{"id":72187,"date":"2009-12-09T00:36:26","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T05:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/eco-tech-frosty-seawater-cooling-in-honolulu-will-relieve-stress-on-the-grid\/"},"modified":"2009-12-09T00:36:26","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T05:36:26","slug":"eco-tech-frosty-seawater-cooling-in-honolulu-will-relieve-stress-on-the-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/72187","title":{"rendered":"Eco Tech: Frosty seawater cooling in Honolulu will relieve stress on the grid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/09\/honolulu-seawater-air-conditioning_1_kEos4_69.jpg\" alt=\"honolulu seawater air conditioning_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Seawater-cooled buildings will reduce air conditioning electricity usage by up to 75%. <\/p>\n<p>In an effort to relieve stress on Honolulu\u2019s grid and reduce the use of ozone-depleting refrigerants, <a href=\"http:\/\/honoluluswac.com\/\">Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC<\/a> is undertaking a $240 million project that estimates to reduce air conditioning energy use by up to 75%.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/09\/honolulu-seawater-air-conditioning_2_4Tgkh_69.jpg\" alt=\"honolulu seawater air conditioning_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rdmag.com\/News\/FeedsAP\/2009\/11\/energy-cold-ocean-water-to-be-turned-into-a-c\/\">project<\/a> involves pumping frosty seawater using a five-foot-wide pipeline from the ocean\u2019s depths and using it to cool more than half of the buildings in Honolulu\u2019s downtown. Breaking ground next year, the project will cool 40 buildings by 2012. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2009\/12\/09\/honolulu-seawater-air-conditioning_3_GyRUR_69.jpg\" alt=\"honolulu seawater air conditioning_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After cooling entire buildings, warm water will then be pumped back into the ocean at a level and temperature that won\u2019t have any effect on the aquatic life. <\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2009\/12\/08\/deep-seawater-air-conditioning-system-to-cool-honolulu\/\">Inhabitat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Seawater-cooled buildings will reduce air conditioning electricity usage by up to 75%. In an effort to relieve stress on Honolulu\u2019s grid and reduce the use of ozone-depleting refrigerants, Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC is undertaking a $240 million project that estimates to reduce air conditioning energy use by up to 75%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}