The Sempa Hybrid Heating System™ is the result of 4 years of development by Sempa's founders who have dedicated the majority of their careers to reducing fuel costs and reducing green house gas emissions. Combining a detailed understanding of local rates and tariffs for energy use (fossil and electricity), Sempa builds automated solutions that switch between power sources to minimize consumption costs. In many cases Sempa solutions can reduce energy costs by up to 30% per year while also substantially reducing green house gas emissions.
Sempa Hybrid Heating System™ monitors energy use and makes use of off-peak electricity to displace higher cost fossil fuels. Due to the volatility of both fuel costs and building demand, Sempa provides real time monitoring and will where need be communicate automatically with heating system controls to ensure that the heating system is using the most cost beneficial energy source.
When compared to organizations that are using standard fossil fuel sources for heating, a Hybrid heating system will provide increased efficiency which can result in savings of up to 30% per year by taking advantage of under-utilized electrical capacity that exists as an artifact of traditional rate structures.
Most large commercial buildings are candiates for hybrid heating. Sempa can quickly analyze your existing utility bills and create an estimate of savings. Please contact sales@sempapower.com for more information.
The Sempa Hybrid Heating System™ is ideally suited as a solution for buildings "where people sleep." This includes hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, prisons, and apartment buildings.
Larger commercial office buildings are also often good candidates and many industrial process buildings are outstanding candidates.
For more information contact sales@sempapower.com.
It takes approximately 4 to 6 months from the point of initial contact with Sempa to complete an implementation.
Sempa works closely with its customers to design and deliver solutions that maximize operational cost reductions, significantly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and result in a substantial reduction of energy consumption. Sempa has devised a dual-pronged approach to help its customers achieve these goals. The approach includes:
Most jurisdictions in Canada allow a landlord to purchase electricity at a bulk rate and resell it to customers. In most cases, the price charged to customers is required by regulation to be equal to or less than the price that the customer would have paid the utility. Account amalgamation generally results in savings of approximately 20% with no change in use. This technique requires the installation of customer-owned Measurement Canada-certified meters. Sempa installs meters, and using its Energy Management System provide customers with power bills for tenants. This process allows the capture of significant savings, while also allowing for the reconciliation of the utility meter account.
This patent pending system has been developed by Sempa and uses off-peak electricity to displace fossil fuels for heating. Cost savings of 10-30% are typical.
Sempa Hybrid Heating solutions are actively monitored and updated by the Sempa Energy Management System. Sempa monitors the pricing of electricity, natural gas, oil, propane (and steam) and other fuel sources in real time. Depending on geographic region, and other relevant data, Sempa will provide ongoing communications with local controllers to provide up to the minute demand and cost information.
Sempa has a number of clients benefiting from its approach to Sempa Hybrid Heating Solution™. See the Case Studies for more details.
Sempa Hybrid Heating Systems deliver the same amount of heat to buildings as before the system was installed — we just deliver the heat more efficiently and cost effectively. Building users (guests) experience no difference in building performance.
Green house gas emissions are dramatically decreased using the Sempa Hybrid Heating System™. In some cases, customers have realized reductions of up to 80% per year, but typical reductions are 30 - 50%. Sempa has saved over 3000 tonnes of green house gas emissions for its customers in the last year.
Sempa Hybrid Heating System™ will typically provide simple paybacks of less than 3 years and typically provide an IRR of greater than 30% per year.
Sempa works with financial institutions, including chartered banks to provide 100% non-recourse lease financing. Leasing and principal costs are repatriated using saved proceeds from existing operational budgets.
Sempa offers shared savings programs under which the system is installed at nost cost to the customer. Under a contract, Sempa receives a share of actual savings to defer the cost of the system — leaving the customer with a share of the savings, with no capital <> and no risk.
