Sustainable Low Energy Cooling: An Overview

This CIBSE publication gives an overview of the main low-energy cooling options available to building services engineers. Its aim is to promote awareness of the alternatives available and their suitability for different applications.

It is aimed at a target audience of relevant non-experts such as clients, architects and students. It should also be of use to more experienced engineers as an accessible overview that can be used in discussions with clients and other members of the design team.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Design to reduce building heat gains
3. Passive Cooling solutions
4. Cooling energy from renewable sources
5. Free cooling options for use with mechanical cooling plant
6. Delivery systems to maximize potential of low energy cooling
7. Selected bibliography