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Analysis of Sustainable HVAC Systems in Adriatic Tourism Facilities

World and Mediterranean trends in tourism growth are followed by energy consumption growth. Bearing in mind that heating and air conditioning accounts for almost half of the energy consumption of many hotels, necessary infrastructure to meet growing demand with minimal impact to natural resources and environment should be provided. Paper deals with sustainable solutions for cooling and heating of tourist facilities on the Adriatic coast. Analysis of two systems utilizing seawater as &#8220 ; free source&#8221 ; of cold energy, and absorption system utilizing solar thermal energy are compared with conventional vapour compression system. It was showed that significant savings in energy consumption and CO2 emissions could be accomplished. At the same time system provide water conservation measures, negligible visual and noise pollution.

tourism; cooling; heating

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