Boston ice
Contributors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; United States. Dept. of Energy
Published: 1981
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1981
Description: ...an exploration of the potential of utilizing ice in cutting cooling and refrigeration costs in Boston; includes a history of the ice industry (with a chronology of events 1865-1939), status of cooling technology, demand and loads in Boston (with data on how buildings are heated, list of electrically heated buildings, etc.), a discussion of innovative technologies, storage and transportation techniques and their potential for Boston, etc.; suggests use of unused subway tunnels as one storage possibility; this item was in the BRA collection...