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Switzerland’s new energy challenge: keeping cool in a warming climate

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Homes and cities in Switzerland were designed to cope with winter. Today, scorching summers are driving up the use of air conditioning and raising energy demands for cooling down. What does this mean for the electricity grid? Switzerland is built for winter. Almost all buildings are equipped with heating systems and were designed to maximise exposure to the sun’s rays in colder months. However, due to climate change, winters are getting milder and heatwaves are growing more frequent and intense. Switzerland is meanwhile among the countries where temperatures are rising fastest. Together with the United Kingdom, it could be set to experience one of the sharpest relative increases in the number of days of uncomfortably high temperatures. As temperatures rise, the use air conditioning is also on the increase. This summer, sales of portable air conditioners and fans reached record levels in Switzerland. Cooling technologies improve comfort and reduce heat-related deaths, but can also ... Full story here Are you the author?
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