Hydromx Named a Finalist for 2022 Urban Tech Forward Conference September 6, 2022 By Jason Karau As our built environment undergoes a massive sustainability overhaul, industry groups seek to identify innovative technologies that help make buildings more resilient and future-proof. And yet another organization has now heralded Hydromx for its energy-saving potential. Hydromx has been named, along with nine other companies, as a finalist in the “Energy Efficiency” category for the 2022 Urban Tech Forward Conference. Each of the finalists will have the opportunity to present their technology at the gathering taking place September 27-28 in Warsaw, Poland. The event seeks to identify the most groundbreaking startup companies in the building industry laying the foundation for more sustainable urban design. A panel of industry experts selected the finalists in each of seven categories. “We are thrilled that Hydromx continues to be recognized for its potential to vastly reduce the energy-intensive operations of buildings worldwide,” says Hydromx Chairman and CEO Berkin Arikan. “We are in tremendous company with our fellow finalists, and we are excited to share the story of our revolutionary nanofluid with the attendees at Urban Tech Forward.” Urban Tech Forward promotes urban sustainability through powerful tech solutions. The forum brings together innovative companies, venture capitalists, developers, lawmakers, and more, to challenge the conventional notions of the spaces where people live and work. Their goal is to fundamentally shift how we build and ultimately make a lasting impact on global infrastructure. This is only the latest industry recognition for Hydromx this year. It has also been named a finalist for an ICIS Innovation Award and recognized by the UK Green Building Council and the NYC Accelerator Program as suitable in their sustainability efforts and standards.
Hydromx Chosen as Finalist for 2022 ICIS Innovation Award July 28, 2022 By Jason Karau Hydromx is proud to announce that it has been recognized as a finalist for a 2022 Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) Innovation Award. These awards are given to companies that display creativity, sustainability, and vision with their advancements in the chemicals industry. The revolutionary Hydromx heat transfer nanofluid was among five technologies recognized in the Best Product Innovation from a Small-to-Medium Enterprise category. Others selected as ICIS 2022 award winners and finalists represent some of the world’s most established, innovative, and well-known chemical engineering firms. “We are honored to be recognized by ICIS and to be in the company of the other extraordinary winners and finalists,” says Hydromx CEO Berkin Arikan. “These awards are highly respected in the chemical industry and it gives us immense pride that ICIS has named Hydromx as a leader in sustainability.” This is just the latest industry accolade for Hydromx’s energy-saving technology. Earlier this year, Hydromx was selected by the UK Green Building Council as a product that can “radically improve the sustainability of the built environment.” It was also chosen by the New York City mayor’s office of climate and sustainability as an official service provider in its program to cut building emissions.
UK Green Building Council Recognizes Hydromx May 18, 2022 By Jason Karau The UK Green Building Council is on a mission to “radically improve the sustainability of the built environment” across the United Kingdom. As a part of this mission, they call on members to submit sustainability challenges and invite the entire building industry to source solutions. In January and February of 2022, they posed a challenge called “Retrofitting Resilience” with the question, “How can existing buildings be made more resilient to climate change, with as little disruption to their occupants as possible, by 2030?” The UKGBC acknowledges that retrofitting existing buildings will play a huge role in limiting carbon emissions. They also stress the need to make buildings ready to handle the effects of climate change that will inevitably occur, regardless of what actions society takes in the near term. Buildings in the future will have to deal with heat stress and more significant temperature variability, along with the increased cost and scarcity of heating fuel, making energy-saving solutions of paramount importance. Among the proposed solutions, the UKGBC judging panel highlighted a handful of technologies that best respond to this challenge, and Hydromx was among them. The UKGBC noted the product’s effectiveness “in a wide range of applications globally, including hospital space heating, commercial space heating and cooling, hospital cooling, heat recovery and space heating in social housing. Hydromx is a retrofit solution for existing systems with no modifications required.”
NYC Accelerator Events: Learn about decarbonizing and local law compliance April 29, 2022 By Jason Karau Hydromx is an official service provider for the NYC Accelerator program. This program from the mayor’s office of climate and sustainability has a goal to make NYC carbon-neutral by 2050. A large part of their efforts is to educate New Yorkers about all their options for increasing energy efficiency, meeting decarbonization targets, and avoiding emissions fines that will be enforced in the coming years. If you are a building owner or property manager, you will need a plan to comply with these local laws. Consider registering for one of these webinars: Building Energy Compliance Seminar: Project Planning and Implementation (May 3 – June 1) This interactive class from the CUNY Building Performance Lab teaches you how to minimize or eliminate carbon emission fines associated with Local Law 97, which caps carbon emissions from buildings over 25,000 square feet starting in 2024. This class helps you determine your current carbon emissions, how to create a plan to reduce them, and how to bring together the financing to get it done. Retrofit Now! Reducing Carbon and Complying with LL97 (Starting May 3) There is going to be lots of talk in building circles about Local Law 97 in the coming years. This webinar series discusses the regulatory context and strategies for retrofits, architectural renovations, engineering strategies and financial assistance. Building Energy Compliance Seminar: Crash Course on NYC Local Laws (May 6, June 8) This free, three-hour seminar will present a detailed overview of greenhouse gas-related local laws that impact most of NYC’s larger buildings. There’s no one-size-fits-all strategy to meet these requirements, so the more you learn about the various codes, the quicker you can get on the road to energy savings and compliance for your building. Click here to read through the NYC Accelerator Service Provider Program Handbook Handbook PDF
NYC Accelerator Accepted Hydromx as a Service Provider to Fight CO² Emission in New York City March 24, 2022 By Jason Karau In 2012, New York City launched the NYC Accelerator program. The mayor’s office of climate and sustainability is working with building owners across its five boroughs to lower carbon emissions. Their goal is to make New York City carbon-neutral by 2050, and buildings account for 68% of the city’s carbon emissions. The experts at NYC Accelerator have outlined several strategies to retrofit older buildings (and equip new construction) with green technologies. They offer building owners a free energy summary report to identify opportunities for energy conservation. Hydromx, the revolutionary heat-transfer nanofluid, has been shown to increase the efficiency of closed-loop heating and cooling systems by up to 40%. It has a proven track record of decreasing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for many kinds of buildings, from offices and schools to healthcare facilities and data centers. Hydromx guarantees a maximum return on investment of three years — and several case studies point to even faster recuperation of costs. Hydromx has aligned its goals as a company with those set forth by COP26, the recent UN Climate Change Conference, and offers clients the least-intrusive way to upgrade existing heating and cooling systems to meet those goals. Contact a Hydromx distributor about reaching energy and climate goals in New York City and beyond. Click here to read through the NYC Accelerator Service Provider Program Handbook Handbook PDF
Hydromx Leads the Way for the New York City Carbon Neutral Effort by 2050 October 15, 2021 By eschmid New York City to go Carbon Neutral by 2050 With an empire state of mind, Hydromx supports New York City’s efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050. An article in The Wall Street Journal notes, the Empire State Building had a goal of reducing emissions by 40 percent over ten years. In fact, through many improvements, the building has achieved this goal far ahead of schedule. Hydromx is now in the landmark’s arsenal of energy-saving changes. Consequently, the Empire State Building specifies Hydromx for all of their heating and cooling loops as the only Heat Transfer Fluid. Innovative Technologies Leading the Way in New York City New York City recently decided to support building code changes to include technologies from four private companies. This change is due to the city’s rollout of the landmark law, limiting greenhouse gases from buildings. In an announcement, the city stated it would consider offering technical support and “prioritized assistance” to help the technologies gain traction in the market. Andrew Rudansky, a spokesman with the New York City Department of Buildings, reported this to Bloomberg Law. Furthermore, under Local Law 97, buildings larger than 25,000 square feet will have to reduce their carbon emissions by varying amounts or face fines, starting in 2024. Stuart Saft, a real estate attorney with Holland & Knight LLP, said the law’s targets are technologically unreachable. Companies with an Empire State of Mind Hydromx, Inc., which has developed a nanofluid for efficient heat transfer in cooling and heating systems. Additionally, Radiator Labs, Inc., a New York City-based maker of a smart radiator cover networked to central boiler control systems. WexEnergy LLC offers custom window insulation panels. Lastly, Zinc8 Energy Solutions provides batteries using zinc and air as fuel. Due to Local Law 97, some New York property owners fear this law will impose high costs they can’t afford. Especially, with the coronavirus driving commercial and residential tenants out of the city. “Climate change is an existential threat to a coastal city like ours, and innovative technologies will help us meet this challenge head-on,” said New York Buildings Commissioner Melanie E. La Rocca.
