Rooftop rainwater could break cities’ air conditioning trap

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Air conditioning is making cities hotter, and that’s not incidental. It’s the physics. Every AC unit pulls heat from inside a building and dumps it into the street, which raises outdoor temperatures, which makes more people reach for the thermostat. Researchers at the University of Manchester have been looking […] Rooftop rainwater could break cities’ air conditioning trap first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.