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▲ walthamstow 19 hours ago

You can't pipe cold water through radiators, all you'll get is a very wet floor. Think of an ice cold bottle of beer.

▲nickserv 19 hours ago | parent [-]

You need a radiator with a built-in electric fan, this will all but eliminate the condensation.

However it will not cool like an A/C unit, only something like 5°C reduction. This can be enough to get a decent night's sleep during a summer heatwave.

▲walthamstow 18 hours ago | parent [-]

We're talking about retrofitting to existing typical UK radiators. If I was buying new radiators (and paying an electrician to run electricity to them!) then I would want a better return on investment than cooling from 35C to 30C.

▲mitxela 18 hours ago | parent [-]

I visited a building once that had "cold panels" covering about half of the drop ceiling. Supposedly they made a difference in summer but I suppose they needed the massive surface area.