Ice-Houses: Energy, Architecture and Sustainability presents new and novel technologies and approaches surrounding daily and seasonal ice storage, along with discussions on passive cooling and natural technologies using different methods, including heat pumps. The book covers different aspects of ice-houses and cold energy production, storage and utilization. By addressing various issues connected to the technology and structure of traditional ice-houses and natural and artificial ice making, this refences looks at new technological approaches for the reduction of electrical energy consumption in buildings.
Users will find this to be a comprehensive overview of ice house storage that includes worked examples and global case studies. It is an essential resource for researchers and engineers looking to advance their understanding of this method of thermal storage.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Energy consumption and environmental challenges2. Natural ice making
3. Artificial ice making
4. Traditional ice-houses
5. The architecture of traditional ice-houses
6. Natural and low-energy ice making to save energy
7. Ice production to reduce electricity demand for cooling buildings at peak times
8. Using solar energy, heat pumps and seasonal ice storage to provide heating/cooling needs of buildings
9. Case studies and examples of traditional ice-houses
