Showing posts with label air conditioning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air conditioning. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Kahuku High heat abatement project warms up

By Alohi Bikle, Kahuku High correspondent

Kahuku High & Intermediate School was recently selected to pilot test a heat abatement project involving "energy saving" cooling designs on several different portable classrooms around campus; but the project, which will cost less than installing air conditioning, is already a bit behind schedule.

More at Koolauloa News

Saturday, August 23, 2008

School tests cooling designs

Kahuku students may escape 'purgatory' of portable classrooms

Kahuku High & Intermediate School will soon test four schemes to cool temperatures in portable classrooms, some so hot they're known on campus as "purgatory."

The most successful cooling option will be applied to buildings throughout the state's public school campuses.

The heat abatement pilot project will test passive cooling designs as opposed to installing air conditioning, a high energy user in a time of soaring electric bills.

More at the Honolulu Advertiser