The award is presented to projects that utilize innovation and unique design to improve the state of practice of energy-related engineering in Los Angeles. Nostromo’s IceBrick Innovation Centre - encompassing a 1400 kWh energy storage installation- is open for visits by appointment.

As buildings move to become more sustainable, air conditioning remains a significant roadblock, constituting up to 70 percent of a building's peak energy load. In Los Angeles, air conditioning in commercial buildings accounts for approximately 35 percent of peak electricity demand, creating substantial strain on the urban energy grid and increasing reliance on fossil fuels.

Installed at the iconic Beverly Hilton, Nostromo’s carefully implemented project involved retrofitting the 69-year-old building into a state-of-the-art Grid Interactive Asset, during which 300,000 pounds of IceBrick cells and supporting hydraulic and electric equipment were brought in through a 3-foot corridor and installed in a refurbished old boiler room. Read More