Chilled Beams
One thing I love about working in the Energy Efficiency field is that it leads me on interweb walkabouts (ok I used to hate the term interweb, one of many that my son uses for the internet, but apparently it has grown on me) where I learn about new technology.
This morning, learned about chilled beams, which are exactly what they sound like. What a great idea! There are three different types, they’ve been used for a few years in Europe with success, as I suspected they would never work in Houston (I was just there on a trip, that is why it popped to mind, and immediately I predicted dripping condensation), but they would work great in most of California and lots of other dry climates. And some of them can be used for either cooling or heating, though the heating option seems a bit dubious to me since it is up on the ceiling.
Now I have to unwrap my walkabout and make my way back to the point at which I wandered away from the task at hand in my day job.
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