Solar Powered Air Conditioning Just Makes Sense
A quick overview of Solar Air conditioners by author Lloyd Alter at TreeHugger.com
Absorptive Chilling
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Absorptive refrigeration utilizes a source of heat to provide the energy needed to drive the cooling process.
Air Conditioning
Wikipedia article describing Air Conditioning principle. In the refrigeration cycle, a heat pump transfers heat from a lower temperature heat source into a higher temperature heat sink.
Efficiency Discussion 
A heat engine, such as a steam engine, takes advantage of the everyday fact that "heat wants to flow from hot to cold." The engine "siphons off" some of this flowing heat energy in the form of useful work. In common-sense language, efficiency is...
How ACs work 
When the temperature outside begins to climb, many people seek the cool comfort of indoor air conditioning...
Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioner 
Desiccant and absorption components can be powered by waste heat from a local onsite producer of electricity such as a fuel cell, micro-turbine, internal combustion engine, or Solar...