Energy Consulting & Feasibility
Every engagement begins with a free consultation. We model your site, your load, and your financing to find savings that often reach well beyond energy.
Start herePalm Springs · Alternative-Energy Consultancy
Clean energy, born of the desert. stored for the peak. cooled with zero water. powered by the sun.
PhaseSave is the desert's alternative-energy consultancy — solar, thermal storage, and resilient microgrids, engineered for measurable ROI and absolute resilience.
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Since 2004
20+
Years advising on clean energy
$42M+
In projects advised
15+
Countries & territories served
0
Gallons of water in our cooling
Our Practice
Consulting, sales, engineering & development.
One trusted partner from first phone call to final commissioning — with custom financing and only vetted contractors along the way.
Solar
From small off-grid self-install kits to large institutional arrays — residential & commercial grid-tied, demand response, and solar heating & cooling.
Thermal Storage & PCM
PhaseStore™ modular storage shifts cooling load off-peak and recycles heat. Advances in phase-change materials have opened this field to brand-new applications.
Zero-Water Cooling
Radiative SkyCool panels, pre-cooling mist, and passive envelopes that tame the single largest load on the grid — environmental control — without a drop of water.
Resilient Microgrids
Solar-shaded aquaculture, pumped hydro, and low-head vortex turbines under one AI controller — for clinics, cold chains, and whole communities.
Cold Chain Logistics
PCM cold chain for health clinics and agriculture — temperature-safe transport and storage that keeps working where the grid can't be trusted.
Flagship — PhaseStore™
Thermal storage that pays for itself.
PhaseStore delivers purpose-built modular thermal storage for rapid enterprise scale-out. Charge graphite PCM overnight at off-peak rates, discharge through peak demand — while SkyCool radiative panels add free sub-ambient cooling around the clock.
ROI < 2 yearstypical payback
2 MWhper unit capacity
72h+blackout autonomy
0 galwater consumed
01
Charge off-peak
Charge PCM overnight at $0.08/kWh, pre-cooling with cold desert night air.
02
Store at 10°C
Graphite PCM carries ~10× the heat transfer of water/ice per unit.
03
Discharge at peak
Shed peak demand, shave TOU rates, and ride through grid failure.
Estimate your annual savings
Model your tariff and load — then book a consultation for a precise, site-specific study.
Estimated annual savings
$0 /yr
≈ 0 kWh/day shifted off-peak
≈ 0 kW on-peak demand avoided
≈ 0 kWh/day charged off-peak
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Traditional HVAC vs. PhaseStore™
Capability
Conventional AC
PhaseStore™
Water use
Evaporative towers, gallons daily
Zero water
Peak demand
Full load on the grid
Shifted off-peak
Grid independence
None
72h+ autonomy
Operating cost
Peak TOU rates
Off-peak + free cooling
Integration
Retrofit chiller / RTU
Modular, drop-in interface
The PhaseSave Standard
Why the desert trusts us.
Always clean energy
Innovating a better world by developing creative solutions to hard problems.
Thoughtful installation
Social entrepreneurship — we commit to helping those who need it most.
Honest economics
Applied science that vets and brings the best-of-breed products and companies.
Built to last
Trailblazing — we invent opportunities and pathways that endure.
Many purposes
Environmental stewardship that leaves a cleaner world for everyone.
Energy that returns
Teamwork — we find the right crew to make it happen, and energy is reused.
How We Work
From first call to commissioning.
1
Consultation
A free initial consultation that often surfaces energy and cost-saving measures beyond the ask.
2
Feasibility & design
We take every factor into account to maximize your site specifics and finance status.
3
Financing
Custom finance options and tax incentives — including federal research credits for PCM cooling.
4
Delivery
We work only with trusted contractors to complete your project professionally and on time.
Field Notes
Proof, from Phoenix to Kenya.
10 MW data center pilot
Four PhaseStore units with customized enterprise integration. Radiant AI predicted the 2026 heat dome 72 hours in advance and pre-charged to 100%.
Solar-shaded fish farm microgrid
Bifacial PV shades the ponds, a vortex turbine adds baseload, and PCM cold chain powers 2,000 homes while producing 8 tons of tilapia a year.
PCM cold chain, everywhere
Temperature-safe storage and transport that keeps vaccines and medicines safe where the grid can't be trusted.
The desert doesn't have water to spare
As the valley debates data centers, we make the case for a third way: cool the cloud with the desert sky — zero water, off-peak, grid-friendly.
Questions
Everything clients ask us first.
What does PhaseSave do?
PhaseSave is an alternative-energy consultancy in Palm Springs, California. We provide consulting, sales, engineering, and development for solar, thermal storage, zero-water cooling, and resilient microgrids.
Where is PhaseSave located?
PhaseSave is based at 195 S Civic Dr Suite, Palm Springs, CA 92262, serving the Coachella Valley, Southern California, and international projects across more than 15 countries.
What is PhaseStore thermal storage?
PhaseStore is modular thermal energy storage that charges 10°C graphite phase-change material (PCM) overnight at off-peak rates and discharges during peak demand. With SkyCool radiative panels it adds zero-water cooling, typically paying back in under two years.
How much can thermal storage save on cooling?
Savings come from shifting cooling load from on-peak to off-peak electricity. A 2,000 kW load running 6 peak hours at $0.34/kWh on-peak versus $0.08/kWh off-peak can save roughly $770,000 per year before incentives.
Does PhaseSave work on off-grid projects?
Yes. PhaseSave designs small off-grid self-install solar kits, battery-less off-grid systems for AC motors, solar wells, solar mining, and solar refrigeration.
Is the first consultation free?
Yes. PhaseSave offers a free initial consultation that often surfaces energy and cost-saving measures beyond the original request.
About
A social enterprise, building a cleaner world.
PhaseSave is an alternative-energy consultancy based in Palm Springs, California, founded in 2004 — advising on solar, phase-change materials, thermal storage, zero-water cooling, and resilient microgrids.
We are a social entrepreneurship focused on bringing innovation to our communities and the planet — clean, efficient use of energy. We combine the experience of a senior solar engineer, an entrepreneurial physician, and honed business acumen to form a powerhouse solution provider.
We work in conjunction with our parent organization, Trinity Concepts Inc. — a Federal 501(c)(3) Community Development Financial Institution — to flex state, federal, and charitable programs toward community-beneficial renewable projects.
Wanted · Research partners
We are seeking commercial partners with tax liability for PCM air-conditioning research — comfort and savings, with much of the cost offset by federal tax incentives.
Have your cake and eat it tooDirected by Eugene Buchanan — alternative-energy consultant since 2004.
Contact
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