New Futuristic Fans Installed At Jurong Lake Gardens & Clarke Quay Can Lower Temperatures By 10°C

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Zhi Hao
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Singapore’s many things: efficient, capable and incorrigibly awesome in its own right. But even with its Nas-conferred title of ‘Almost perfect country’, there’s one thing it’s not:

Cool, in the Fahrenheit sense.

Image: The Independent News

Indeed, the weather in Singapore’s just about the hottest thing in the country, next to its many Korean BBQ heaters and the six abs of Steven Lim. And while we’ll like to revel in the heat, the fact remains that we’ll much rather have a cooler environment to chill in. Cos ‘cool and chillax’, and not ‘hot and bothered’.

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Alas, it seems that we can only suck our cheese-dipped thumbs because Singapore’s not gonna get cooler anytime soon. Nope. Though to be fair, there have been implementations that have somewhat made the weather a little more tolerable. Fully air-conditioned places are one;

And these futuristic fans are another.

And before you environmentalists charge our office in ill-concealed rage, just know that these fans are pretty energy-efficient as well.

Total perfection.

New Futuristic Fans Installed At Jurong Lake Gardens & Clarke Quay Can Lower Temperatures By 10°C

Feeling a little under the weather recently?

Well, these futuristic fans over at Jurong Lake Gardens & Clarke Quay might just relieve some of that heat-induced stress for you.

According to Mothership, Temasek Foundation has partnered up with U.S.-based electronics company Phononic to introduce eight of these new fan systems to Singapore:

Image: Temasek Foundation

Described as a “first-of-its-kind cooling project”, the outdoor cooling platforms, named OACIS (Outdoor Active Cooling in Singapore), are essentially blade fan systems utilising thermoelectric semiconductor technology.

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They’re able to create a cooled zone where temperatures are decreased by up to 10°C, and humidity decreased by up to 15 per cent.

At the current moment, the new fan systems are set in the children play areas at Jurong Lake Gardens, and the Octapas restaurant at Clark Quay.

Image: Temasek Foundation
Image: Facebook (Phononic Inc)

There are, however, plans for more fan installations in Singapore.

A Cooler Singapore

According to Mothership, Phononic has revealed plans to increase installations and mass production of the OACIS fans in 2020.

Outdoor sites like Garden by the Bay will also benefit, with fan installations expected through the rest of the year.

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In years’ time, OACIS might even be integrated into heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems of residential and commercial buildings. According to reports, this would help to lower overall energy consumption.

As mentioned above, the OACIS is a sustainable solution which comes across as energy-efficient. Each unit consumes just half the energy of an industrial bladed fan, and it’s also more sustainable than conventional fan systems.

OACIS uses low-pressure carbon dioxide and water as its refrigerants, as compared to conventional air-conditioning units which use leaked hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants (leaked greenhouse gases reportedly a thousand times more potent than carbon dioxide, and a distinct threat to global warming).

Sweltering Heat

Singapore’s hot. And it’s only gonna get hotter from hereon.

Kinda like Steven Lim, really.

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But hey, rest assured folks. Singapore’s working towards a cooler Singapore, step by step.

So the next time you feel really under the weather, you might wanna check out these futuristic fans.

For all you know, they might just be the anti-heat concoction you so desperately need.

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