Cool your building at night instead of trying to cool it during the heat of the day!
Your home air-conditioning system doesn’t work like a water faucet, said Shichao Liu, an architectural engineering professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/07/10/air-conditioner-recommended-settings-summer/
@GreenFire Your house is like a battery. Charge (cool) it at night, and that charge will last all day even in the 90s.
@AlliFlowers Thermal batteries are one of our crucial #ClimateSolutions that needs to start being used more effectively for sure.
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Thermal batteries are one of our crucial #ClimateSolutions that needs to start being used more effectively for sure.