PhoneSmart’s Green Design Contest Judge #1

Presenting one of the PhoneSmart Green Design Contest Judges,

Mr. Jim Whitesides, Owner of Ace Storage.

Ace Storage currently has three self storage locations in Illinois and three locations in Missouri. Jim’s former career was in the energy trading and marketing industry, and Jim has also run a startup company with a unique technology for renewable energy.  As such, Jim has had an interest in bringing renewable energy and energy conservation to the self storage business.

Jim’s commodity trading background was in the energy field, and in the late ’90′s there were electricity disruptions that caused many to become increasingly concerned about the traditional utility’s ability to keep up with growing electricity demand.  An opportunity came about to advance the cause by taking to market a technology that utilized heat – from any source – to produce electricity for homes and businesses while reducing or eliminating dependence on the power grid.  The technology could utilize heat from the sun in a traditional solar way, or could use waste heat generated by air conditioners, commercial cooking/baking processes, or any of a number of sources as the starting point for producing zero-emission electricity and reducing bottlenecks in the transmission grid – and doing so economically.  Jim is still very interested in applying this type of technology to the self storage industry – the cost savings are substantial, and the nature of our self storage buildings provides ample roof space.

Stay tuned for more of PhoneSmart Green Design Contest Information.

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Disclamer: This entry is intended to promote our partner StorageMart and some or all participants received compensation.

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