Sea water air conditioning touted to reduce electricity costs

Stakeholders from the private and public sectors in Jamaica now have a better understanding of how sea water air conditioning (SWAC) technology can help reduce electricity costs.
    
At the end of 2016, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) collaborated with New Leaf Power to host a study tour of Canada.
 
During the trip, a group of 12 observed and learned about the operations of two alternative energy and eco-friendly air conditioning systems.
    
In the Caribbean, air conditioning accounts, on average, for 50 per cent of the total energy consumption in commercial buildings.
    
SWAC is estimated to reduce electricity consumption for air conditioning by up to 90 per cent.