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Author Cox, Stan.

Title Losing our cool : uncomfortable truths about our air-conditioned world (and finding new ways to get through the summer) / Stan Cox.

Imprint New York : New Press, c2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.46 C839l 2010    ---  Available
Description xiii, 255 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-247) and index.
Contents "There's no power on earth that can stop it!" -- Making the weather -- The air-conditioned dream -- Going mobile -- The business climate -- surviving the great indoors -- India : where "A/C" means "VIP" -- Inconspicuous consumption -- Coming out of the cold.
Summary Cox argues that by reintroducing traditional cooling methods as well as putting newer technologies into practice--and by moving past industrial definitions of comfort--we can make ourselves comfortable and keep the planet comfortable, too. --from publisher description
Subject Air conditioning -- Environmental aspects.
Chlorofluorocarbons -- Environmental aspects.
Global warming.
ISBN 9781595584892
1595584897

 
    
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