Annotated Summary #1

Bertran A. C. (2013, August). Energy System and Economic Analysis of District cooling in the city hall of Gävle [Master’s thesis, University of Gävle]. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:653274/FULLTEXT01.pdf 

This article focuses on the financial analysis of implementing the district cooling system. The monetary analysis includes the investment of installing the district cooling system. Installation costs consist of substation cost and access charge, and the tear-down cost comprises the removal of the old cooling system. According to Bertran, the implementation of the district cooling system has a decent investment margin as it stated “internal rate of return of 12% and a payback of the investment of 21 years.” The district cooling system will be a better investment than a water-cooling system.

The article also provides a useful platform for our research project on the feasibility of implementing the district cooling system. Based on our proposed solution, it is not necessary to tear-down the old cooling system, so the overall installation cost will be a reduction than implementing the district cooling system to existing buildings. As shown in the report, it gives a coherent financial analysis of the projected valuation of the district cooling system and its payback period for the investors. There are proper tables, guidelines, and breakdown analysis on the cost, which help significantly in our research project as supporting documents. 



Comments

  1. Clement Ten23 November 2020 at 22:32

    Good afternoon Dexter,

    I have also skimmed through the said master thesis and found the paper to be relatively lengthy. So, thank you for writing this helpful annotated summary that focuses on the financial aspect of the research.

    In the summary, you mentioned that the paper provides information on return rates, installation and teardown costs, and tables that will be instrumental for our report. These will be helpful as we move on to expound on the cost of the district cooling system in our report.

    Thank you for your meticulous and excellent work!

    With thanks,
    Clement Ten.

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  2. celine28 November 2020 at 03:59

    Good evening Dexter,

    I have read through the summary the actual report was lengthy and had a lot information. I was very impressed that you managed to pick out the important point which was the financial aspect which was very useful in our project research.

    In the summary, you mentioned that the paper provides information on return rates, installation and teardown costs. These information will be provide a strong supporting document as evidence, a solid deep dive.

    Thank you and as always keep up with the good work.

    Best regards,
    Celine

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  3. Rue28 November 2020 at 21:02

    Dear Dexter

    Thank you for your annotated summary. I am impressed that you were able to summarize the monetary aspect of the district cooling system to show that it is a better investment as compared to the conventional water cooling system.

    I also like the fact that your idea do not require tearing down the old cooling system, which further reduce the installation fees, making the implementation more attractive.

    Keep up the good work.

    Regards
    Rue

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