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Air Conditioned: Architecture Between Comfort and Climate Change

Air Conditioned: Architecture Between Comfort and Climate Change

Persiani, Sandra
Lepik, Andres
Hähl-Pfeifer, Cara

Paperback

Gifts & Stationery GeneralGeneral Architecture

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 19, 2027

ISBN10: 3038604984
ISBN13: 9783038604983
Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
Published: Feb 19 2027
Pages: 128
Language: English

Explores the intertwined roles of architecture, technology, culture, and human sensibility in a rapidly warming world.

Our high demands for indoor thermal comfort increasingly contribute to climate change. For centuries, heating has been the primary driver of energy consumption in Europe and North America. In the twenty-first century, with global warming an undeniable fact, cooling indoor spaces has gained key importance. Conventional energy-intensive cooling systems, however, do not respond to usage patterns or to people's individual sense of temperature and comfort, which is shaped by subjective, emotional, and cultural factors. The urgently needed shift in climate control for buildings demands that we challenge common building practices: Who defines the standards for indoor thermal comfort? What costs are we willing to pay for our comfort? For whom do we provide comfort, and are we entitled to it?

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