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  • Et si on rafraîchissait les Parisiens avec l’eau de la Seine…

    Suite à des discussions engagées entre le Snefcca (syndicat national des entreprises du froid, des équipements de cuisines professionnelles et du conditionnement de l’air) et la Mairie de Paris (France), le projet d’utiliser le réseau d’eau non...

    • Date de publication : 10/10/2016
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  • Répondre aux besoins de refroidissement et d'eau douce des pays arides

    Dans un article récent, les auteurs ont résumé les efforts de recherche visant à répondre aux besoins de refroidissement et d'eau douce dans les climats arides et chauds, en...

    • Date de publication : 28/03/2023
    • Sujets : Technologie
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  • De l'eau traitée pour le froid urbain (en anglais)

    À Dubaï , Empower prétend avoir préservé 735 000 m3 d'eau douce l'année dernière en utilisant de l'eau traitée dans ses systèmes de froid urbain. (en anglais)

    • Date de publication : 04/09/2015
    • Sujets : Environnement, Généralités
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  • Out of ordinary: Skiing under a hot desert sun

    What has been referred to as one of the "biggest refrigerators in the world", Dubai's indoor winter sports centre, designed by Acer Snowmech Consultants, spans 170 000 m3, defying nature and a stifling hot desert sun. In order to create an ideal...

    • Date de publication : 26/10/2005
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  • Briefs: Superchilling keeps fish fresh longer

    Scientists at the Norwegian Institute of Technology SINTEF have found that the superchilling of fish or meat between -1 to -3°C combines the extended life of freezing while retaining the fresh taste that chilling provides; it also reduces storage...

    • Date de publication : 04/05/2007
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  • Briefs: Chilled beams take off

    Several MIT buildings now boast what looks like slim, fin-tubed radiators in ceiling cavities. These cooling devices are chilled beams. They use water, not air, to remove heat from a room. The potential energy reduction of using chilled beams...

    • Date de publication : 07/03/2010
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  • Out of the ordinary: Keeping clay soldiers (relatively) cool

    The largest group of terracotta figures ever lent by China was on display at the British Museum until April 6, 2008. The Chinese government required the 20 warriors to be kept at temperatures of 22°C + 2°C and at humidity levels of 45% RH + 8%, a...

    • Date de publication : 13/05/2008
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  • Briefs: A CO2 secondary refrigerant system to test icebreakers

    Travelling through the North Pole's ice-capped seas could reduce sea transport distances between Hamburg and Osaka, Japan, or Shanghai, China, for instance, by more than 4000 nautical miles, thus allowing for great time and financial savings. The...

    • Date de publication : 25/02/2009
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  • Brief: garden fresh

    A new system involving the direct humidification of vegetables in supermarket displays allows for greater freshness and a more appealing product. A recent study carried out in the US has shown the benefits of such a system: in atomised lettuce,...

    • Date de publication : 28/01/2006
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  • Garden fresh

    A new system involving the direct spray cooling of vegetables in supermarket displays allows for greater freshness and a more appealing product. A recent study carried out in the US has shown the benefits of such a system: in lettuce, only one out...

    • Date de publication : 22/12/2005
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  • Briefs: Edible optics to prevent food poisoning

    Edible nanosensors made from silk could alert consumers regarding potential contamination of food thanks to a hologram-type indicator embedded in the pack. Researchers at Tufts University in the US are working on the development of bioactive silk...

    • Date de publication : 25/10/2008
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  • Green buildings

    Moscow City Tower is to be Europe's tallest and the world's second tallest building. The 600-m naturally ventilated tower designed by Norman Foster will accommodate 25 000 people - a city unto itself - and the designer is aiming for LEED gold...

    • Date de publication : 12/08/2008
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  • Comment réutiliser l’eau de condensation des conditionneurs d’air ?

    Revue des différents usages possibles de l’eau de condensation rejetée par les conditionneurs d’air.

    • Date de publication : 04/09/2020
    • Sujets : Pays en développement
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  • Mele Kaliki Cool!

    An USD 3-4 million dollar deep-seawater cooling system is to form part of a USD 100 million redevelopment project underway in Hawaii to meet the island's air-conditioning requirements. The system, to be designed by the Honolulu Board of Water...

    • Date de publication : 19/07/2005
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  • US increasing food waste

    Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from decomposing food, thus impact global climate change. In a recent paper published in the Public Library of Science ONE,...

    • Date de publication : 07/03/2010
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