SkyCool: Small Planet & SkyCool Starting Residential Trials Soon
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Graphic: SKYCOOL
If you’d like to learn more about SkyCool you can read our previous blog post, visit their website or watch the TED talk that explains more about this innovative product.
Last December, one of our blog posts featured our assembly of Sky Cool panels at our Tumwater, Washington warehouse. SkyCool is a passive cooling panel that improves the efficiency of any air conditioning or refrigeration system. In some circumstances, these panels can even replace an air conditioning unit. SkyCool estimates an 80% to 90% reduction in energy use for cooling if it is used to replace an air conditioning system. Understandably, the blog drew a lot of interest from a number of high-efficiency residential builders interested in using in using the panels for cooling. However, at the time of the blog was posted, SkyCool was limiting use of the panels to commercial applications.
Full Panel Production Opens Door for Single-Family Residential Projects
Ryan Shepp and the Components for the SKYCool panels at the Small Planet Supply Warehouse
Since our last blog post, we have moved to full production serving the projects that SkyCool has under contract for large buildings. Due to the high level of interest expressed by our customers, SkyCool has approved a number of trial applications for residential projects.
Preparation for Trial Application for Residential Projects
We are excited to move forward with SkyCool in applying this technology to residential projects soon. We are still working on the ways to calculate cooling loads and developing our initial designs so we won’t be ready immediately. If you are interested in participating, we are looking for residential homes/projects that are:
Highly efficient (passive house or near passive house) homes wanting to use SkyCool for cooling
Located across the Western United States and Canada – to give us data and experience with SkyCool in different climate zones
If you’re interested in having your home/project be considered for one of the initial trial projects, complete the form below.
Joe Sullivan meticulously works to assemble (above) and test the panels (below)
