Conservation Techniques
Chitose Airport Hokkaido Japan
Chitose Airport Hokkaido Japan
Just after a recent post here on Charles Hamel.com entitled “Hokkaido Energy Conservation“, I came across another story having to do with conservation techniques and wanted to write a short blurb about it. Once again here in Hokkaido, specifically at the New Chitose Airport, have recently announced that they will use snow collected during the winter season to provide up to 30% of it’s cooling needs in the summer.
The conservation techniques are projected to reduce CO2 emissions by 2,100 tons compared to the current cooling system that is in place. Officials predict that snow collected during the winter season can be maintained up until September with the use of heat insulating materials, with the remaining chilling the liquid in the airport’s cooling system.
At times it seems like Japan is really leaps and bounds ahead of my home country of America, and constantly pursuing new technologies. Why not find a use for something that is going to be here naturally every winter season, and in abundance. Similar to the sun which is providing enough energy to supply all of the worlds needs, if only we could implement the technology to harness it.
It just makes good sense to pursue conservation techniques and continue research in renewable energy technologies so we can break this independence on foreign oil. It’s not because of a lack of intelligence but rather a lack of desire. Take care all.
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Thanks for the great comment Abe,
Everyone should visit Hokkaido once in their life to experience this beautiful island. Many people visit and eventually come back to live permanently. If you ever get a chance to make it here, let me know and I can show you around.
Take Care and don’t be a stranger here. 
This is wonderful news, Charlie, I’ve always wanted to see more of Japan than just Honshu, I never did make it to Hokkaido, Minneapolis, Buffalo, and Toronto should take a hint from this.