Ice Baby, Ice! Used Instead of Air Con For Skyscrapers!

5 years ago Art & Design

Some skyscrapers in New York have found a cool new alternative to air conditioning. The buildings are keeping cool by using ice, instead of the traditional AC. New York Skyline. Ice, an alternative to air conditioning by Environmental Graffiti, aUK-based Environmental Blog

Ice cooling cuts down on pollution and costs. By not using AC, many skyscrapers in New York are fighting global warming. Officials say replacing traditional air conditioners with ice cooling in one Manhattan office is as good as taking about 220 cars off the road.

How It Works:

• At night, when power demands are low, water is frozen in large silver tanks.

• The cool air emanating from the blocks is piped throughout the building.

• At night the water is frozen again, and the process repeated.

Simmons blogs at Thoughts on the World and Thoughts on Global Warming. He can be reached at worldthoughts@gmail.com.

Written by: Chris

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Ice is not new says

Nov 9th, 2008 at 12am
Folks, this is HARDLY new... Ice storage AC has been around for years, and requires a large user who can take advantage of low commercial off peak rates. Back in the 80's many office buildings took advantage of tax credits for these systems, and today their owners are enjoying the benefits (the utility customers naturally funded private industry benefits for this in higher rates to cover the program). So, once again, we have old news appearing new...