Comments on: Shanghai’s International Cruise Terminal to be Cooled By The River http://inhabitat.com/shanghais-international-cruise-terminal-cooled-by-the-river/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: metis http://inhabitat.com/shanghais-international-cruise-terminal-cooled-by-the-river/comment-page-1/#comment-213136 metis Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:10:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=94297#comment-213136 so is this good or bad? if the article was on a manufacturing plant pumping X tons of heat into the river i'd think it'd be bad, but this reads as positive. i'm sure it's MUCH more efficient than converting coal to electricity, then electricity to coolant movement, but how does the system work? is river water used as a coolant? is it evaporative cooling so teh heat's not going back into the river? so is this good or bad? if the article was on a manufacturing plant pumping X tons of heat into the river i’d think it’d be bad, but this reads as positive.

i’m sure it’s MUCH more efficient than converting coal to electricity, then electricity to coolant movement, but how does the system work? is river water used as a coolant? is it evaporative cooling so teh heat’s not going back into the river?

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