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Letter: Making air conditioning better for the planet

Published 24 July 2024

From Patrick Walker, Edinburgh, UK

You highlight problems with the growing demand for energy-intensive air conditioning in a warming world. How about updating building regulations so that new air conditioning installations must be accompanied by solar panels? Peak cooling demand (and electricity consumption) can be expected to correlate with daytime maximum solar radiation and maximum solar panel output (6 July, p 22).

Issue no. 3501 published 27 July 2024

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