Alternatives to air-conditioning: policies, design, technologies, behaviours. Issue 1 (21st June 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Alternatives to air-conditioning: policies, design, technologies, behaviours. Issue 1 (21st June 2022)
- Main Title:
- Alternatives to air-conditioning: policies, design, technologies, behaviours
- Authors:
- Ford, Brian
Mumovic, Dejan
Rawal, Rajan - Abstract:
- Highlights Far from being a panacea, air-conditioning is shown to create social, environmental and economic problems. Alternatives to air-conditioning are identified as a key means of reducing energy demand and carbon emissions, improving resilience to heat, and providing a healthy indoor environment. These alternatives are more than a technological issue and help to reframe coolth as an attribute and not a commodity. This editorial introduces the themes and individual papers in this special issue. It explores the implications of these alternative solutions across a range of issues: health and wellbeing; air quality; heat stress; technical/design solutions; economics and equity; climate change; social expectations and practices; policy and regulation; supply chain and procurement; education and training. Recommendations for change involve policy and regulation, construction industry business models, redefining the design decision process, improving performance and feedback, and updating workforce skills and capabilities.
- Is Part Of:
- Buildings & cities. Volume 3:Issue 1(2022)
- Journal:
- Buildings & cities
- Issue:
- Volume 3:Issue 1(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 3, Issue 1 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0003-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 433
- Page End:
- 447
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-21
- Subjects:
- adaptation -- air-conditioning -- climate change -- cooling -- design -- energy demand -- environmental control -- passive cooling -- public policy -- thermal comfort
City planning -- Periodicals
Urban policy -- Periodicals
Sustainable development -- Periodicals
307.76 - Journal URLs:
- https://journal-buildingscities.org/ ↗
https://www.buildingsandcities.org/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.5334/bc.256 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2632-6655
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- Legaldeposit
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