Comment Re:Strange... (Score 1) 150
I'm seeing a trend here. Many of you are posting that this will cause excessive coldness/heat. I may be wrong here but after reading the whole article, it looks as though the AC will be turned on just as its starting to get hot; not once it's already there. It will maintain it at a pleasant 70 degrees. Then when the hotter period of the day comes, it will let the temperature slide to a still-pleasant 78 degrees.
Some of my basic physics classes would vouch for this as a successful approach for one key element. Most air-conditioning systems use energy or work to pump the hot air within the building to the outside. It takes more energy to pump this heat out if it's already really hot outside - thus higher bills. That's where the 30% added efficiency comes into play when ignoring the effects of peak charges.
Reminds me of climate controlled biospheres in a way...
Some of my basic physics classes would vouch for this as a successful approach for one key element. Most air-conditioning systems use energy or work to pump the hot air within the building to the outside. It takes more energy to pump this heat out if it's already really hot outside - thus higher bills. That's where the 30% added efficiency comes into play when ignoring the effects of peak charges.
Reminds me of climate controlled biospheres in a way...
