Company: Intellihot Inc., Vernon Hills, IL
Company Description: Intellihot manufactures and sells highly efficient tankless water heaters for very large commercial properties like hotels, helping them reduce their emissions, operational costs, space, and maintenance needs. Intellihot is the proud innovator of the world's first tankless heat pump water heater, among several other patented inventions that advance sustainability with economic value.
Nomination Category: Achievement Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Achievement in Technology Innovation
 Nomination Title: Electron iE1
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the nominated organization's technology innovation achievements since the beginning of 2022, OR written answers to the questions? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video:
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization's history and past performance (up to 200 words):
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Intellihot manufactures innovative tankless water heaters for commercial properties, and has 50+ awarded patents with several pending.
- 2009: Intellihot founded, R&D kickstarted
- 2014: World's 1st modular tankless water heaters launched
- 2018: World's 1st and 2nd highest-output tankless water heaters launched. Marriott hotels names Intellihot its brand standard.
- 2021: telliBot_AI launched: world's first water heater failure forecaster, which won the Edison Big Innovation Award that year.
- 2023: Intellihot launches the world's 1st tankless heat pump water heater which won Chicago Innovation's Climate Champion Award. Intellihot also won Fast Company's Best Workplace for Innovators award that year.
Here are all the accolades that Intellihot has won since its inception: https://www.intellihot.com/accolades/
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2022 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
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- Gas water heaters are unsustainable. Electric resistance is inefficient. HPWHs' performance has been uncertain: properties need large storage tanks. These tanks have 100s of gallons of water that is kept hot constantly.
- Launched in 2023, Electron Series is the world's 1st tankless heat pump water heater. The sustainable system is 420% efficient, saves space and costs, simplifies installation and maintenance, and guarantees sizing.
- Electron is the only heat pump water heater that does not need storage tanks or external equipment like swing tanks and mixing valves.
- Guaranteed online sizing for commercial properties of any scale in 24 hours. Other heat pump water heaters require meticulous sizing calculations and planning.
- Plug-n-play design for easy maintenance: heat pump units slide out and are sent to Intellihot's network for quick, safe repairs. Other products need on-field HVAC personnel.
- The Electron won Chicago Innovation's Climate Champion, and the 2023 Edison Award for Commercial Technology.
- The Electron was installed in one of several planned [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION] public schools: a move that will drastically reduce the public schooling system's carbon emissions and OpEx, apart from incurring other government and large-impact sites to move away from gas-powered water heating.
- The product was named as one of the best products of the largest HVAC show, AHR in 2023. [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION]
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):
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- Other manufacturers have launched heat pump water heaters before. With bans on natural gas very likely in the future (NY and California have already started implementing restrictions), heat pump technology is poised to be the only viable commercial water heating technology.
- However, every other heat pump water heater requires a storage tank. Storage tanks increase the space needs, upfront costs, and operational expenses as well. Storage water heaters run constantly to keep the stored water hot, unlike tankless' on-demand approach.
- A heat pump's performance is difficult to predict as it changes with ambient temperature. This means, customers need to overspend on systems with higher output: which means bigger storage tanks.
- Due to this uncertainty, commercial properties need weeks/months to size a product in their property with coordination from 3rd party engineers and contractors. Intellihot's Electron can be sized online instantly. And the sizing is guaranteed. This is possible due to Intellihot's properietary 6-dimensional heat pump calculator.
- Other heat pump products need personnel with HVAC licenses to maintain which most plumbers do not possess. Intellihot's HVAC components can be slide out by regular plumbers ike a casette and sent for repairs in a controlled environment.
- The Electron uses a CO2-based refrigerant that has the lowest global warming potential, and zero Ozone Depleting Potential, unlike most other products.
- The Electron can be optionally powered by solar, unlike others.
- The [REDACTED FOR PUBLICATION] school installation will propel heat pump technology due to its government-affiliation unlike any other competitor's efforts.
- Optional: Reference here any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and explain how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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