Glacier Bay Technology: Energy Efficiency Solutions

We design, develop and build energy control electronics that increase the efficiency and responsiveness of electric drive systems. By creatively controlling generators, compressors and battery management systems, we protect the environment, conserve the use of oil and provide innovative packaging solutions for a wide range of products.

Our focus may be on engineering and manufacturing, but we recognize first and foremost that our technology affects people. It might be the truck driver who can be comfortable sleeping in his bunk without needing to run the engine of his truck. Or maybe it’s the doctor who depends on our designs when she uses an intravascular blood temperature control system. It could be the drill operator who uses less oil when applying our load-following generator. To us, these people are not just our customers. They are the face of energy innovation.

Innovation

Gen Set Engineer

Glacier Bay holds patents, process know how and other Intellectual Property in the fields of energy control and power management. We seek “first mover position” in applying these items to various markets.

Our leading edge designs integrate power generation, distribution and utilization in dynamic, intelligent, self-optimizing products that incorporate variable speed components, load anticipation and intelligent power management at both the component and holistic system levels.

Our technology provides our customers smaller, lighter, more energy efficient solutions to their engineering challenges.

Products

ICU Doctor

We understand the process of software and firmware design and the commercialization steps necessary to make great ideas into great products. Our electronic controls are the heart of differentiation in products ranging from Class 8 truck auxiliary power units, to intravascular blood coolers to load following generators.

We build our own products and provide the energy control technology for our clients' products.

Channels to Market

We build our own products and provide the energy control technology for our clients' products.

We have built our own market channels for Glacier Bay products to provide 24/7 support. We know how to build customer loyalty.

Click here for a list of our ClimaCab Distributors.

Distributor List

GlacierLab

R&D Director

GlacierLab provides focus for our R&D effort and simplification of process for our development partners. We design and develop new products for ourselves and our customers in a manner that tracks the value added to the project at every step of development. Sometimes we choose to commercialize our R&D. Sometimes we don't. But we are always mindful that our development efforts have value to someone out there even if they are not our next new Glacier Bay product or if our clients chose not to go forward. Our process provides a defined value for work done to any point in time which can position you to profit from your engineering efforts.

Reduce Your Idle %

The ClimaCab® electric APU provides 10 hours of temperature control for sleeper cabs without the need to idle your engine. The result is significant fuel savings, improved driver comfort and less engine hours during the truck's trade cycle. Click here to learn more.

Conserving Oil

A Class 8 Truck consumes .8 gallons per hour of diesel fuel while idling at night to keep its driver comfortable in the sleeper cab. Many trucks idle up to 2000 hours per year consuming 1600 gallons of fuel.

Our ClimaCab electric APU eliminates the need to idle the truck's engine. Fleets can save as much as $4800 per truck per year.

Eliminating Carbon

The United States EPA estimates that 22.2 pounds of CO2 is generated for every gallon of fuel consumed. A truck idling 2000 hours a year puts over 17 tons of carbon into the atmosphere.

There are approximately 2 million trucks operating in the United States, half of which are sleeper cabs that typically idle at this level.

Glacier Bay is having a huge impact on the environment by eliminating idling.

Changing Power Generation

The generator set has not changed a lot since its introduction. Most designs run at two speeds -- idle and full rpm -- and are sized for their peak output characteristics.

Glacier Bay is changing that. Our "load aware" power electronics technology actually anticipates changes in the load on a system and varies the engine speed of the generator accordingly. The result is reduced fuel consumption, lighter, small size systems, noise reduction and an overall increase in responsiveness. This "disruptive technology" will change the face of the generator set market.