Comments on: Deep-Seawater Air Conditioning System to Cool Honolulu

By: "Smart" Metal to Make Air-Conditioning 175% More Efficient | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:39:48 +0000

[...] developed by researchers at the University of Maryland could change all that by increasing the efficiency and reducing the emissions of air-conditioning and refrigeration systems by up to [...]

By: lizthewiz

lizthewiz — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:36:29 +0000

I am doing a science fair project on posible unforseen negative effects of this…..
any suggestions?
thanks!

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By: feline74

feline74 — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:01:18 +0000

This is (pardon me . . .) cool. I wonder if they’ve considered combining this with an OTEC power system?

By: anorthernhiker

anorthernhiker — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:12:59 +0000

I visited Hawaii earlier this year and I was Astonished that there wasn’t more solar and wind power being generated. Recycling is not carried out very well and is in Pilot project status. In a place that could be on the leading edge of environmentalism it is in it early stages. Too bad but this project is good to see that there is a start. Cold water cooling on downtown offices has been going on in Toronto for quite some time. The water is treated so that after cooling it is fed into the local water system and used again for domestic drinking water. The heat that would be absorbed is dissipated through the normal channels so that the effect is not any greater that the impact that the day to day discharge would produce.

By: RayLee

RayLee — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:58:29 +0000

and wouldnt that mess up ocean current routes, location of certain species, and change pressures? I think that would be the long run effect… hmmm although cost effective… there are going to be spillovers. (positive and negative)

By: RayLee

RayLee — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:46:19 +0000

and wouldnt that mess up ocean current routes, location of certain species, and change pressures?

By: RayLee

RayLee — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:44:48 +0000

And wouldnt that mess up current routes and pressures?

By: mattress

mattress — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:16:02 +0000

Won’t this warm up the ocean?

By: kristenhall23

kristenhall23 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:03:59 +0000

They are already doing this around Dubai – this was the plan for all those islands and urban regeneration projects. Its much more cost effective and much lower energy usage, but only really works on this district scale.

By: Kirsten Corsaro

Kirsten Corsaro — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:13:03 +0000

Interesting! I wonder if this will be used in other cities as well. It seems that many coastal cities (like those in California) have moderate climates that don’t normally need air conditioning. I’m surprised that Stockholm uses it, although maybe the temperature difference between the water and air could also be used to generate heat.