Home • Our Team • Links & Resources • Construction Cam Aquaquest - the Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre An environmentally friendly building in the making The seawater cooling system – a Vancouver Aquarium specialty
The Aquarium’s innovative green building team is using the cold saltwater – already being piped into the building for the animals – to cool the new Education Centre.
Want the nitty gritty? Cold saltwater won’t actually be pumped through each room. Instead, it will act as a heat sink for our radiant heating/cooling system.
At home: No seawater cooling system in your house? No problem! On sunny days, close the curtains or blinds on doors and windows that face the sun to help cool your house.
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It’s not something you can pick up at your local hardware store, but at the Aquarium a saltwater cooling system is a ready-made green solution.