Crown Environmental Capital Management Articles Thermal Solutions' Evolution Boilers Make a "Big Splash" at Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

Thermal Solutions Products LLC 1175 Manheim Pike # 7 Lancaster, PA, 17604 USA

Press release date: August 30, 2013

Great Wolf Lodge is North America's largest family of indoor waterpark resorts. Of the twelve (12) locations in the United States and Canada, Thermal Solutions has nearly forty (40) boilers and water heaters installed in eight (8) of those locations. To highlight one is the Niagara Falls Lodge & Waterpark. This four story, year-round full service resort has 406 suites and features 660,000 gallons of rides and slides in a 103.000 square foot indoor water park complete with 13 water slides, an enormous 118,000 gallon wave pool, 132,000 gallon winding lazy river, 3 hydro massage pools, several additional activity pools and structures. As construction began in building this new site, Great Wolf Lodge's initiatives as a green hotel was to save energy and water while reducing waste. One of the companies teaming up with Enbridge Gas

Distribution to take on this challenge was E.J. Walsh, our local sales representative in Ontario. After reviewing the heating needs of both the building and pool, five (5) Evolution non-condensing boilers, each sized at 3,000,000 btuh natural gas input, were installed. Joe Krawczyk, Great Wolf Lodge's Director of Engineering explains "The Evolution boilers from Thermal Solutions have higher heating capacities but a smaller footprint. Their vertical chassis fits in less than six square feet of floor space. This energy efficient heating system could accommodate our facility's needs while providing the heat and cost savings we were after. User friendly and super quiet – less than 60 dB – these boilers are simple to operate and maintain. Operating efficiency was also a factor. These boilers operate at 88 percent efficiency rating, meaning 88 cents out of every dollar is used to create heat." EJ Walsh's Jonathan Ingram added "This waterpark can't afford for the water to be cool. The boilers we supplied come with a peace of mind factor that can't be underestimated. Great Wolf Lodge promises 83°F water, 365 days a year and we made sure that they'd be able to do just that!"

With the Evolution boilers, Great Wolf Lodge is saving nearly 29 million cubic feet of natural gas consumption a year. Therefore, with the $1.6 million expenditure made, the simple payback is estimated in 3.6 years.

About Thermal Solutions

Thermal Solutions Products, LLC has designed the Evolution high efficiency copper-finned boilers and water heaters to meet the needs of today's commercial heating requirements. The Evolution takes the very best of existing copper-finned boiler and water heater technology to the next level by incorporating a list of design features not found in all products. Real-life serviceability, exceptional heat exchanger, advanced combustion design made simple, and unique timesaving controls are all combined in a compact quick-connect package with efficiencies of up to 97%.

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A Life Settlement is the purchase of a life insurance policy at a discount from face value from a person who no longer needs or wants the policy.

The policy owner receives a lump sum settlement and the title for the policy is transferred to a third party, which pays the future premiums due on the policy and eventually collects the death benefit. Previously, the only other option for seniors was for a policy to lapse. Then it was observed that the difference between what a policyholder could receive for surrendering their policy versus the fair market value for their policy is simply astounding. A 2002 study by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania found that while the surrender value for average policyholders amounted to a total of 93.4 million dollars, the fair market value for policy holders amounted to $336.3 million dollars combined.¹ This represents a shocking 360% difference between the cash surrender value and selling the policy as a Life Settlement; and the same still holds true today. This is a principal reason why this “Asset Class” has been so popular with “Smart Money” (institutional investors) and now available to our investors through investing in Crown Alliance Capital Limited.

¹ (The Benefits of a Secondary Market for Life Insurance Policies by Neil A. Doherty and Hal J. Singer)

Life Settlements became more sophisticated as actuarial techniques and advanced financial analysis were implemented during the underwriting process. The senior population has redefined the life insurance settlement industry, expanding the industry into a multi-billion dollar market. The industry today is almost entirely comprised of a few mainstream capital sources that have revolutionized the speed and scale of the secondary insurance market. The industry has also become more specialized with seniors working with financial advisors, brokers and a number of ancillary and service providers. Life Settlements are potentially very profitable because the purchaser acquires a policy at a discount from the face value, which is based on the insured person’s life expectancy and the purchaser’s desired return on capital. The potential rates of return can be in excess of 12-15%

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http://crownalliancecapital.com/life-settlement/

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