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Article: Passive cooling brings economic and environmental benefits.
- Article from:
- Plant Engineering
- Article date:
- April 30, 1999
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Before the turn of this century, buildings were designed to exploit naturally available cooling. Some structures were sophisticated and constructed to take advantage of daily temperature variations, convective breezes, shade, evaporative cooling, and radiation cooling. Today, with higher electrical costs and growing environmental concerns, many of these simpler techniques, are once again becoming more attractive. Studies indicate that taking advantage of cost-free resources can significantly reduce the expense of conditioning industrial buildings.
No matter how it is accomplished, removing heat provides cooling. All cooling systems collect and ultimately ...