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Sofame Directors Will Be at AHR Expo in Dallas
Robert Presser (514) 893-3297 ACME Booth 2308
Sham S. Ahmed (514) 294-5541 Dectron Booth 2579 |
Sofame Ships Heat Recovery System to MaineGeneral Health
MONTREAL, January 22, 2013 - Sofame Technologies Inc. (TSXV: SDW) (OTC.PK: SFMGF), a leading manufacturer of industrial environmentally efficient condensing water heaters and cost effective heat recovery systems for traditional boilers, has recently delivered its Percotherm® system to MMC Contractors National Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, which was awarded the design/assist plumbing, medical gas and HVAC services contract, along with a local partner, Johnson & Jordan Mechanical Contractors. The Sofame heat recovery system is for the new $310 million, 617,740 square foot MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, Maine. Start-up and calibration of the system will now proceed. The hospital is scheduled to open in the spring of 2014 (http://www.ournewhospital.org ).
Sofame's ultra-efficient water heating equipment is already used in hospitals across Canada and in the United States. The Percotherm® has been awarded numerous prizes, most recently from ASHRAE in 2011. MaineGeneral is the second hospital in the Unites States to adopt Sofame's ultra-efficient water heating and boiler efficiency solutions. The first was Capital Health's Regional Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey, which operates a Sofame Steam Pump®. Sofame systems fully conform to new boiler efficiency guidelines established by the American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers in the ASHRAE report titled "Advanced Energy Design Guide for Large Hospitals" published in 2012 (Page 203).
Customer interest in Sofame's solutions has been growing in the United States since 2007 when marketing formally began. Sofame systems have been installed and are operating in major American universities, international pharmaceutical manufacturers including Astra Zeneca, which has received an EPA Energy Star award for energy efficiency at its plant in Newark, Delaware, and at international food processors in Hershey, Pennsylvania and Battle Creek Michigan. (www.sofame.com )
According to Mr. John Gocek, Sofame's President, "Sofame's products reduce energy costs significantly, and help to curb emissions of CO2 and NOx. Systems now running in the United States are what new customers needed to see. These objectives have been achieved during the severe recession, and without any bank financing. Our investors, customers and trade partners have been patient, and we expect the company's performance to continue improving."
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John Gocek Jason Stone
President & CEO (416) 867-2526
(514) 523-6545 x200 jasons@stoneco.com
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Sofame Reduces CO2 Emissions and Fuel Bills:
Power Generation Applications
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An exciting new opportunity for Sofame is the way that direct contact technology has been applied to electric power generation. The U.S. electricity market is the world's largest, comprising one-fifth of both global demand and power plant capacity.
With natural gas prices at historic lows compared to all other fuels, many utilities are converting to gas-fired turbines which are about 40% efficient. In a well-run power plant generating electricity, steam and cooling for air conditioning, co-generation brings efficiency up to 70%. Sofame can take that number up to 99% if there is a need and a use for hot water at 135ºF. The potential additional fuel savings of 29% represent a corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions.
Today, institutions, universities, hospitals and industrial plants are also opting to generate their own electricity due to the availability of clean-firing gas turbines. This trend led Siemens and Alstom to build gas turbine plants in the United States to meet the demand. Since the demand for electricity is ever on the rise, Sofame's direct contact heat recovery technology can cost-effectively help reduce the impact on the atmosphere. |
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