Wreaking HVAC: Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry responsible for 5.5 billion tonnes of CO2 a year

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New report highlights massive carbon footprint of heating and cooling technologies

The global heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry is a bigger producer of CO2 emissions than all passenger vehicles, flights, and every country except China, according to a new report...

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