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Energy has become a primary concern in countries worldwide, and is a focus of debates on national security, climate change, global economy, and the developing world. With more people in developing countries adopting the lifestyle of western countries as rapidly as possible, limited only by economic means, a tremendous increase in world’s energy consumption in the next few decades seems difficult to avoid. The building sector is of particular interest, since it accounts for a large portion of the total energy market: currently in the U.S. forty percent of the total energy and seventy percent of electricity is consumed by residential and commercial buildings. Within commercial buildings, cooling equipment represents the second largest consumer of electricity. This research analyzes one option for reducing space cooling energy consumption, an advanced cooling system termed low-lift cooling system (LLCS). The system comprises thermally activated building sur