Our Company

NextEnergy is a leading designer and marketer of innovative green energy solutions for the North American market. Through the development of technologies including geothermal systems for the home, NextEnergy understands the value of high quality product and providing a professional, consistent level of service from planning to implementation.

NextEnergy was founded in 1998 and is based out of Elmira, Ontario. Our company founder has built a legacy as a geothermal pioneer with a total 250,000 career installations across North America.

NextEnergy is proud of its relationship with ClimateMaster, the largest geothermal manufacturer in the world, and looks to continue offering the ultimate green energy experience.

NextEnergy offers a good life through green energy, now and for future generations.

Dave Hatherton, NextEnergy CEO

Company founder Dave Hatherton has been involved in the development of geothermal energy for over 25 years.

Mr. Hatherton is currently CEO of NextEnergy Inc. He was recently awarded the 2007 Lifetime Leadership Award by the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition.

In addition, Mr. Hatherton brings the following credentials to NextEnergy:

David Hatherton has been a leader in the domestic & international geothermal, renewable and energy efficiency industry for over 25 years. In 1980 he founded Earth Systems Inc., which trademarked the WaterFurnace in Canada and the USA, becoming the world's largest distributor of geothermal systems.

In 1983 Mr. Hatherton, with Dan Ellis (now President of ClimateMaster) expanded WaterFurnace into the U.S., co-founding WaterFurnace International (WFI). As the leader of many ventures, in all facets of geothermal technology, Mr. Hatherton was to shape and increase awareness and acceptance of Geothermal energy technology while WFI became the world's largest researcher, marketer and manufacturer of geothermal heating, cooling and domestic hot water delivery systems.

Randal Palach, President

Randal Palach has spent 30 years working in a wide variety of business environments. As a senior executive, he has extensive experience managing corporate structures and evolution in companies ranging from Astral Communications ($200 million in annual sales and 4,000 retail clients), to ITW ($225 million in annual sales and 700 dealers), and Unisource ($250 million in annual sales). Mr. Palach has been instrumental in the success of a number of multi-million dollar companies, supervising distribution and dealer networks, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, eCommerce, team-building, and restructuring. He has also developed seed business plans and raised funding for startup companies across Canada.

Randal's employment history includes:

Leadership and Innovation

Founded in 2000, NextEnergy Inc. has emerged as the Canadian leader in the marketing and distribution of geothermal systems. We are a Canadian company with a comprehensive inventory of the finest quality geothermal products available, stocked conveniently in our warehouse in Elmira, Ontario.

NextEnergy guarantees the ultimate in year-round comfort and savings with cost-effective, efficient and clean geothermal solutions for the home.

Authorized Dealers: The BEST Service, Training and Experience

NextEnergy is dedicated to geothermal education – for the public and for our dealer network. We have developed the most advanced geothermal training program coinciding with the CGC certification standard for all of our dealers.

NextEnergy is widely recognized for its leadership in geothermal systems and technology. Our experience and technical expertise, our products, and our dealer network are second to none. Unlike some heating and cooling companies, NextEnergy is specifically focused on geothermal systems for the home. With over 25 years experience, our position as leader is well established.

We are committed to innovation in geothermal technology, to its improvement and to its growth as a source of home heating in Canada. Why? Because it works. It is clean, renewable and efficient. Geothermal is not just environmentally friendly, it is proven successful as a significant energy-saving method for heating and cooling. Geothermal offers a real alternative to many homeowners struggling to make ends meet.

At NextEnergy we also believe in education and helping consumers to fully understand the value of geothermal systems, how they work and the ease with which they can make a difference to personal energy use, comfort and sense of independence.

Dave Hatherton, NextEnergy CEO

Mr. Hatherton is currently CEO of NextEnergy Inc. He was recently awarded the 2007 Lifetime Leadership Award by the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition.

In addition, Mr. Hatherton brings the following credentials to NextEnergy:

David Hatherton has been a leader in the domestic and international geothermal, renewable and energy efficiency industry for over 25 years. In 1980 he founded Earth Systems Inc., which trademarked the WaterFurnace in Canada and the USA, becoming the world's largest distributor of geothermal systems.

In 1983 Mr. Hatherton, with Dan Ellis (now President of ClimateMaster) expanded WaterFurnace into the U.S., co-founding WaterFurnace International (WFI). As the leader of many ventures, in all facets of geothermal technology, Mr. Hatherton was to shape and increase awareness and acceptance of Geothermal energy technology while WFI became the world's largest researcher, marketer and manufacturer of geothermal heating, cooling and domestic hot water delivery systems.

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NextEnergy Home Offices

A Green Building Success

NextEnergy's national headquarters combine energy efficient construction with geothermal technology and renewable electricity, to create a "green building" with zero greenhouse gas emissions, and still maintaining an indoor environment that is the ultimate in comfort.

Our building operates so efficiently that the incremental capital costs of the geothermal system, combined with the building efficiency upgrades and wind-generated electricity, still give the building a competitive life cycle cost when compared to conventional systems.

A Model for Commercial Buildings

Information gathered from the operation of our building will facilitate the design and implementation of holistic building designs that will make wind/geothermal energy hybrid buildings less expensive on the first day of occupancy than any building using a conventional source of energy. These buildings will produce very low and predictable increases in energy costs that provides a "renewable energy insurance policy" against increasing energy uncertainty.

The Warehouse

1. • Floor is a cooling sink for office cooling loads, mixed with earth loop to optimize in-floor cooling temperatures using only pump watts not compressor watts.
2. • 50% of all energy used in domestic hot water production is recycled
3. • Domestic hot water primarily from de-superheaters and on-demand geothermal from NextEnergy heat pumps
4. • Large 50' X 6' skylight and translucent loading dock doors allow sunlight in and assist in warming the building and reducing the lighting needed during the day.
5. • On-site "Weather station" collects weather data specific in real time to facilitate an on-demand heat loss/gain profile to show real time energy generation from the earth loop and the wind energy consumed.
6. • 10" pipe runs underground into building for fresh air supply, which is connected to an 85% efficient Heat Recovery Ventilator. (Running it underground ensures the entering air is at a neutral temperature.)
7. • Earth loop can operate in series with in-floor to provide passive cooling combined with forced air humidity control to lower energy consumption in cooling by approximately 80%.

The Main Floor

1. • 25,000 sq. ft. building heated and cooled using geothermal
2. • Ground source loop made of 25,000 ft. of 3?4" geothermal pipe
3. • 100% of electric energy consumed in the building is purchased from Select Power, generated by Sky Generation, a wind turbine located on the Bruce Peninsula.
4. • Office and warehouse have in-floor heating and cooling. Piping is installed at 6" centres to allow a reduction in circulating in-floor fluids at lower temperatures than conventional in-floor systems to take advantage of the inherent efficiency/capacity gains of water to water geothermal heat pumps.
5. • Office flooring made with pre-cast foam insulated concrete to help with in-floor heating process giving a R20+ insulation value between floors
6. • Co-efficient of Performance (COP) approach 5 in the office and 6 in the warehouse.
7. • ClimateMaster Tranquility 27 heat pumps with ClimaDry reheat/passive cooling coils allow passive cooling with forced air dehumidification.
8. • Lighting is provided by T8 instant-on, hi-efficiency lights, using less energy while providing superior lighting. Smart occupancy sensors turn off lights when no one is in the room.
9. • Zero combustion within the building creates an offset of greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to approximately 75 cars annually.

The Second Floor

1. • Insulation is a combination of cellulose, fiberglass and Styrofoam: R46 in the ceiling, R36 in the walls throughout, and R14 under the floor.
2. • Systems are controlled and monitored by a web-based computer program that monitors, manages and displays instantaneous energy produced by the geothermal loop and the wind power being consumed. This data is "live" online and reflects the actual "real time" loads and consumption of all components in the building.
3. • "Time of use" electrical rates are optimized by ramping down our energy consumption during high energy cost periods without adversely effecting building temperatures and occupancy comfort.
4. • A Heat Recovery Ventilation system uses fresh air supplied through an Earth Duct 100 feet long to temper incoming air in the winter and summer.

Partners

University Of Waterloo
Habitat For Humanity

NextEnergy funds University of Waterloo Scholarship

Local company steps forward to support students and geothermal research Elmira, ON - April 22 - NextEnergy Inc. today announced that it is funding a University of Waterloo scholarship for an outstanding student engaged in the study of sustainability and geothermal engineering.

The scholarship will be granted to a graduate student starting in the fall of 2009.

"We are very pleased with this new initiative," said Leo Rothenburg, Acting Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. "We truly appreciate this kind of support, which benefits our students and adds to national efforts to drive global environmental research. It is important for us, and for Canada."

The idea of a scholarship first came up in June 2007. Randal Palach, President of NextEnergy, could see the potential of geothermal in Canada?s energy future and the link to study and resources at the University of Waterloo were a natural first step to making this region a prime mover in renewable technologies.

Harold Albrecht, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Conestoga commented, "Geothermal energy will be a key source of power in Canada?s future. NextEnergy?s scholarship at the University of Waterloo will help ensure that this industry deploys Canadian-made technology; here in Canada and around the world." "Reaching out to the University of Waterloo was a natural move," said Palach. "We are seeing the success of new geothermal technology in the marketplace today, and we know that in the future the potential is only going to grow. Supporting research and leading the integration of renewable energies, like geothermal, into main stream education is critical."

Local Habitat Affiliates NextEnergy announces national partnership with Habitat for Humanity Canada

Donation of geothermal systems, expertise will improve sustainability

NextEnergy's national partnership with Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Canada enhances Habitat's ability to build sustainable, energy efficient homes for low incomes families across the country.

The partnership is a 5-year, multi-faceted commitment. Every year for the next five years NextEnergy will donate a fully installed geothermal heating and cooling system for use in a newly constructed Habitat for Humanity house. In addition, all Habitat for Humanity Canada affiliates will benefit from a NextEnergy national program.

Protecting the environment and employing sustainable building practices is an issue that is increasingly important to Habitat for Humanity in Canada and for Canadians in general.

"We're thrilled to have this program in place," said NextEnergy President, Randal Palach. "We have long admired the work of Habitat for Humanity and most recently for improving sustainability in their homes, particularly from an energy standpoint. It feels great to be working together to help them achieve their goals."

Individual homes leveraging a NextEnergy geothermal system will boost energy-efficiency by up to 70% and reduce green house gas emissions by up to three tonnes per year. Important, particularly for low-income families, energy efficient homes heating with geothermal reduce homeowner costs, a tremendous improvement to affordability.

"Low-income households face real challenges in maintaining affordable shelter due to the impact of increasing utility costs, often coined as 'Energy Poverty'," said Stewart Hardacre, President and COO for Habitat for Humanity Canada. "Next Energy's support for sustainable building practices through this partnership will help us provide more sustainable and affordable homes to families in need, lowering the cost of energy and maintenance ultimately helping us to reduce our impact on the environment." continues Hardacre. Harold Albrecht, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Conestoga commented, "This generous contribution by NextEnergy will not only lower construction costs incurred by Habitat for Humanity Canada. It will make heating costs more affordable for families in need, and lower Canada's carbon footprint. We are blessed to have such a good corporate citizen in our community." Another important aspect of the NextEnergy commitment includes training and education sessions for all Habitat for Humanity Canada affiliates in the form of webinars, and regional visits for one-on-one sessions. NextEnergy Dealers, friends and family can also help financially, contributing to affordable, sustainable homebuilding through the NextEnergy fundraising Campaign.

Please visit www.nextenergy.ca/habitatforhumanitycanada.html to contribute. Both organizations look forward to realizing the benefits of their partnership in the coming years and are continuing to explore ideas for future programs.

About Habitat for Humanity Canada

Habitat for Humanity Canada is a national, non-profit organization working for a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. The mission of the organization is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty. Habitat for Humanity Canada was founded in 1985, consists of over 35,000 volunteers and 72 affiliate organizations from coast to coast, and is a member of Habitat for Humanity International which spans 93 countries, has built over 300,000 homes, and is now building a new home every 10 minutes.