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Overcooling and overheating buildings emits as much carbon as four million cars

  • Written by Eric Williams, Associate Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageIt's not just you suffering from overcooled offices. cold office worker from www.shutterstock.com

Six years ago, Phoenix lay burning in the sun one day. It was 110 degrees Fahrenheit and I was the only person foolish enough to be out walking instead of moving by air-conditioned car. Arriving hot and parched at a bookstore, I opened the doors to be...

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