Mothering Earth-137-CoolEnvironment

About this episode

The episode discusses how to stay cool on a warming planet while addressing the reliance on fossil fuels and exploring energy-efficient living space designs.

How do we stay cool on a planet that heating up? It’s a tough question, because we have been relying on fossil fuels, like coal, oil and gas to keep the air conditioners and fans running, and it is those same fuels that contribute mightily to global warming. Rather than promoting the use of renewable energy sources, it appears we are going to be using even more oil, gas and coal. So we turn to an architect to get some ideas on designing living spaces that are as highly energy efficient as possible.

People in this episode

Guest: Architect

Topics covered

• climate change
• energy efficiency
• renewable energy
• fossil fuels

Keywords

• global warming
• air conditioning
• sustainable design

Mentioned in this episode

Products: energy-efficient designs

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