Knowledge Zone#KnowledgeByte: What are the different kind of #Cooling systems?
How does #AirConditioning / #AirCooler work?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Cooling-Systems-6491590e0e4959eaecbcaf52
Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFOThere has been a lot of debate recently about the need for #airconditioning in #europe. I believe we should be migrating all heating and cooling to bidirectional heat pumps, we can recoup the cost of cooling with the reduced cost of heating.
Some have also criticised the fact that Aircon just moves the heat outside. That is fair, but a new technology will allow us to radiate it directly to space instead!
Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersI know I was having AC issues, but oh, hell naw!
Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat
#Software #Bug #Amazon #Delivery #Drivers #Trucks #AirConditioning #AC #Tech
CBC SaskatchewanSaskatoon parents so worried about hot classes, they donated an air conditioning unit
Amy Chicoine's daughter, a Grade 3 student, would mention the hot temperatures in her Saskatoon school, but her mother only realized how bad it was when she had to sit in it herself for a performance.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/air-conditioning-heat-wave-schools-9.7225923?cmp=rss
Amy Chicoine's daughter, a Grade 3 student, would mention the hot temperatures in her Saskatoon school, but her mother only realized how bad it was when she had to sit in it herself for a performance.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/air-conditioning-heat-wave-schools-9.7225923?cmp=rss
Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)I'm out in the BunShack and it is 33.1C (91.6F), and even though I'm waiting for a handyman, that is coming out later this week, to make a hole for the vent for my AC in the side of the shed...
I found a creative way to vent it under the door (for now), lol
It's dropping the temperature pretty well. It is set for 22.8C (73F)
In the time it has taken me to write this too, it has dropped to 32.2C (90F) 😍 and it keeps dropping, lol
Larvitz 
Renting in Germany means no split AC bolted to the facade, so my top-floor 1970s office got the consolation prize: a single-hose "monoblock" portable.
Plot twist: the compressor was never the problem. The window was. These things leak most of their cooling back in through the unsealed hole the exhaust hose runs through.
My fix: a cheap XPS panel clamped under the roller blind, hose port sealed with rubber tape. No glue, no marks, comes out when summer ends. Dropped the room 6 to 7 °C in 45 minutes.
New post:
https://blog.hofstede.it/a-monoblock-ac-is-only-as-good-as-its-window-seal/
C Z Doval Santos“ Nearly half of King County residents are sweating it out without air conditioning — a far higher share than the national rate.
The big picture: Seattle no longer ranks as the least air-conditioned major city in the U.S. — that title goes to San Francisco— but the Puget Sound region still has some of the lowest rates of air conditioning in the country. “ https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/06/02/seattle-heat-wave-air-conditioning-rates-king-county-homes-without-ac #AirConditioning
The big picture: Seattle no longer ranks as the least air-conditioned major city in the U.S. — that title goes to San Francisco— but the Puget Sound region still has some of the lowest rates of air conditioning in the country. “ https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2026/06/02/seattle-heat-wave-air-conditioning-rates-king-county-homes-without-ac #AirConditioning
DoomsdaysCW#AncientEgyptian ‘#AirConditioning’ could help cool modern buildings
One research team hopes to harness 5,000-year-old ideas to battle rising temperatures.
by Andrew Paul
Published Aug 22, 2023
"By retrofitting their shipping container test chamber with off-the-grid, solar powered battery storage, AL-Hassawi’s team can heat their chamber to upwards of 130 degrees Fahrenheit to test out their solutions while measuring factors such as air velocity, temperature, and humidity. The team is particularly focused on optimizing a passive cooling method involving large towers and evaporative cooling that dates as far back as 2,500 BCE in ancient Egypt. In these designs, moisture evaporates at the tower’s top, which turns into cool, heavier air that then sinks down to the habitable space below. In the team’s version, moisture could be generated via misting nozzles, shower heads, or simply water-soaked pads.
" 'It’s an older technology, but there’s been an attempt to innovate and use a mix of new and existing technologies to improve performance and the cooling capacity of these systems,' explained Al-Hassawi, who also envisions retrofitting smokestacks in older buildings to work as new cooling towers."
Full article:
https://www.popsci.com/technology/shipping-container-test-cooler/
#SolarPunkSunday #AncientTechnology #ModernTechnology #KeepingCool
HJ-237-S 🏳️🌈 🇬🇧Good ol’ market capitalism.
The portable air conditioner unit that I ordered a week ago is now £100 more after a week of hot, sunny weather.
AmᵃᵖandaThere isn't a #MapComplete thing for “Does this place have air conditioning?”, right?
Anyone good with MC want to whisk that up for me? Summer in Europe, so this would be nice to have!