There are many new ideas being tried to help you keep cool during the summer season. Many may never make it out of the lab and into real world applications. But it is always a good idea to learn about many different new ideas that are being explored. With that in mind here is a review of a new technology that is being looked at.
Electrical engineers at Stanford University published an article describing their cooling invention in last month's NanoLetters. What they discovered is a metal-dielectric photonic structure that radiates sunlight keeping what's inside cool.
What are the implications of their invention? Buildings and homes that can be kept cool without air conditioning. Automobiles that no longer turn into ovens in the heat of a summer day.
So what is a metal-dielectric photonic structure? It is material that does two things:
• acts like a mirror to solar light reflecting the Sun's energy,
• emits what it reflects within a specific range of wavelength to not contribute to the greenhouse effect.
How can it do this, that is, reflect the heat of the Sun away from a building without heating the atmosphere around the building? The scientists created a thermal emitter and solar reflector in one using nanophotonic materials. The material both suppresses the heat from sunlight but also radiates it efficiently so that it doesn't hang round but escapes right out of the Earth's atmosphere.
The net cooling exceeds 100 watts per square meter, about the same amount of power as current solar panels generate at 10% efficiency.
A single-family home clad in this new material could easily reduce its air conditioning needs by 35% or more, even on the hottest summer days, and do this without drawing on any power source.
Such a passive cooling technology would serve well in much of the developing world where power infrastructure to drive air conditioning is non-existent or heavily reliant on the burning of fossil fuels. And for areas off the grid, a technology like this presents an ideal solution for keeping vehicles, buildings and homes cool during hot summers.
Don’t expect to use this in the next few years as it is still in very early development and very costly at this time.
Looking for fast and fair HVAC service? Aaron’s Mechanical Services wants you to stay comfortable all year round. Most important we want you to spend the least amount of money possible while you stay comfortable. If your air conditioning system or HVAC unit needs service or replacement please think of us and call at 623-388-4436 and we will come to you and solve your cooling unit service needs.
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Do you think that it is way too early for that question? Maybe, but do you know that there is a good chance that it will be ninety degrees Fahrenheit or above by this coming Sunday March 16th?
The National Weather Service records indicated that the average first one hundred degree day is usually May 13th. The way 2014 has treated so far I can only guess that we will see our first one hundred degree day well before our average of the past decade.
Did You Know?
Earliest 100 degree day is; March 26, 1988
Latest one hundred degree day is; June 18, 1913 (we can only hope)
Does that mean that this year will be more like our 1988 year and we will see one hundred degrees Fahrenheit by the end of March in 2014?
If Spring turns out to be a very hot variation is your air conditioner ready for that? Is it about time to call and do a tune-up now and be ready or do you want to be way too hot by late March?
Will this summer be longer and hotter than normal?
Did You Know?
When do we see the last occurrence of a 100 degree daytime high or even higher in the Valley of the Sun? Here are the average records form the National Weather Service.
Earliest - September 2, 1904. While this sounds great to me, please note that this record is one hundred and ten (that is 110) years old. I don’t see that being broken anytime soon and of course the Phoenix Metro area has grown by a factor of more than 120 times since then. We have torn-up and paved over many, many acres of farm land since then. Asphalt and concrete hold in heat, where plants and crops used to cool us off a bit.
Back then air conditioning way a pan of ice with a fan blowing air toward you. Thankfully we have moved way beyond that for both personal and whole house cooling.
Latest - October 23, 2003.
Average - September 28th.
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While the East and South are freezing here in the Phoenix Metro Area we continue to be above average by ten degrees Fahrenheit or so. While that means we are seeing midafternoon highs in the low to mid-eighties, what does that mean for this coming summer?
The National Weather Service claims that a very warm spring doesn’t mean anything in relation to our coming summer temperatures. For one, I would sure hate to see a summer that had many days that were ten degrees above normal. We will have to wait and see if this summer is the one that breaks our record high of one hundred-twenty-two degrees that happened on June 26th in the summer of 1991.
I know that seems as hot as it could get, but, we have to remember that it is twelve degrees below the record high in the continental United States. The all-time high nationwide is 134 degrees, set on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley, California.
I would hate to think about temperatures in the Valley of the Sun pushing above the record this summer, but, it could happen. Is your AC going to be ready for that type of summer? A spring time tune-up could go a long way toward protecting your family from the heat this coming 2014 summer. When was the last time you had you had your air conditioner professionally serviced?
Did You Know?
Weather temperatures have been officially kept in Phoenix, Arizona since 1895.
Only three times in its history since 1895 has Phoenix experienced temperatures at or above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition to the record 122 degree day, it was also 121 degrees on July 28, 1995, and 120 degrees on Jun 25, 1990.
The all-time record hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Arizona is 128 degrees Fahrenheit, which occurred on June 29th, 1994, in the city of Lake Havasu. Lake Havasu is located in west-central Arizona, about a 200 mile drive west of Phoenix. Lake Havasu is located along the border with California and is known as the transplanted home of the London Bridge.
If the U.S. used the Celsius system of temperature measurement, our record high in Phoenix would be just fifty (50) degrees, wow that sounds cooler to me!
On February 16th, 2014 Phoenix broke the record high for the day with a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit. That would make a very warm summer day in Minnesota.
So rather than worrying about saving our springtime plants we are sipping Iced Tea on the patio.
Aaron’s Mechanical Services wants you to stay comfortable all year round. Most important we want you to spend the least amount of money possible while you stay comfortable. If your air conditioning system or HVAC unit needs service or replacement please think of us and call at 623-388-4436 and we will come to you and solve your Heating Unit service needs.
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Arizona's military story begins with the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500s. These settlers established missions and garrisons or presidios to protect mission villages in Arizona, California and New Mexico. Over the centuries, Indians repeatedly tried to protect their homelands by resisting these Spaniards, and later, the Mexicans and Americans as well.
The American presence, which began during the U.S. Mexican War, led to numerous conflicts known today as the Indian Wars. During this time, on April 15, 1862, a small Civil War skirmish took place in Arizona at Picacho Peak. It became the site of the westernmost battle of that war and is annually commemorated with a re-enactment.
One of the most famous Indian War campaigns took place in 1864, when Kit Carson led the U.S. military effort that forced the Navajos to move to a remote area of Canyon de Chelly. The Apache Wars were the longest and bloodiest, and ended only when Geronimo surrendered in 1886, assured that he and his men would be imprisoned for only two years and then allowed to return to their homeland. Instead, all of them, including women and children, were made prisoners of war for 27 years.
Today, Arizona is home to two major air force bases, Luke Air Force Base and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, as well as Fort Huachuca, a U.S. Army base. In addition to its military bases, Arizona was the site of 18 Titan Missile installations. All of the national Titan Missile sites have been destroyed except one near Tucson, which can be toured.
Titan Missile Museum
The Titan Missile Museum is the only Titan Missile site that remains intact. The guided tour includes the launch control room with a simulated launch and then continues down the 200 ft. tunnel for a close up look at the Titan II missile. Daily from 9am to 5pm.
150 West Duval Mine Road Sahuarita, AZ 85629 • 520-625-7736
http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
Fort Huachuca and Museum
Fort Huachuca was established in 1877 as a temporary camp near the Huachuca Mountains, and today as the home for the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School. The Fort Huachuca Museum features military and Indian artifacts, photos and dioramas covering the history of the Fort from the Apache Wars to the present day.
2133 Cushing Street Sierra Vista, AZ 85616 • 520-533-5736
http://www.army.mil/community/state/huachuca.html
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Bowie tells the story of the conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the U.S. Army
3203 South Old Fort Bowie Road Bowie, AZ 85605 • 520-847-2500.
http://www.nps.gov/fobo/index.htm
Aaron’s Mechanical Services wants you to stay comfortable all year round. If your air conditioning system or HVAC unit needs service or replacement please think of us and call at 623-388-4436 and we will come to you and solve your air conditioning service needs.
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We all complain when it is time to pay summer utility bills here in the Phoenix Metro Area. On the flipside… We all love our mild fall days and nights. We brag to everyone who will listen about our fantastic winter weather. Our spring time barbeques are legendary here in the Valley of the Sun.
Folks from all over visit or spend full time here during the winter and early spring. They send photos home of swimming (comfortably) in March while their family and friends are still shoveling snow back home.
But many of those folks snicker at us when it comes time for high heels to sink into the asphalt. Yes, it gets very hot (sorry Chamber of Commerce for use of the “Hot” word) for sixty to one-hundred plus days during the summer.
We all dread the utility bills during the summer.
But… What Are Your Plans To Save On Utility Bills This Summer? You are planning to do something positive to lower your utility bills, aren’t you?
You can do something positive about those pesky utility bills. Are you looking for some examples? We aren’t talking about just raising the thermostat to a higher setting and suffering from the heat. That never seems like a great idea to us. We know you want your home to be a comfortable place to get into and out of the Arizona summer heat.
Have you installed a new energy saving smart thermostat yet? Have you upgraded your attic insulation? Have you added an efficient ridge vent or powered attic fans? Have you installed heat blocking energy efficient windows? Have you planted shade trees under the SRP and APS tree programs? Have you had an energy audit from you utility company? That could pin point where and what needs to be repaired (replaced) to help save money on energy bills. It may seem strange but your utility company really wants to help you spend less on electricity. As the Valley of the Sun grows they need to spend huge amounts of money to buy more electricity or build even bigger power plants.
Have you had or plan to have your Air Conditioner tuned-up BEFORE this coming summer heating season?
Have you considered or do you plan to consider replacing your current AC or HVAC unit with a newer and far more efficient air conditioner system? This will result in a lower utility bill now and for many years to come.
A new AC unit with a high S.E.E.R. rating sure sounds like a plan to us.
Looking for fast and fair HVAC service? Aaron’s Mechanical Services wants you to stay comfortable all year round. Most important we want you to spend the least amount of money possible while you stay comfortable. If your air conditioning system or HVAC unit needs service or replacement please think of us and call at 623-388-4436 and we will come to you and solve your cooling Unit service needs.
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As you know Monday is when we look at the upcoming week and try to decide what is happening with our Phoenix Arizona weather and how it will affect your heating or cooling needs.
This coming week looks to be a fairly typical spring time in the Valley of the Sun. Our temperatures will be from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties. We have had such a mild winter while the eastern half of the country has been suffering from one of the worst winters in decades.
You still may need a touch of heat during the overnight and early morning hours. But unlike Chicago (16 degrees Fahrenheit this morning) you, your plants or your pets aren’t in any danger of freezing during the night time hours.
With the latest polar vortex air movements we have freeze warnings as far south as lower Georgia and Alabama. Now I know why our winter visitors are staying in Arizona even longer than normal this year.
Did You Know?
The winter of 1932 in the US was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid!
It is official; Mesa Arizona had a tornado touch down, briefly, around noon on Saturday March 1st 2014. It was a category F 0.
A tornado can last from a few seconds to more than an hour. On average, they persist for about 10 minutes.
Texas gets about 110 tornadoes each year, the most of any U.S. state
A tornado that struck Washington, D.C. on August 25, 1814, is credited with driving the British invaders out of the city and preventing them from carrying out further destruction. They had burned the White House and much of the city the day before.
With our heavy rain in the Phoenix Metro area this past weekend we thought you might like to know more about a phrase that may have come to mind on Saturday. The phrase “raining cats and dogs” originated in seventeenth-century England. During heavy rainstorms, many animals would end up floating down the streets, giving the appearance that it had actually rained cats and dogs.
When you are ready to have your Air Conditioner or HVAC system tuned-up this spring we hope you will consider using Aaron’s Mechanical Services for your home’s needs.
Looking for a fast and fair company to work with for your Heating or Air Conditioning tune-ups or repairs? Give Aaron’s Mechanical Services a call and let us help you get comfortable! Please call us at 623-388-4436.
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