The future of air conditioning
The report ≪ The Future of Air Conditioning for Buildings ≫ prepared by Navigant Consulting for the US Department of Energy (DOE) provides valuable figures on the expected growth in air conditioning (AC) demand and its environmental impact. Today, AC equipment represents close to a USD 100 billion, 100 million-unit per year global market, and accounts for 4.5 exajoules of site energy consumption per year, comprising just over 4% of global building site-energy consumption.
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