Intellihot 2024 Embrace Electrification Heat Pump Water Heater User Guide

2024

Environmental Impact

REPORT

Message from Sri

In 2009, a flood in my basement led me to re-engineer water heating with the ultimate vision of complete energy sustainability. With our launch of the world’s first tankless heat pump water heater (the Electron Series), we are closer than ever to our true purpose.

By allowing commercial facilities like hotels to meet their gigantic hot water needs with precise energy use, our products have saved 12.3 billion pounds of CO2 emissions as of 2023. We look forward to share the progress we’ve made in exciting new directions that position us for creating a lasting impact through electrification.

Our products disrupt the industry, not people’s lives. Built in the heartland – from a manufacturing facility in Galesburg, IL. – our products ensure that customers aren’t forced to trade sustainability for utility. This would not be possible without our team of 100+ altruistic professionals whose collective dedication helped us get recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators by Fast Company.

While it gives me immense pleasure to reflect on our successful impact so far, Intellihot’s perspective has always been future-oriented. We are geared up to advance electrification and extend the dividends of a sustainably abundant future that a public school has already started experiencing.

We hope you are as excited about our mission to leapfrog into a sustainable, dependable, and innovative future.

Sridhar Deivasigamani
CEO & Founder
sridhar@intellihot.com

Company Snapshot

BEST
WORKPLACES FOR
INNOVATORS
2023

TECHNOLOGY | INTELLIHOT

103 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES

As of 2023, Intellihot employed 103 full-time employees across multiple departments from engineering to production. Our efforts at creating a sustainably abundant workforce were acknowledged by Fast Company, who recognized Intellihot as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2023.

Marissa Willits
HR Director

“Intellihot’s commitment to sustainability and creating efficient energy transformations for the climate is built into our organizational philosophy. We seek out individuals to join our team who are passionate about innovation, green energy technology and sustainability. This helps ensure we’re building a team of Clim-Tech champions who are not only focused on intelligent consumption, but passionate about it.”

Designed in the Heartland. Built for the World.

O ur award-winning innovations are designed and built in Illinois, USA. Our corporate headquarters in the Greater Chicago Area celebrated its first anniversary in 2023. Our manufacturing facility in Galesburg, IL. is being upgraded with an expansion to manufacture our revolutionary electric heat pump products.

1. OUR SALES & SERVICE NETWORK

2. HQ 40 Minutes
   Distance from our new corporate HQ to O’Hare Airport in Chicago.

3. 100,000 sq.ft.
   Manufacturing Facility in Galesburg, IL.

Endless Progress is a Joint Mission.

Every Intellihot unit in operation saves carbon emissions. Endless Progress is a joint mission. As of 2023, Intellihot and its customers have saved 12.3 billion pounds of CO2 emissions by choosing ondemand water heating.

12.3 Billion Pounds CO 2

12.3 billion pounds of CO2 emissions saved by Intellihot products as of 2023.1

1.24M Gas Cars

1.24M gas-powered cars generate the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions annually that Intellihot’s customers saved as of 2023.1

6.7M Acres of Forest

6.7M acres of American forests sequester the same amount of CO2 that Intellihot’s customers collectively saved.1

1.05 Billion Therms

1.05 billion therms of energy saved by Intellihot units as of 2023.1

1.085M Homes

1.085M American homes’ annual electric usage generates the same amount of CO2 emissions that Intellihot’s customers saved as of 2023 collectively.1

74K Fuel Trucks’ Full

Burning 73,545 tanker trucks’ worth of gasoline would generate the same amount of CO2 emissions that Intellihot’s customers collectively saved as of 2023.1

U se only as much as you need: that’s intelligent consumption. All of Intellihot’s water heaters only consume energy when hot water is needed. Apart from a commercial-grade, on-demand design, they feature multiple smart controls that improve efficient usability. On the other hand, most commercial facilities still use traditional boilers. These giant tanks consume energy all-day long, year-round to keep stored water hot. Intellihot’s consumers can save up to 70% on operational expenses, compared to traditional hot water systems.

Intelligent Consumption is Easy to Understand.

One Heat Exchanger.

27 Cross-Country Trips.

Our energy-efficient heat exchangers at the heart of our product line are a result of our modular approach. A single heat exchanger – combined purposefully with others – begins to define our larger units. This modular approach allows us to scale our intelligently efficient technology for every commercial application.

DID YOU KNOW?

If you operated a single Intellihot heat exchanger in place of a comparable traditional tank-type water heater for 1 year, you’d save the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions that 27 gasoline-powered trips from Maine to California would generate.2

30,000+

As of 2023, more than 30,713 Intellihot heat exchangers are in operation. They have operated for a combined total of 1.4 billion hours as of 2023.

Intelligent Consumption is challenging to innovate.

I ntelligent consumption is simple to understand but challenging to innovate. Water heating technology hasn’t evolved much beyond placing a pot of water over a fire. Since 2009, Intellihot has mastered the science of on- demand water heating to make intelligent consumption possible for one of our most common utilities. Our units can detect outgoing water temperature 20 times every second. That’s how precise our system is at sensing and adapting to changes.

A brief history of how we’ve mastered on-demand water heating:

 After founding Intellihot, the heat exchanger and controls were invented first.

 Intellihot launched the world’s first modular tankless units (iQ751 and iQ1001) with autonomous masterless controls and connectivity.

Intellihot launched the most powerful tankless water heater in the world in 2016. The iQ1501 can power a 150-room hotel by itself.

Intellihot broke its own record by launching the iQ3001 and the iQ2001: now the world’s most and 2nd most powerful tankless units respectively.

Intellihot brought digitization to existing water heating systems by launching telliBot_AI: a water heater failure forecasting service.

Intellihot introduced on-demand technology to heat pump water heaters by launching the Electron Series – the world’s 1st tankless heat pump water heaters.

The Future is Electric.

The Future is Here.

We launched the world’s first tankless heat pump water heater in 2023.
The Electron Series presents the most viable path for commercial properties to embrace electrification. It transfers thermal energy from ambient air to heat water on-demand, without any storage. By eliminating storage tanks and providing guaranteed sizing with confidence, the Electron Series is a much- needed disruption of traditional water heating methods.

The Electron was recognized for Chicago Innovation’s Climate Champion Award.

Water heating can account for up to 25% of all energy use in some commercial buildings. 3 50% of buildings’ heat is generated by fossil fuel sources.4

The Electron absorbs heat from ambient air, using electricity much more efficiently than electric resistance units.

High efficiency heat pumps are projected to save 4.16 to 9.29 gigatons of CO 2 reduction potential.5

The Electron combines the efficiency of heat pumps and an on-demand approach, making it the fittest product for electrification.

Alternative Refrigerants are projected to save 43.5 to 50.5 gigatons of CO 2 reduction.6

The Electron uses the R744 refrigerant which has zero Ozone Depleting Potential and the lowest Global Warming Potential of 1.

Thermal energy storage is much more cost-effective than storing power for heat applications. 7

The Electron Series features a revolutionary thermal battery that can store heat for future use in a much more cost-effective manner than traditional boilers.

a) Level zed cost of heat (steam) for selected technologies 1
USD/MWh
b) Gas boiler
c) Gas boiler with CCS2
d) Hydrogen boiler
e) Biomass boiler
f) Electric boiler with Li-ion battery
g) Heat pump with Li-ion battery
h) Electric baler with TES
i) Heat pump with TES

Feature Install

Public School Embraces Electrification

A public school is embracing electrification. It is the first ever site to install a tankless heat pump water heater. More schools in the district plan to install the Electron soon. The site’s choice of a sustainably abundant future has started to show dividends from day 1.

The graph below shows the average energy input (in kWh) by day of week for the school. By choosing a tankless heat pump water heater for their hot water needs, the site has saved approximately 9,000 pounds of CO2 emissions within the first 3 months of use.

Average Energy Input ( in kwh ) by Day of the Week

A Positive Sign For Heat Pump Adoption

O ne of the challenges facing mass-scale heat pump adoption is the unpredictability of their performance. This school presents a positive sign along this front as the project was sized completely by Intellihot’s six- dimensional heat pump sizing tool: the first of its kind.
Guaranteed, quick, and user-friendly sizing for heat pump technology will be crucial for rapid electrification.

Tom Rose
Applications Engineer
“Intellihot has simplified heat pump water heater sizing, paving the way for a greener future. Our team has worked tirelessly to develop an accurate and user-friendly heat pump sizing tool. This public school gave us an opportunity to confirm our tool’s accuracy for a historically unpredictable technology. We are excited to decarbonize more hot water systems and meet our customers’ real-world needs with Intellihot’s groundbreaking technology.”

The Ecorrcrate

Intelligent consumption begins the moment you unbox.

The moment you unbox our latest innovation – the Electron iE1, you’re unpacking a fully recyclable box made of corrugated lumber. These boxes are reusable and 100% recyclable. Not a single watt or crate is wasted when you choose the Electron.

Wooden shipping containers are discarded and end up in landfills.

The Electron is shipped in a container made out of paper and cross- laminated corrugated lumber.

These shipping containers are fully reusable.

At the end of their useful life, the containers are recycled and repulped.
The recycled pulp is used to make paper for more containers. 9

End-to-end energy sustainability: its possible.

I t is possible to close the loop when it comes to our energy consumption as well. Starting with our gas products’ on-demand intelligent consumption, we’ve made giant strides towards our vision of using cutting-edge technology to reduce environmental impact.

With our newly-launched heat pump range’s revolutionary thermal battery, we are eager to begin building a world where energy is renewable, reusable, and recyclable.

1 https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
2 https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
3 https://www.esmagazine.com/articles/102681-three-reasons-commercial- buildings-should-install-tankless-water-heaters
4 https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/sustainability/our%20insights/net%20zero%20heat%20long%20duration%20energy%20storage%20to%20accelerate%20energy%20system%20decarbonization /net-zero-heat-long-duration-energy-storage-to-accelerate-energy-system- decarbonization.pdf
5 Godin, S. (n.d.). In The Carbon Almanac (pp. 158­159).
6 Godin, S. (n.d.). In The Carbon Almanac (pp. 158­159). essay.
7 https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/sustainability/our%20insights/net%20zero%20heat%20long%20duration%20energy%20storage%20to%20accelerate%20energy%20system%20decarbonization /net-zero-heat-long-duration-energy-storage-to-accelerate-energy-system- decarbonization.pdf
8 https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/sustainability/our%20insights/net%20zero%20heat%20long%20duration%20energy%20storage%20to%20accelerate%20energy%20system%20decarbonization /net-zero-heat-long-duration-energy-storage-to-accelerate-energy-system- decarbonization.pdf
9 https://ecorrcrate.com/

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References

• Shipping Crates | Wood Shipping Crate Alternatives | Ecorrcrate
• Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA

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