This hybrid-thermal approach displaces a portion of the mechanical energy used by variable capacity, multi-stage, and variable speed compressors, which keeps the compressor in low stage, low range, or low capacity, while delivering full and part-load cooling requirements. This effect creates significant energy savings. The system harnesses the sun's energy by reflecting the light on parabolic mirrored concentrators. The light is focused on a copper pipe that is coated with specialized absorption paint. This concentrated parabolic array allows for a larger harvesting of energy with a smaller footprint. Hence the HTS panel, when installed with any new or existing AC (VRV, Chiller, Ductable or package) results in reduction of electricity bills by upto 40%!