Tag Archives: cooling
In Focus: Data Center Cooling
The best way to keep your data center cool is to use the cool, ambient air of your natural surroundings. But if your company doesn’t have the luxury of locating the data center near the moderate Oregon coast, like Facebook, or near the fjords of Norway, the cost of cooling data can be significant. Data [...]
Solar Cooling and Heating Market Trends
Solar heating andcooling technologies are a simple, carbon-neutral and affordable way tomeet the much of the power needs of the world’s population. Alreadythese technologies are expanding rapidly, without the policy support of"sexier" PV and wind technology. However, there are significant barriers to be overcome, one of which is a lack of public understanding in manynations. [...]
Solar Thermal Cooling: When Will It Heat Up?
With the ever-increasing demand for airconditioners expected to rise dramatically in the next few years, solar thermal cooling could be a plausible, energy-smart solution. That is if the market would catch on. Approximately 500 solar cooling installations were completed lastyear — and that’s globally, with the majority being done in Europe. Aclear indication that while [...]
Cooling Off With Solar
The phrase “solar energy” carries a heavy connotation of electricitygeneration, and it is indeed shorthand for the power generated byphotovoltaics panels. But you can harness energy from sunlight in anumber of different ways: the second most well-known is solar thermal,or solar hot water heating. This can either directly heat hot water fordomestic use, or be [...]