Deep-Seawater Air Conditioning System to Cool Honolulu

December 8th, 2009 by Editor

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Frigid seawaterpumped in from the ocean’s depths will soon help cool more than half of the buildings in Honolulu’s downtown.Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC, which is undertaking the $240 million project, expects its technology to cut the Hawaiian city’s air conditioning electricity usage by up to75 percentwhile slashing carbon emissions and the use of ozone-depleting refrigerants.

Diagram of a basic seawater district cooling system.

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