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"The US sweltered under record-breaking heat this year, with new research
suggesting that air conditioning is no longer enough to keep homes cool.
Spiraling energy demands and costs of indoor cooling now have planners looking
to alternative ways to keep buildings cool – some fresh out of the lab, others
centuries old.
“The amount of buildings we expect to go up in the next couple decades is just
staggering,” says Alexi Miller, director of building innovation at the
non-profit New Buildings Institute (NBI). “If we build them the way we built
them yesterday, we’re going to use a phenomenal amount of energy. There are
lots of ways we could be doing this better. It’s not all fancy, emerging
technology – there’s some basic stuff we don’t do nearly enough.”
The Guardian spoke with architects, designers and developers about how they
are building homes for a warmer planet."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
