讨厌冬天？一些好消息：研究人员发现与过多的雪相关的事情确实有用。
As a long-time New Englander, winter means snow. Snow means ski season––and that makes me a big fan of winter. But let’s face it, lots of people dread the white stuff and the cold that comes along with it. But what if it saved you money?
想象一下，如果您可以使用过多的降雪量在瓦梅尔月份进行更经济和节能的替代方案。
Reseachers have found a way to do just that. A Popular Science article chronicles the work of a pair of Canadian scientists who published a recent study in the “Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy” journal exploring how to best leverage snow for cooling. Through a computer modeling exercise, the researchers found that directing a building’s air handling units through a huge mass of snow collected from roads and walkways over the course of the winter lowers the need to use traditional air conditioning as the weather warms. To accommodate such an approach, existing air conditioning systems would have to be retrofited with additional technology along the lines of what happens with geothermal heating and cooling offerings.
In areas such as Canada where there is consistently heavy snow falls, such a system can be just as effective in cooling while also having far less of an environmental impact than conventional air conditioning. The researchers found the technology proven to work, but they also admitted that the economic feasibility is climate-dependent based on how much snow an area gets or how much air conditioning is required during the warm weather seasons.
这个概念已经在多个国家使用。这篇受欢迎的科学文章报道说，日本北海道岛正在收获和储存雪，以使食物保持寒冷和空调，而瑞典的Sundsvall镇据信是该县医院的第一个同类雪厂中的第一家。
（现在，如果有一种方法可以引导极性涡流以获得一些好处！）
