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Why India is reinventing the air conditioner
- Kaibeezy 7y agoThe air conditioner is nearly 100 years old, and yet it hasn't evolved See https://globalcoolingprize.org/ https://globalcoolingprize.org/ This groundbreaking competition is designed to incentivize development of a residential cooling solution that will have at least five times (5X) less climate impact than standard Residential/ Room Air Conditioners (RAC) units in the market today. This technology could prevent up to 100 gigatons (GT) of CO2-equivalent emissions by 2050, and put the world on a pathway to mitigate up to 0.5˚C of global warming by 2100, all while enhancing living standards for people in developing countries around the globe. Cool.
- eesmith 7y agoYour quote should have included the word "much" after "evolved", as the article describes some of the ways that A/C systems have evolved over the last century.