Experts call for ban on glass skyscrapers to save energy in climate crisis
Air conditioning is used to avoid greenhouse effect but cooling buildings adds to carbon emissions
Leading architects and engineers are calling for all-glass skyscrapers to be banned because they are too difficult and expensive to cool. "If you're building a greenhouse in a climate emergency, it's...
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