Inefficient cooling seen as key to keeping climate change in check
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation After enduring the hottest decade on record, India aims to keep its homes and workplaces cool without raising energy consumption with one simple change: raising the temperature settings on air conditioners. The government has mandated a default temperature of 24 degrees Celsius instead of the standard 20 to 21 degrees for […]
Air conditioning for all? Hotter world faces risk of “cooling poverty”
Oxford, EnglandThomson Reuters Foundation As climate change brings more frequent and extreme heatwaves around the world, demand for air conditioners is soaring, with 10 new units sold every second on average – but the poor may be left to swelter, said a University of Oxford researcher. By 2050, energy use for cooling is projected to […]