News tagged with solar cooling

Reforestation's cooling influence -- a result of farmer's past choices

Decisions by farmers to plant on productive land with little snow enhances the potential for reforestation to counteract global warming, concludes new research from Carnegie's Julia Pongratz and Ken Caldeira. Previous research ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Solar panels keep buildings cool

Those solar panels on top of your roof aren't just providing clean power; they are cooling your house, or your workplace, too, according to a team of researchers led by Jan Kleissl, a professor of environmental ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Mystery Source of Solar Wind Heating Identified

(PhysOrg.com) -- The solar wind is hotter than it should be, and for decades researchers have puzzled over the unknown source of energy that heats it. In a paper published in the June 12 issue of Physical Re ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 14

Keeping cool using the summer heat

(PhysOrg.com) -- While most Australians are taking care to shield themselves from the harsh summer heat, scientists from the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship are working on ways to harness the sun’s warmth ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Solar-powered air-conditioning system for vehicles

Great news for drivers! They can now continue to keep the air-conditioning system on during the hot sunny days even when they stop the vehicle and switch off the engine. In collaboration with Green Power Industrial ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

CCNY's solar roof pod showcases innovative technology

A unique structure in the urban landscape has arisen on a plaza of The City College of New York campus over the past few months. Designed and built by CCNY students, faculty and team sponsors, it is meant ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

House built from a passion for green

Melissa Rappaport Schifman just wanted to do the right thing. She never imagined it would take a 342-page manual and three years of her life.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Turning Arizona's dry heat into a comfy chill

An innovative solar-thermal heating and cooling system installed on top of the UA's Student Recreation Center is expected to harvest almost 200 million kilowatt hours of solar energy per year – enough ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3