Month: March 2014

What Came Before Contemporary air-conditioning has become an indispensable commodity in many parts of the world, but the concept is older than you might think. Whilst modern scientists explore solar solutions and sweat over ways to conserve energy, here are some of the most revolutionary indoor-cooling inventions from the environmentally-savvy ancients. Roman Aqueducts The remnants …

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Nature’s Systems A number of designers have recently turned to biomimicry in order to develop better cooling technologies. With an endemic of heat waves across the globe, air-conditioning usage has shot up. Contemporary systems require a large amount of energy to power them, so designers are looking to nature for some energy-conserving solutions. Ventilation Inspired …

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