What is Evaporative Cooling ?
of the state , from the police to the fire department and has even built the Portacool park as a way of paying it forward to their home ground . Wulf adds , “ This was a major contribution that we made to the city and it ’ s just been a great resource for the community to use . We use it on a regular basis , but really , really proud to be able to call it Portacool Park and see how much it ' s getting utilized on a daily basis .”
Company culture aside , Portacool ’ s business strategy is also one of giving . For instance , their Kuul evaporative media was a technology that was built from need , and not the other way around . Historically , manufacturers had to make do with existing technology , in this case , media to use in their cooling machines , and this led to countless hurdles like shortage of supply and a lag in innovation , to name a few . With Kuul , Portacool was able to create technology that worked for their systems and adapt based on the need . “ When we think of strategy , we think of it through the lens of our customers ; their strategy has to be married to our strategy and vice versa . So when we look at Kuul as the technology behind the data centres and markets that are looking for more energy-efficient and sustainable cooling solutions , that is really what drives our progress and innovative spirit at Portacool .” So what is it ? Kuul evaporative cooling media is a type of rigid evaporative media designed to produce significant temperature drops that are efficient and sustainable . When speaking of data centres , Kuul FirePro™ is produced with the highest quality virgin materials according to a unique design and production technique , making it the strongest and toughest media designed for the arduous conditions of the data centre environment . This ensures the media
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