Air-conditioning system and method

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF AIR CONDITIONING A BUILDING HAVING AN INNER CORE SPACE FOR OCCUPANCY BY PEOPLE AND IN WHICH LIGHTING AND OTHER ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT AND MACHINES MAY EXIST CREATING A COOLING LOAD AND AN OUTER PERIPHERAL SPACE CREATING BOTH COOLING AND A HEATING LOADS AT DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR WHICH COMPRISES, SUPPLYING AIR TO THE INNR CORE SPACE INCLUDING OUTSIDE AIR TO VENTILATE THE SPACE, COOLING THE AIR SUPPLIED TO THE INNER CORE SPACE WHEN NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY PRODUCING COMFORT CONDITIONS IN SAID INNER CORE SPACE, ABSORBING THE HEAT OF SAID INNER CORE SPACE IN SAID AIR AND THEN EXHAUSTING THE AIR FROM SAID SPACE, AND THEN CIRCULATING THE HEATED AIR EXHAUSTED FROM SAID INNER CORE SPACE IN THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SPACE TO UTILIZE THE HEAT ABSORBED IN THE INNER CORE SPACE TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY HEAT THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SPACE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF AIR CONDITIONING A BUILDING HAVING AN INNER CORE SPACE FOR OCCUPANCY BY PEOPLE AND IN WHICH LIGHTING AND OTHER ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT AND MACHINES MAY EXIST CREATING A COOLING LOAD AND AN OUTER PERIPHERAL SPACE CREATING BOTH COOLING AND A HEATING LOADS AT DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR WHICH COMPRISES, SUPPLYING AIR TO THE INNR CORE SPACE INCLUDING OUTSIDE AIR TO VENTILATE THE SPACE, COOLING THE AIR SUPPLIED TO THE INNER CORE SPACE WHEN NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY PRODUCING COMFORT CONDITIONS IN SAID INNER CORE SPACE, ABSORBING THE HEAT OF SAID INNER CORE SPACE IN SAID AIR AND THEN EXHAUSTING THE AIR FROM SAID SPACE, AND THEN CIRCULATING THE HEATED AIR EXHAUSTED FROM SAID INNER CORE SPACE IN THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SPACE TO UTILIZE THE HEAT ABSORBED IN THE INNER CORE SPACE TO AT LEAST PARTIALLY HEAT THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SPACE.