Taking the heat out of shipping

摘要

The propulsion system on a cruise ship is the largest energy consumer on a cruise ship, but the air conditioning system is the second largest, and energy savings and efficiencies aside, air conditioning is a part of the cruise experience when the aim is provide maximum comfort for passengers. "Clever, intelligent and highly automated total solutions make the realisation of significant amounts of energy savings on board possible while at the sa me time the passengers' comfort will be optimised", Imtech chief executive Rene van der Bruggen, said in January when announcing that the firm had secured an order from Papenburg-based shipyard Meyer Werft for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems on two new Norwegian Cruise Line ships. At 143,500gt, the cruise ships are the largest ever to be built in Germany and are set for delivery in 2013 and 2014.