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Strategic Alliances

ICAX Ltd has established strategic alliances with:

Mitsubishi Electric which provides heat pumps and other equipment and advice incorporated into ICAX Skids
Rehau which provides equipment for ICAX Asphalt Solar Collectors, Thermal Banks and underfloor heating

ICAX is a renewable energy specialist which is pleased to have worked on Interseasonal Heat Transfer projects, with the following parties:

 

Links

BBC London News Toddington demonstration clears ice from roads using interseasonal thermal storage
BD Building Design online Featured Interseasonal Heat Transfer™ in Amanda Birch's article "Going Underground"
Carbon Trust Accelerating the move to a low carbon economy
Carbon Trust Award To demonstrate that buildings can be heated without burning carbon
CHAM Pioneering CFD Software for Education and Industry
Flowsolve Experts in computer modelling of heat migration using Computational Fluid Dynamics - CFD
Hertfordshire County Council Commissioned Howe Dell School
Highways Agency Commissioned the Toddington Demonstration project
Howe Dell School The first building in the world to benefit from Interseasonal Heat Transfer™
Misawa Environmental Technology Co Misawa has constructed a road in Japan to demonstrate ICAX IHT™
Reg Balmer Websites Website Designer
Solex Energy provides an innovative range of roof tiles and slates incorporating integrated solar collection - pitched roof solar collector
TermoDeck® uses the thermal storage capacity of the building´s structural mass to regulate the internal temperatures.
TermoDeck ventilation systems work well with Interseasonal Heat Transfer at Howe Dell School
Tarmac supplies TermoDeck® in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
TRL Transport Consultancy Research, consultancy for transport. Project manager for the Toddington Demonstration

Government and advisors

Design Council incorporating Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment - improving the quality of life through design
DECC Department of Energy & Climate Change
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Earth Energy Systems Canadian Government detailed Buyer's Guide to commercial GSHP
Energy Hub Project part funded by the EU under its FP7 programme: District Heating, Cooling and Power
Environment Agency Aims to look after the environment

General information

AECB - the sustainable building association
BSRIA BSRIA is an independent consultancy providing specialist services in construction, building and testing
BREEAM The world's most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings
British Geological Survey Natural Environment Research Council
Building Research Establishment BRE - Building a better world
Carbon Disclosure Project Major corporations aim to reduce greehouse gases
Centre for Sustainable Energy Promoting sustainable energy policy and practice
CIBSE The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Forum for the Future A charity committed to encouraging sustainable development
Green Building Press Information and publications to help you create healthy and ecological homes and buildings
GreenSpec The UK construction industry's guide to 'green' building design, products and construction
GSHPA The Ground Source Heat Pump Association
How ground source heat pumps work
Public Architecture Promoting good practice and expertise in public sector construction
Renewable Energy Association The REA promotes the use of sustainable energy in the UK
RIBA Bookshops The latest books on architecture, design and construction
RIBA Royal Institute of British Architects
RICS The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Building Centre Independent forum providing information on the built environment
SCALA Society of Chief Architects of Local Authorities.
SCEME Society of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers serving local government.
UK Green Building Council aims to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment.

Links on Climate Change

BBC News Green Room News updates on planet earth, climate change, population growth
Hadley Centre is leading international research into the effects of climate change
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Links to academic papers which refer to ICAX and Interseasonal Heat Transfer

Operational Efficiency of Domestic Heat Pumps Ewan Spence, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Geothermal Heat Pumps - Sustainable Heat Energy Andrejs Staris, VIA University College, Horsens, Denmark

Links to other sites which refer to Interseasonal Heat Transfer

Characterization of the Operational Efficiency Of a Domestic Heat Pump
Solar Ground Energy Mike Moseley's thoughts
Sustainable Cities Preparing towns and cities for a changing climate
Low Energy House Energy Saving - Thermal Insulating - Renewable Energy
The Renewable Energy Centre Saving money, saving energy and saving the planet.
Simply Renewable promotes renewable energy products and services for new buildings.
Wikipedia Wikipedia on Seasonal thermal stores

Links to other sites which refer to Interseasonal Heat Transfer - in French

Stockage Intersaisonnier published on Enerzine
Le stockage de chaleur inter-saisonnier par Matthieu Savina
Le journal des élèves du Mastère Spécialisé OSE edition décembre 2011

See also: Glossary of terms used in Renewable Heat

See also: Glossary of Heat Pump terms

See also: Renewable Energy Options | Renewable Heat | Renewable Cooling

See also: How ground source heat pumps work