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Le nouvelle ère glaciaire pour le refroidissement.

The new ice age for cooling.

Auteurs : ROAF S.

Type d'extrait : Autre

Résumé

The ability to keep buildings, people, goods, food and beverages cold is a vital requirement for many sectors of our global economy. In the 20th we were able to rely on the miracle of cheap fossil fuel electricity to provide that cold but long before then the cold of the winter months was captured and transported across the seasons, and the oceans, to provide similar services using natural ice, that if well stored could last for months and years. The growing environmental imperatives in the 21st century are making building designers once more turn to this extraordinary substance in the drive for ever more sustainable buildings. Humanity now faces major environmental challenges associated with having more people on the planet, fewer resources per person and a changing climate. These powerful trends are growing in scale, impacts and importance. This article is structured to begin with a brief review with four main

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Pages : 39-43

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  • Titre original : The new ice age for cooling.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2011-0361
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Sujet : Environnement, Généralités
  • Source : Cooling without warming: green new deal in refrigeration and air conditioning. Special international issue 2010 of Industria Formazione on refrigeration and air conditioning.
  • Date d'édition : 2010

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