The Yaoxue Ice and Snow World project is located in Zone 101 of the main urban area of the Lingang New Area, an area dedicated to developing a high-quality tourism and residential area. The project is adjacent to Haichang Ocean Park and the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, covering an area of 111,174.9 square meters and with a total construction area of 344,364.99 square meters. The project is developed in two zones, south and north. The south zone includes apartment hotels and multi-functional halls, while the north zone includes an indoor ski resort, a water park, two five-star hotels, an ice rink, and various other businesses. Among them, the ski resort covers an area of 96,571.25 square meters, making it the world's largest indoor ski complex to date, and is scheduled to open on September 6th.

The project has six major "ice and snow +" features, constructing an "ice and snow + vacation" ecosystem, and wholeheartedly creating a one-stop ice and snow carnival that can be experienced without leaving Shanghai, exploring the infinite possibilities of ice and snow. As a project mainly based on an indoor ski resort, high energy consumption is inevitable. In addition to general green building measures, the project also features an ice storage system, a waste heat recovery system, a dehumidification heat pump system, a carbon dioxide refrigeration system, a new insulation system, and large-area rooftop solar photovoltaic panels, maximizing the reuse of energy. Next, let's take a look at the green and low-carbon technologies used in the Yaoxue Ice and Snow World project?

The standard ice rink located on the first floor of the water park, which is also the commercial center, uses a new carbon dioxide refrigeration system design. Using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant, it does not harm the environment, is non-toxic, non-flammable, and inexpensive, and does not require recycling. In addition, carbon dioxide has a large boiling heat transfer coefficient, which can effectively reduce the heat exchange temperature difference and is not sensitive to pressure loss, representing a major trend in the global refrigeration industry. The power of the carbon dioxide pump used in the ice rink is only 5.5 kW, which is significantly less than the 74 kW of the water pump motor in conventional ice rinks.

The ice storage system mainly operates from May to October, utilizing the off-peak hours of summer electricity and the tiered electricity pricing policy of the power grid to store ice using idle refrigeration units at night in the Snow Park and release the cold during peak electricity hours. This device undertakes part of the air conditioning load during peak and off-peak periods and directly reduces the power configuration of the refrigeration unit. The project's ice storage system has a 27,000 kWh external ice melting and storage tank in the basement, saving approximately 578,000 yuan in electricity costs annually compared to conventional cooling systems.

To further study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and directives on tourism work, implement the relevant work arrangements of the National Tourism Development Conference, promote the tourism, leisure and entertainment industry to uphold the right principles and innovate, improve quality and efficiency, and achieve deep integration, and contribute to the modernization and high-quality development of the tourism, leisure and entertainment industry, the China Amusement Machine and Amusement Park Association will hold the 2024 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Development Conference in Zhengzhou from October 23-25!