Smithsonian Magazine featured work by UBC engineering professor Kasun Hewage and colleagues.
They found that buildings could cool their air more efficiently using snow. The researchers ran an apartment building’s air supply through a pile of snow, lowering the temperature with no associated cost.
“Snow is not a waste, but a resource,’’ Hewage said. “With temperatures rising in many areas, and with them, air conditioning bills, we as societies are increasingly looking at resources and materials differently.’’
