Patent ID: 7152413

Claim:
A method for cooling inside air within a structure, the method comprising the steps of: providing a thermal energy transfer unit for applying energy conversion and storage to an existing conventional Freon air-conditioning system associated with the structure, where the thermal energy transfer unit includes a thermal storage media located in a thermal storage tank, the method comprising the steps of: utilizing the thermal energy transfer unit to transfer heat from the thermal storage media in a thermal storage tank to a condensing unit of the conventional Freon air-conditioning system where it is rejected to outside air; transferring heat from inside air within the structure to the thermal storage media in the thermal storage tank without the condensing unit operating; and thereafter, allowing the condensing unit to transfer heat from the inside air of the structure to outside air in the same manner that such heat transfer was accomplished before the addition of the thermal energy transfer unit and thermal storage tank were added to the existing conventional Freon air-conditioning system.