Solar Cooling for Energy Saving. Can We Afford Not To Use The Heat Of The Sun?

Abstract

Within the building sector solar cooling systems could offer economic alternatives to air conditioning. Such a system has been evaluated for moderate climatic conditions such as those existing in Brasov, Romania. The unbalanced heating and cooling loads require a backup system and supplementary investments. The high initial cost of such absorption systems is a serious obstacle for a large-scale implementation and technical solutions have to be found for less expensive systems.