Over 50 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions you produce in your home are generated by heating, air-conditioning and hot water.
In other words keeping your home warm in winter, cool in summer with nice hot water on tap is emitting 2.5 to 5 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year.
It also contributes a hefty amount to your electricity bill, between 50 to 60 per cent.
CSIRO has invented a new solar air-conditioning system for Australian homes. This technology solution will reduce Australia’s emissions, reduce your energy bills and reduce our demand for electricity and gas.
It is an innovative three-in-one technology that provides hot water, cooling and heating.
It works by using heat from the sun and employs both desiccant and evaporative cooling technologies.
Solar heat is first collected and stored as hot water, which can be used directly in the house. A portion of the hot water is diverted into the solar air-conditioning unit, which is used to either heat or cool the air coming into the building.
Our solar air-conditioning system uses only a fraction of the electricity of current air-conditioning systems and halves greenhouse gas emissions.
The video below explain how solar air-conditioning works or you can go to www.csiro.au/solar-cooling for more info.
26th May 2015 at 9:15 pm
Thanks for sharing useful information
13th April 2015 at 5:38 pm
Hellow from israel … In israel , we are heating water in this sistem more then 60 years !
But to turn it to cool air is great … I am building big resort in costa rica and i want to use
This sistem ! Please send me more informion and costs … Ezra
Ezracohen99@gmail.com
31st January 2015 at 7:17 am
hi very interested this a/c system where can i get more info on its performance ie air temp out of vent etc thanks bluey
9th January 2015 at 8:54 am
Will this work in the humid environments in northern Australia. Will it cope with the amount of humidity in the air?
13th January 2015 at 9:43 am
Hi Jason,
Our desiccant cooling system is designed to work in conjunction with a conventional air conditioner, and in this case, it will work just fine in a humid environment (our current prototypes are in Townsville). As a standalone device however, it would need to be custom designed.
Cheers,
Jesse
Social media team
5th December 2014 at 5:09 am
Hi Sally!
Absolutely good news for our better world. And it’s less costly. Since this is useful article can i share this in social media. I think this idea to be very effective.