SOLID’s local representative established contacts with the school and developed the project together with the team in Graz. SOLID’s absorption chillers are considered as “pre-cooling” for base load and only peaks are supported by the existing compression chillers. The effect of solar cooling applied for base load, the overall energy costs decreased and the lifetime of compression chillers increased.

As an intended effect, the Desert Mountain High School administration, has two benefits from solar cooling: First, to spend less for cooling enery and, second, to reduce the connection fee as the peak electricity load significantly decreased. The shadings by the collectors have a benefit to the users of parked cars, as these do not overheat anymore.