什么叫“非電空調(diào)”呢?
The new non-electric air conditioning units actually use heat to make the cool air.Electric powered air-conditioning relys on Fossil fuel to electricity at the power plant and then electricity to mechanical power at the compressor.
新式非電空調(diào)利用熱能來(lái)制造冷空氣,而傳統(tǒng)空調(diào)需要依靠電力和燃料。
上文中的non-electronic air-conditioning就是指非電空調(diào)技術(shù),世博園中使用的就是non-electronic air-conditioner。除此之外,環(huán)保類(lèi)型的空調(diào)還有solar air-conditioner:Solar air conditioning refers to any air conditioning (cooling) system that uses solar power.
在炎熱的夏天,除了使用空調(diào),還有其他的方法可以減少熱量,比如這種passive solar cooling:
Passive solar building design aims at slowing the rate of heat transfer into a building in the summer, and improving the removal of unwanted heat.
被動(dòng)式太陽(yáng)能建筑的設(shè)計(jì)能減少夏天進(jìn)入房間的熱量,同時(shí)增快熱量的散播,用這種方式讓房間涼快下來(lái)。
另外一種Earth cooling tubes,地溫空調(diào),也可以用來(lái)幫助散熱,通過(guò)利用地下土壤的儲(chǔ)熱儲(chǔ)冷能力,在夏季可以把地下的冷量轉(zhuǎn)移到建筑物之內(nèi),這種也被稱(chēng)為geothermal cooling。