to be cleaned of scale buildup regularly.
Of the approximately eleven thousand 30 to 300 ton HVAC systems sold in the U.S. during 2002, approximately 98% were air-cooled systems. PowerCold is the first to create a self-cleaning water-based system. Therefore the Company’s system has reduced the maintenance expense to a level considerably lower than even air-based solutions for these smaller systems. Indeed, the combination of efficiency gains and lower maintenance costs have created a strong market demand for PowerCold’s Nauticon® system.
Each Nauticon® can be built in one day and represent a significant portion of PowerCold’s anticipated new business over the next decade. The Nauticon® solution is either sold on a stand-alone basis by reps directly to customers and mechanical contractors, to the leading OEM HVAC providers (Trane, Carrier, York), and as part of the Company’s integrated HVAC design system for commercial buildings and its national accounts and alliances program, both domestic and international.
Agreement with DuPont
For several years now, PowerCold has been operating under a joint Development Agreement and a License Agreement with DuPont Canada, Inc. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours for DuPont’s Caltrel® Fluid Energy Transfer System Applications.
The two companies have been testing the use of new plastic heat exchangers in air condition systems in high humidity environments and have installed 18 plastic coil fluid coolers. The product is similar to PowerCold’s Nauticon® Fluid Cooler, but replaces the copper coils with plastic tubing material. PowerCold management considers DuPont’s Caltrel® polymeric materials as the most advanced technology in the industry for HVAC plastic applications.
During 2004, PowerCold announced the development of a unique fluid cooler of various sizes that incorporates DuPont’s Caltrel® engineered polymeric materials. The plastic does not corrode like traditional copper and aluminum coils. It is lighter, stronger and more portable. Plastic coils adapt well to retrofit for existing installations, and the system can operate both wet and dry.
The worldwide market for fluid coolers is estimated at over $500 million.
DuPont’s Caltrel® Leads to PowerCold's PlexCoil™ Fan Coil
In April 2004 PowerCold applied to the U.S. Patent Office for a patent on its new PlexCoil™ fan coil air handler, a heat exchanger that features modular and flexible designed plastic components. The new vertical and horizontal fan coil air handlers are for use with HVAC applications in commercial buildings. Most commercial buildings use various types of copper and aluminum fan coils for air distribution. The Company’s air handlers are manufactured using PowerCold’s new proprietary PlexCoil™ design that incorporates DuPont’s Caltrel® engineered polymeric materials.
Unlike traditional materials, DuPont Caltrel® plastic does not accumulate encrustation and is not subject to oxidation, corrosion, microbiological attack, or galvanic action. This allows the fan coil to function in hostile environments such as close proximity to salt water, aggressive vapors or corrosive fluids. The plastic coil material can be used in both hot and coldwater situations with the same level of performance.
The major advantages of PlexCoil™/Caltrel® plastic coil over copper and aluminum, again include the non-corrosion, lighter, more portable and stronger qualities; but its smoother surface which does not suffer from rubbing wear produces less air or water resistance. This allows for greater heat transfer for a given coil size, which allows for the use of smaller pumps and fans, yielding energy savings of an estimated 20%-25%.
PlexCoil™ represents a huge market for PowerCold’s new and retrofit fan coils.
Several industry groups estimate the U.S. fan coil market to be well over
$300 million and the global fan coil market to be over $1 billion.
Four-Pipe System for Hospitality/ Extended Care
PowerCold has also developed a unique 4-Pipe System, which is significantly less expensive to install, both in retro-fit situations as well as new construction, than traditional HVAC systems. It also uses the Nauticon® unit. In essence, the 4-Pipe System leverages the existing (or newly built) water lines—hot/cold outgoing and hot/cold return—as the basis for HVAC systems, as opposed to traditional systems, which require that new pipes be run throughout the building just to supply the HVAC system.
Hotels and extended care facilities generally have demanding cooling needs. While traditional in-window or through-the-wall air conditioning systems (PTACs) are still the norm, these systems are loud, ineffective and consume tremendous amounts of power.
PowerCold’s 4-pipe solution can reduce an operators’ power consumption significantly and provide a quieter, more effective cooling system than the current PTAC approach. The costs for the Company’s more efficient system can be recouped in less than two years because of notable energy savings, while the expected operating life of more than 20 years insures continous energy savings for many years to come.
PowerCold recently installed its new Environmental Air Treatment System in a Hilton hotel, the first hotel in the world to provide clean fresh air for every guest room. Continuous fresh air cleanses the build up of damp stale moist air, a major factor that can produce mold and legionella. The Company currently has installed 25 of these systems throughout the U.S., with nine designs outstanding for other larger buildings.
The Company continues to solidify relationships with a number of leading hotel chains, including Hilton (named as preferred vendor), Marriott (installed system in UK), Cendant (preferred vendor for five hotel chains), and currently has various engineering projects for new hotel HVAC systems.
A History of Success
December 2000 - PowerCold licensed the technology patent rights for the integrated piping technology for this heating and air conditioning system from Montana Power. The ten-year technology license provides the Company exclusive, non-transferable U.S. rights to the technology and all related assets.
October 2001 - PowerCold’s patented hotel air conditioning system was selected for an award in the “Hospitality Facilities” category of the 2001 Energy User News Building Awards. The project saved over 54% in electrical consumption and 39% in natural gas consumption in its first year of operation.
December 2002 - PowerCold filed for its own exclusive enhanced related patent, Environmental Air Treatment System, for worldwide use that supports all of the Company’s unique technology including desiccant and solar energy systems. This patented system runs between 40% and 50% more efficiently (i.e., uses less power) than traditional solutions.
June 2002 - Two hotels fitted with PowerCold’s HVAC proprietary 4-Pipe System received the ENERGY STAR award issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award is based on an energy performance assessment tool that evaluates 12 months of energy consumption data. The recognition is given by the EPA to buildings with proven energy management strategies that attain superior standards of efficient energy consumption. The two hotels received the highest ratings ever recorded, 95 and 100.
January 2004 - The EPA awarded a third hotel, a Cendant Wingate Inn hotel that employs PowerCold’s HVAC proprietary 4-Pipe System with the 2003 ENERGY STAR Small Business and Congregation Award.
February 2005 – A new Hilton hotel that opened in St. Augustine, Florida is designed with PowerCold’s proprietary central HVAC system and is the first hotel to use DuPont Caltrel® Plastic Heat Exchangers. The new system controls moisture and provides clean fresh air throughout the hotel including the guest rooms and public areas. The system is expected to operate with utility costs at 50% below the standard systems installed in other hotels.
February 2005 – The Company is working in partnership with Florida’s Energy Conservation Assistance Program (ECAP) to conduct energy audits for the hospitality industry and provide assistance for owners and developers seeking certification in the State’s Green Lodging Program. The Green Lodging Program has been created by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to assist the State’s hospitality industry in reducing operating cost.
Retail/ Restaurants
PowerCold also provides national accounts with turnkey solutions for the design, engineering and installation of complete, efficient HVAC solutions. This group’s services are specifically targeted toward large national accounts, such as hospitality providers and national retailers who typically use standardized HVAC systems across all of their properties.
To take advantage of economies of scale, national retailers and restaurant chains generally choose one HVAC brand (Carrier, Trane, or Rheem) and one design engineer (PowerCold, etc.) to design and install HVAC systems at all of their locations. Once a company is recognized as a provider of choice for the chain, it is used for all locations for both retrofits as well as new construction. Generally, these systems are sized for 10-50 tons, which cost $30,000 to $75,000 each, reflecting PowerCold’s target market.
PowerCold has installed systems for the following chain stores and restaurants:
• Eckerd – PowerCold was a preferred vendor for HVAC systems with 27 installations at Eckerd drug store locations. Eckerd has since been acquired by CVS and PowerCold is now installing at numerous CVS drug stores.
• Burger King – Burger King recently announced that it is going to remodel more than 1,500 franchise locations and build 40 new company-owned restaurants over the next three years. PowerCold has installed its systems in seven restaurants to date, and has been selected as a preferred vendor for HVAC systems.
• Denny’s, Arby’s, and Applebee’s – The Company has installed systems at more than three locations for each of these restaurant chains, and expects to become the HVAC provider of choice at all of their related properties.
• Starbucks – Starbucks has announced that it plans to build more than 700 store locations. PowerCold has submitted designs for the new stores.
PowerCold’s recent new design HVAC plans for:
• 7-Eleven Stores (150+ potential locations), BP-Amoco (100+), Boston Market (40), Chick-Filet, Popeye’s, Walgreen Drug Stores, Waffle House Restaurants, and Brinkers International restaurant chains Chili’s and Eatsie’s (40).
The Company expects significant growth to come from this market channel as these national accounts have announced their intentions to use PowerCold in their new locations along with existing locations as they are upgraded. PowerCold’s systems can generate significant cost savings of 20% to 40% for these national chains.
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