Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning | In a rapidly warming world, a former extravagance is becoming a necessity
Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning | In a rapidly warming world, a former extravagance is becoming a necessity
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I'm much more in favour of good insulation rather than AC. Mostly because it consumes a huge amount of energy and it can contribute to UHI.
Most buildings in Europe are already well insulated but during hot spells it doesn't keep heat out...
Not sure that’s how good insulation works, if it’s not keeping heat out, then it’s not that good of an insulation.
But I think I get your point, it’s good enough so that winter time heating doesn’t escape faster than it is produced, problem then being that nothing offers cooling in the summer months. Still ameliorated by better insulation.
Besides my experience of Central Europe is that insolvency ain’t all that good..
Most building already have it, at home most people couldn't afford the electric bill to run it
We're unregulated as shit but somehow 90% of the US can afford it.