Features of Equipment, System and Facilities

•	The electric power rate for space cooling in the apartment during the season became about one-third of the electric power rate that was necessary for air-conditioner cooling.
•	This system has been developed, after trial and error, as a result of joint work based on techniques and know-how accumulated by local contractors, equipment dealers, and a research association studying the utilization of snow.
•	The initial cost for construction of a snow storage and the like is about 4 times the initial cost for electric space cooling, but considering the running cost, snow removal cost, and the like, together, the equipment cost can be recovered in about 10 years.
•	With a heat exchanger employed, the secondary side circuit can be used as a circuit for both space cooling and space heating.
•	Compared with pneumatic snow cooling, snow storage can be smaller, and the equipment space within each dwelling unit can also be smaller.