SkyCool -Melbourne Airport
Internationally recognised as a substantial airport energy-saving methodology, the SkyCool white roof solution has been provided to 3 Australian International airports. Trials are currently running overseas on several new sites with a view to doubling the SkyCool presence every 18 months.
Over a 3 year period, 47,000 sq meters of roof at Melbourne International Airport was coated with SkyCool.
It is estimated by Airport management that the equivalent of 40,000 tonnes of greenhouse gasses is saved each year.
The project was completed in 3 stages with each new stage dependent upon the success of the previous stage.
Airport management advised the following results on a public television program:
16 auxiliary air conditioning units no longer required.
The major chilled water system energy has been reduced by 30-40% depending upon weather conditions – the hotter the weather, the greater the saving.
Customer concerns from a new 1st class international lounge ceased after the SkyCool coating was applied, where previously even a second large additional air conditioning unit was not able to cope.
SkyCool brings patented technology enabling large reductions in air conditioning operating costs. Better than all forms of insulation, it is a roof coating which interacts with the sky to actually draw heat out of the building rendering its interior cooler than ambient air - even under extreme summertime heat loads. For more information about this particular case study, get in touch with the team today.