How to cool our homes (even without ACs)

As the planet gets hotter, more people use air conditioners to keep cool. Running these takes lots of energy, which means emissions that then further speed up global warming. Rethinking our architecture and using more efficient cooling technologies could help us break this vicious circle. #PlanetA #AirConditioner #GlobalWarming Credits: Reporter: Beatrice Christofaro Video Editor: Markus Mörtz Supervising Editors: Kiyo Dörrer, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Read more: A sustainable cooling handbook for cities: Report on the future of cooling: Medellín’s interconnected green corridors: Go-to guide for sustainable district cooling: Special thanks (for research support): Ulises Bobadilla y Jiménez Peter Farag Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 The history of ACs 02:38 The dilemma 03:33 Cooler cities 04:43 Cooler buildings 07:34 Better ACs 10:22 District cooling 11:48 Conclusion