Space Cooling in North America: Market Overview and Future Impacts

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015 · IEA Heat Pump Center Newsletter (Online)

OSTI ID:1185989

Baxter, Van D ^[1]; Khowailed, Gannate ^[2]; Sikes, Karen ^[2]; Grubbs, Tyler ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. SRA International, Inc., Knoxville, TN (United States)

The North American space cooling market, particularly in the United States, is experiencing shifts in regulatory regimes, population patterns, economic conditions, and consumer preferences-all catalyzed further by rapid technological innovation. Taken together these factors may result in a slight reduction in air conditioning shipments in the short term, however the longer term trends indicate a continuing increase in the number of air conditioning systems in the U.S. markets. These increases will be greatest in the warmer and more humid (e.g. higher load demand) regions. This will result in increasing pressure on the U.S. electricity supply system to meet the energy peak and consumption demands for building space cooling.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1185989
• Journal Information: IEA Heat Pump Center Newsletter (Online), Vol. 32, Issue 2; ISSN 0724-7028
• Publisher: IEA HPC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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