Welcome to GenVault’s OnlineEnergy Savings Calculator
This interactive resource will allow you to compare the energy usage and resulting electricity costs between GenVault's hardware for storing samples at room temperature in GenPlates against freezers storing samples at -80°C in tubes.
Step 1. Simply input the total number of aliquots
to store
To equalize the storage platforms we've assumed that 1 GenPlate
element holds 1µg of DNA and 1 freezer tube also holds 1µg
of DNA.
Step 2. Input your electricity rate.
If you aren't sure what this is, either use our default
which is based on a Southern California industrial customer, or
contact a facilities or administration representative to locate
yours.'
| Number of Aliquots: ' | |
| Electricity Rate ($/kWh): ' | |
| GenVault Product: ' |
| System Summary | ||
| The System Summary compares the capital cost, unit capacity and unit energy consumption between the two storage platforms. | ||
| Unit Operational Consideration | Desktop Archive | Freezer |
| Total Number of Units Required | ||
| Cost/Unit | ||
| Total Equipment Cost | ||
| Storage Consumable Cost | ||
| Capacity/Unit | ||
| Unit Energy Consumption (kWh/year) |
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| Unit Lifetime | ||
| Energy Conservation | ||
| The Energy Conservation compares the energy cost differences between the two platforms, both for annual usage and over an assumed lifetime of 5 years. | ||
| GenVault Archive | Freezer | |
| Annual Energy Cost | ||
| Lifetime Energy Cost | ||
| Lifetime Savings with Genvault | ||
| Environmental Impact | |
| This Enviromental Impact highlightsthe effects of reducing electricity usage by switching DNA samples from cryostorage to GenVault’s dry-state sample storage platform. | |
| Life Cycle Energy Saved (kWh) | |
| Life Cycle Air Pollution Reduction (lbs of CO2) | |
| Air Pollution Reduction Equivalence (# of cars removed from the road for one year) | |
| Air Pollution Reduction Equivalence (acres of forest) | |
| To start using GenVault's dry-state storage system immediately contact your local sales rep or distributor. |
