Cooling concepts: Alternatives to air conditioning for a warm world

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dahl, Richard ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROHYDROCARBON; FOSSIL FUEL;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUILDING; CHIMNEY; CONSUMER; COOLING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; NOTE;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 84872053582     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a18     Document Type: Article

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