air conditioning Archives - resilience https://www.resilience.org/tag/airconditioning/ Insight and inspiration in turbulent times. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:40:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.resilience.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-9sq-Blue-Box-only-32x32-2-32x32.png air conditioning Archives - resilience https://www.resilience.org/tag/airconditioning/ 32 32 Dog days in D.C. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-08-24/dog-days-in-d-c/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-08-24/dog-days-in-d-c/#respond Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:39:25 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3515647 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-08-24/dog-days-in-d-c/feed/ 0 Chillin’ and Killin’: How Air Conditioning Has Altered Human Behavior and the Environment (Episode 60 of Crazy Town) https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-06-16/chillin-and-killin-how-air-conditioning-has-altered-human-behavior-and-the-environment-episode-60-of-crazy-town/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-06-16/chillin-and-killin-how-air-conditioning-has-altered-human-behavior-and-the-environment-episode-60-of-crazy-town/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:50:00 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3492106 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2022-06-16/chillin-and-killin-how-air-conditioning-has-altered-human-behavior-and-the-environment-episode-60-of-crazy-town/feed/ 0 Climate and architecture https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-26/climate-and-architecture/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-26/climate-and-architecture/#respond Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:21:27 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3482469 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-26/climate-and-architecture/feed/ 0 The Coronavirus-Climate-Air Conditioning Nexus https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-21/the-coronavirus-climate-air-conditioning-nexus/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-21/the-coronavirus-climate-air-conditioning-nexus/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2020 10:49:02 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3482381 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-07-21/the-coronavirus-climate-air-conditioning-nexus/feed/ 9 Air-conditioning the outside—really https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-10/air-conditioning-the-outside-really/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-10/air-conditioning-the-outside-really/#respond Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:37:52 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3479079 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-11-10/air-conditioning-the-outside-really/feed/ 0 The Air-Conditioning Debate Isn’t Really About Air-Conditioning https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-09-11/the-air-conditioning-debate-isnt-really-about-air-conditioning/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-09-11/the-air-conditioning-debate-isnt-really-about-air-conditioning/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:45:12 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3473537 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-09-11/the-air-conditioning-debate-isnt-really-about-air-conditioning/feed/ 0 Heat Check https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-07-17/heat-check/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-07-17/heat-check/#respond Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:29:22 +0000 https://www.resilience.org/?p=3472796 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-07-17/heat-check/feed/ 0 Energy Asset https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-03-26/energy-asset/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-03-26/energy-asset/#respond Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:46:06 +0000 http://www.resilience.org/?p=3471008 https://www.resilience.org/stories/2018-03-26/energy-asset/feed/ 0 Moral Discomfort, Privilege, and the Politics of Air-Conditioning https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-08-17/moral-discomfort-privilege-and-the-politics-of-air-conditioning/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-08-17/moral-discomfort-privilege-and-the-politics-of-air-conditioning/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:27:00 +0000 As I learned in graduate-school, the legitimate fear of change and the unknown expressed in each case is, more significantly, working at the same time to protect some form of unacknowledged and unseen privilege. 

]]> https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-08-17/moral-discomfort-privilege-and-the-politics-of-air-conditioning/feed/ 0 The Revenge of the Circulating Fan https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-09-12/the-revenge-of-the-circulating-fan/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-09-12/the-revenge-of-the-circulating-fan/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2014 02:00:00 +0000 Cooling people by increasing local airflow is at least ten times more energy efficient than refrigerating the air in a given space, and it also adds the benefit of a personally controlled thermal environment.

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