Project Profiles
One of our core commitments at Highland West Energy is customer satisfaction. We are dedicated to ensuring you receive the most efficient smart boiler system for your project that delivers unbeatable savings and an unmatched ROI. Here are some of our most recent projects and how much each is saving with a new CHP system:
AmericInn, Rexburg, ID
ANNUAL SAVINGS: $9,622 ROI: 2.9 years
APPLICATION: Hotel SQUARE FEET: 35,000
Just 90 minutes from Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, AmericInn – Rexburg is a 65-room home away from home. It features a large indoor pool and hot tub, a 1,500-square-foot conference room, and several themed guest rooms. In 2014, the inn’s three boilers were leaking water and barely able to keep up with demand. Highland West was invited to perform an energy savings assessment and showed how much the inn could save by using CHP. We removed the boilers, and replaced them with two EC Power XRGI units. A Noritz in-line water heater for redundancy completed the installation.
Annual Utility Savings: $9,622
Return On Investment: 2.9 years
Annual kW Savings: 175,240
Annual CO2 Reduction: 123 metric tons – equivalent to removing 26 cars from the roads
System: Two EC Power XRGI 22.5 kW CHP
Electrical Output: 38 kW (derated from 45 kW for altitude)
Thermal Output: 14-38 kW
Thermal Load Met: 100%
Electrical Load Met: 66%
The Riverside Hotel, Boise, ID
ANNUAL SAVINGS: $192,934 ROI: 4.3 Years
APPLICATION: Hotel SQUARE FEET: 300,000
Situated in downtown Boise, The Riverside hotel sits on 14 acres of gardens as it winds along the scenic Boise River Greenbelt, a 25-mile paved trail that follows the beautiful Boise River. The Riverside features 300 spacious guest rooms, 15 large meeting rooms, two restaurants, two bars, a fitness center, as well as an outdoor heated pool, hot tub, and splash pad. When it comes to amenities, The Riverside has it all. However, with an aging boiler system, The Riverside needed a new answer to keep up with its high electrical and hot water demands. After performing a free savings assessment, Highland West Energy determined that a 2G Patruus 400 kW CHP would best serve the hotel’s needs. Now, with the CHP in place, the hotel is enjoying more reliable electricity and hot water as well as annual utility savings over $190,000.
Annual Utility Savings: $192,934
Return On Investment: 4.3 years
Annual kW Savings: 3,121,363
Annual CO2 Reduction: 2,194 metric tons – equivalent to removing 463 cars from the roads
System: Two 2G Patruus 400 kW CHP
Electrical Output: 363 kW (derated for altitude)
Thermal Output: 499 kW
Thermal Load Met: 76%
Electrical Load Met: 88%
Towers II, Rexburg, ID
ANNUAL SAVINGS: $11,580 ROI: 5.6 years
APPLICATION: Student Housing SQUARE FEET: 75,000
Located in downtown Rexbug, the Towers II project offers 75,000 square feet of the most modern housing and amenities a student could ask for. The building features a game room, 24-hour gym, assigned underground parking, spacious rooms complete with two fridges and a washer/dryer, and enclosed hallways for added security. The building owners also operate the slightly older Towers I housing project. As they were designing this new building, they needed it to be more efficient and less expensive for the students in order for it to be even more desirable in a highly competitive student market. Two Qnergy 7.5 kW micro CHP units deliver most of the building’s electrical load and enough thermal energy to keep their water hot – with enough left over to power a convenient snow melt system for all its walkways.
Annual Utility Savings: $11.580
Return On Investment: 5.6 years
Annual kW Savings: 11,578
Annual CO2 Reduction: 8.1 metric tons – equivalent to removing 2 cars from the roads
System: Two Qnergy MCHP 7.5 kW CHP
Electrical Output: 15 kW
Thermal Output: 28-72 kW
Thermal Load Met: 40%
Electrical Load Met: 78%
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Highland West Energy
Corporate Office: 2336 West 5200 South, Rexburg, ID 83440 | 2300 N Yellowstone Highway, #28, Idaho Falls, ID 83401
