Cooling Our Buildings With Space

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Syria, Jordan, and Israel, Blowing the Tops Off Mountains, Ignoring State Constitutions

Episode: Syria, Jordan, and Israel, Blowing the Tops Off Mountains, Ignoring State Constitutions

  • Jul 3, 2018 11:00 pm
  • 16:13 mins

Guest: Aaswath Raman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Co-Founder, CSO, SkyCool Systems Long before modern refrigeration, ancient peoples made ice in hot desert climates. Sounds impossible without electricity, but remains of “ice houses” can be found throughout the Middle East and China. The lost art of “ice houses” could change how modern cooling systems work today.