Document Type

Technical Report

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

Environmental sciences, Meteorology and atmospheric sciences, Climatic research, Civil engineering, Thermodynamics, Energy and fuels, Occupational health

Publication Details

Published in PLAN (The Business of Building) September 2002

Abstract

Concern with environmental emissions has focused attention on traditional forms of energy use in buildings, with a view to reducing and making more rational use of energy consumption. One area of concern is the traditional, refrigeration based, commercial air conditioning system, which has high levels of electrical power consumption in fans and refrigeration compressors. There is also concern among building owners and design teams, supported by the PROBE series of post occupancy studies, conducted by the CIBSE, that many buildings, with traditional forms of air conditioning, under perform in terms of occupant satisfaction, ease of operation and control, maintenance costs and successful commissioning. These developments have led to a search for lower energy and more satisfactory alternatives. Research into evaporative cooling indicates that the technique can offer a satisfactory alternative to refrigeration based cooling in a number of appropriate applications.

Funder

CIBSE (RoI region), Enterprise Ireland applied research grant, DIT Faculty of Engineering research seed fund

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