Cut your demand charge.
Mesa is a small add-on unit that lowers the most overlooked line on your electric bill, a charge that runs $8,000–$15,000 a year for a typical Western New York commercial building.
Mesa is a small add-on unit that lowers the most overlooked line on your electric bill, a charge that runs $8,000–$15,000 a year for a typical Western New York commercial building.
Check your bill
That's a charge for your building's single busiest 15 minutes of the month. One spike, often on a hot afternoon, sets what you pay for the whole month. On most Western New York commercial bills, it’s listed under Delivery services.
Mesa keeps that spike from forming.
Sample bill, for illustration only
How it works
Mesa is a heat pump, an insulated storage tank and a controller. It charges up overnight and in the early hours, then supplies heat or cooling during your busiest stretch, so less power comes from the grid at the moment that sets your demand charge.
Connects to your existing heating or cooling at one point. Nothing gets replaced.
No building-automation work, no IT project, and nothing changes on your utility account.
Mesa never takes over your HVAC. If it's ever offline, your building runs exactly as it does today.
Pilot program
We're installing a limited number of units in Western New York. Calor provides, installs and runs the unit. Your staff doesn't have to do anything.
We walk the building with your facilities contact and review twelve months of bills.
About 12–18 weeks to build, then roughly five days on site with a licensed HVAC installer.
Calor monitors the unit around the clock and sends you a monthly report.
Questions
Most commercial electric rates bill you two ways: for the total energy you use over the month (kWh), and for your highest rate of use in any 15-minute window (kW). That second part is the demand charge. One busy afternoon can set it for the whole month.
Mesa stores heat or cold during your building's quiet hours, then supplies it during your busiest stretch. Your building draws less power from the grid at the moment that sets the charge, so the peak is lower.
Mesa connects to your existing heating or cooling at one point. Nothing gets replaced, and there are no changes to your controls or your utility account. The free assessment confirms the fit for your building.
Mesa never takes over your HVAC. If it's ever offline, your building runs exactly as it does today.
There's no cost to the site during the pilot: no charge for the unit, delivery or installation. If you keep the unit afterward, any ongoing terms are agreed in writing before the pilot starts.
Commercial buildings in Western New York with a demand charge on their electric bill, such as schools, offices, warehouses and retail, with an outdoor spot about 5′ × 8′ for the unit. Installation takes about five days on site.
Free · No obligation
Tell us about your building. We'll estimate what your demand charge costs you each year and how much Mesa could take off it.
Include your name and building type. Optional: attach a recent electric bill (a photo is fine) for a faster, more accurate estimate. Our address is sales@calor-tech.com.
This page is a summary for discussion purposes and is not a binding agreement or offer. Pilot terms are governed solely by the executed Calor Pilot Site Agreement. Savings figures are modeled estimates based on a representative building's load and tariff. They are not guarantees, and actual results vary. Images are concept renderings.