Comments on: Cooling Tradeoffs in an Imperfect House http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/ What are we getting for our climate action dollars? Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jay Stein http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/#comment-75 Jay Stein Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:58:16 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/#comment-75 Amy, you'll never solve your home's daytime overheating problems with a fan. It just exacerbates them by pulling in more hot air. What you need is an evaporative cooler. This system uses water to cool the incoming air. It works great in our dry Colorado climate, and uses about one-fourth the electricity of a conventional refrigerated air conditioner. Amy, you’ll never solve your home’s daytime overheating problems with a fan. It just exacerbates them by pulling in more hot air. What you need is an evaporative cooler. This system uses water to cool the incoming air. It works great in our dry Colorado climate, and uses about one-fourth the electricity of a conventional refrigerated air conditioner.

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]]> By: AmyG http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/#comment-57 AmyG Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:44:30 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/#comment-57 Thanks, Henry. That solar-powered AC unit does sound intriguing. I'm not sure how well it would work in my home, though. Our windows aren't configured well to accommodate window air conditioners, and our home is designed for central HVAC. It would be interesting to check out this kind of device if they offer a central cooling unit option. However, for my house, the solar cells would have to be located remotely -- since our cooling unit is located on the shadiest side of the house and rarely gets direct sun. Thanks! - Amy Gahran Thanks, Henry.

That solar-powered AC unit does sound intriguing. I’m not sure how well it would work in my home, though. Our windows aren’t configured well to accommodate window air conditioners, and our home is designed for central HVAC.

It would be interesting to check out this kind of device if they offer a central cooling unit option. However, for my house, the solar cells would have to be located remotely — since our cooling unit is located on the shadiest side of the house and rarely gets direct sun.

Thanks!

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: Henry http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/#comment-56 Henry Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:30:17 +0000 http://www.bouldercarbontax.org/2007/07/04/cooling-tradeoffs-in-an-imperfect-house/#comment-56 High efficiency A/C is great, but you could go one step further and get the best of both worlds with <a href="http://www.greenlivingonline.com/Energy/solcool-is-so-cool/" rel="nofollow">Solar Powered Air Conditioning</a>! That might be extreme, but some of the tips you give here are great! Keep it up! High efficiency A/C is great, but you could go one step further and get the best of both worlds with Solar Powered Air Conditioning!

That might be extreme, but some of the tips you give here are great! Keep it up!

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