Comments on: The “First” Winner is Coolerado

By: Elizbeth Tommolino

Elizbeth Tommolino — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:21:33 +0000

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By: Swiss Ball Exercises

Swiss Ball Exercises — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:54:16 +0000

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By: A New Efficient Air Conditioner | XINCA Tech Services

A New Efficient Air Conditioner | XINCA Tech Services — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:38:19 +0000

[...] intriguing product already on the market in arid, temperate climates is the Coolerado cooler. It differs from a typical evaporative cooler by never increasing the moisture content of the supply [...]

By: Rick Gillan

Rick Gillan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:03:26 +0000

Sorry, the last paragraph is not quite right. The DOE testing is gallons per ton hour, not gallons per hour.

By: Rick Gillan

Rick Gillan — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:59:45 +0000

You are correct Matt – Coolerado systems are ‘Net Water Neutral.’ According to the DOE, on average it takes about 2 gallons of water to produce 1 kilowatt-hour of electricity. So a traditional a/c that draws 6 kw of electricity will use 12 gallons of water at the power plant. A comparable Colerado a/c will draw about 600 watts – about 2 gallons of water at the power plant – and use about 4 gallons per hour on average at the air conditioner. That water will generally cost the consumer $20 to $30 for the whole cooling season, but will save many hundreds of dollars in electricity (not to mention saving other resources and less pollution).

The DOE testing on this new H80 unit shows water use at 1.85 gallons per ton hour, which is less than half of the aggressive water conservation goal of 4.0 gallons per ton hour set by the UC Davis Western Cooling Challenge.

Rick Gillan – One of Coolerado’s Founders

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:17:51 +0000

How much water is used compared to conventional systems is the question I have.

Most of the large industrial cooling plants already have cooling towers that drip water and sometimes give off steam. So, industrial cooling already uses water. And, power generating systems are heavy water users – that is why they have cooling lakes.

So, if this system uses 100 gallons per hour but reduces power station uses by 100 gallons per hour – the water usage issues is a wash.