Schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions.wapo.st As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
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Dr. Destenie Nock: Air Conditioning and Summertime Energy Povertyyoutu.be Lack of air conditioners can put households at risk of heat stroke or heat illness in the summertime. CEE/EPP’s Dr. Destenie Nock and team have developed methods for finding at risk households using large scale data analytics and algorithms. This work was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Further reading: Kwon, M., Cong, S., Nock, D., Huang, L., Qiu, Y. L., & Xing, B. (2023). Forgone summertime comfort as a function of avoided electricity use. Energy Policy, 183, 113813. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421523003981
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