“The remarkable decline in the US temperature-mortality relationship over the twentieth century.” Air conditioners are one of the three adaptations. This reinforces the point that climate predictions that don’t account for adaptation (probably most of them?) are missing something critical. […]
“CNN on Tuesday noted that a report from Bank of America claims that the company hasn’t been cooling its stores as a way to save money amid a decline in sales.” Also, their CEO was recently shown the door after […]
“Now a market disrupting technology has been launched that increases compression speed by 38% while using 33% less electricity. Multiply that by billions of units and you get a pretty helpful contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions!” | learn more
Currently landlords are required to provide heating to a minimum temperature, but not cooling. Given many buildings were built before air conditioning was widely adopted, this sort of makes sense. Except that Chicago’s summer is unbearable without air conditioning. If […]
This was published in the WSJ Magazine, so you know it’s classy “Clunky, view-obstructing window AC units are a thing of the past. The new wave of companies offering well-designed, quiet—dare we say—cool replacements.” | learn more