Officials with Broad Air Conditioning, a Chinese manufacturer, are in Baton Rouge today and Thursday to meet with business and university officials and to discuss a technology the company sells, which uses waste to power central air-conditioning. Broad will discuss ways to harness ExxonMobil’s waste steam and hot water and Entergy’s waste heat to cool city-parish offices and buildings on the Southern University campus. The Chinese businessmen will also visit LSU and meet with officials from The Shaw Group and Albemarle. Mayor Kip Holden’s spokesman says the connection with Broad came out of a 10-day trip Holden took to China in April, which was paid for with campaign funds instead of taxpayer money. To read a profile of Broad’s co-founder Zhang Yue in The Atlantic magazine, click here.
Chinese air-conditioning company talks green energy in BR
Sign up for the free Daily Report email – local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business impact business in Baton Rouge and beyond.
