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Erwin Boermans
Bit of history from the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, America’s Cup Sailing & Linear economy is slowly dying, bushfires, district energy.
Books from Professor Gunter Pauli
Implementation of district energy in China & Solar Racing
COWRA Clean community transition Australia, Cate Blanchett helping push through boundaries
Coronavirus, laser cut machines making face masks & Bacteria and viruses spreading via ducted air conditioning systems – TU/Eindhoven Ermer. Prof. Annelies van Bronswijk, Gerontology, why people die
Dubai – The American Hospital and Pitch@Palace, CO2 Cooling & End Note
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ARTICLES DISCUSSED
The Aurora Vehicle Association Inc. is a non-profit group of volunteers dedicated to promoting sustainable mobility. This web site provides details about our team, sponsors, solar cars and numerous activities.
For over 30 years, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge has welcomed the greatest minds from around the world to Australia to push the limits of technological innovation and travel the outback in a vehicle powered only by the energy of the sun.
Traversing 3,000km from Darwin to Adelaide, teams comprise of tertiary and secondary students from over 30 countries.
Bacteria and viruses are spread through, DIRTY DUCTED AIR CHANNELS, among other ways. Australians still use these ducted systems almost everywhere to distribute heating and cooling in buildings.
These dark and often damp tubes / hoses are a real paradise for these bacteria and are NOT designed to be cleaned on the inside. They are also very inefficient due to the large energy losses of the thin tubes and fans. They also take up 8x more space.
Although I am a huge missionary for 3D printing, I also strongly believe that it should only be used if it is the best tool for the job. The COVID-19 crisis has created a large number of 3D printed personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for 3D printing. This is absolutely fantastic and of huge value particularly if you are just making one for yourself, or a few!
Erwin Boermans examines how an Australian university has rejected ductwork for hydronics when it comes to heat and air management.
Swinburne University’s Advanced Manufacturing and Design Centre (AMDC) is unlike most educational buildings in Australia.
It uses hydronics – water pipes embedded in the floors and walls – for heating and cooling, and fresh air is drawn into the building through windows via the atrium, without the use of ductwork for airconditioning.
In Australia, we’re quite wedded to the idea that large buildings need ductwork blowing warm or cool air around the building to maintain a specific temperature.
Quite uncomfortable.
This has several negative health implications that are quite well known overseas and are starting to be understood better here.
