[LINK] Infrastructure issues

[Rick Welykochy]

Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Aircon is necessary for comfortable living, that's for sure. But I had a 
> car with a broken a/c for a few years and managed. Before the a/c we 
> understand was developed, they used other means, like evap cooling, even 
> wet sheets and fans.

Check out the CH2 office block in Melbourne (Catalyst, ABC TV 19.04.2007)

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1901482.htm

The building does not have aircon in the traditional sense. The building
heats and cools itself using recycled water and light/heat-sensitive
air-vanes.

   "Ch2 is certainly much easier on the environment: it uses only 15% of
    the energy of a regular building and 30% of the water."

Sounds like a blueprint for future architecture.


cheers
rickw



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