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Air conditioning, once a luxury, is now a matter of survival. As Phoenix weathered its 27th consecutive day above 110 degrees (43 Celsius) Wednesday, the nine who died indoors didn't have ...
Free Air Conditioners for people 65 and older. If you or someone you know is 65 years or older and in need of an air conditioner, the Bishop Sullivan Center’s Project ElderCool can also be ...
Arizona is among 19 states with shut-off protections, leaving about half of the U.S. population without safeguards against losing electricity during the summer, the National Energy Assistance ...
The July 1995 Chicago heat wave led to 739 heat-related deaths in Chicago over a period of five days. [1] Most of the victims of the heat wave were elderly poor residents of the city, who did not have air conditioning, or had air conditioning but could not afford to turn it on, and did not open windows or sleep outside for fear of crime. [2]
CAPE is effectively the positive buoyancy of an air parcel and is an indicator of atmospheric instability, which makes it valuable in predicting severe weather. CIN, convective inhibition , is effectively negative buoyancy, expressed B- ; the opposite of convective available potential energy (CAPE) , which is expressed as B+ or simply B.
Inmates become “miserable” in prisons without air conditioning and violence tends to increase, he said. “Staff suffer too, and take a lot of days off so the (staff) shortage gets worse.
Seasonal thermal energy storage (STES), also known as inter-seasonal thermal energy storage, [1] is the storage of heat or cold for periods of up to several months. The thermal energy can be collected whenever it is available and be used whenever needed, such as in the opposing season.
Buying and installing central air conditioner to cool the house during the day is simply beyond their budget. They’re making do with window cooling units, one in their bedroom and the other in ...