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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli company has proposed cooling down sweltering London Underground platforms by placing snow-making machines above ground.
IDE Technologies Ltd, which develops desalination plants, said on Monday it had submitted the plan as part of a contest announced by London Mayor Ken Livingstone last month inviting proposals to help commuters beat the heat.
Avshalom Felber, IDE Technologies' president and chief executive officer, said snow made by machines at street-level would be delivered through pipes into containers placed in train tunnels or at platform entrances.
Trains whizzing through the tunnels would create air currents causing cold air from the containers to circulate and cool passengers in stations.
"We use this snow machine technology to cool gold mines in South Africa," Felber told Reuters.
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IDE Technologies Ltd, which develops desalination plants, said on Monday it had submitted the plan as part of a contest announced by London Mayor Ken Livingstone last month inviting proposals to help commuters beat the heat.
Avshalom Felber, IDE Technologies' president and chief executive officer, said snow made by machines at street-level would be delivered through pipes into containers placed in train tunnels or at platform entrances.
Trains whizzing through the tunnels would create air currents causing cold air from the containers to circulate and cool passengers in stations.
"We use this snow machine technology to cool gold mines in South Africa," Felber told Reuters.
Read More/Source: Yahoo!