air conditioning

Modern-day windcatchers: How we can protect ourselves and the planet against heat

Buildings

Modern-day windcatchers: How we can protect ourselves and the planet against heat

Government, business and consumers must work together to slash the emissions of air conditioners and fridges as temperatures rise around the globe and demand for 'cooling systems' snowballs, argues Arçelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu

clock 19 October 2021 • 5 min read

Buildings

To make offices safe during COVID-19, buildings need a breath of fresh air

Could the coronavirus crisis change the way we design green buildings?

clock 19 June 2020 • 7 min read

Policy

Report: One billion people worldwide lack access to cooling

Governments, industry, and development finance need to collaborate to reduce the number of people at risk from lack of access to cooling, report states

clock 11 November 2019 • 2 min read

Management

Playing it cool: Major firms sign up to The Climate Group's 'Cooling Challenge'

Indian conglomerates Mahindra & Mahindra, and Godrej Consumer, among firms promising to run cooling operations more efficiently as part of EP100

clock 16 September 2019 • 2 min read

Climate change

Verisk Maplecroft: Rising temperatures set to cool economic growth

Emerging economies set to take a financial hit as rising temperatures raise the risk of overheated workers and electricity blackouts

clock 02 August 2018 • 3 min read

Climate change

Electricity demand in southern Europe to soar with air con - scientists

Study predicts power consumption to rise with hotter temperatures, increasing need for renewable sources, while northern Europe's demand may fall

clock 29 August 2017 • 4 min read