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

Main entry:

Cox, Stan, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

New York : The New Press, 2010.

Description:

xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-247) and index.
"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.

ISBN:

9781595584892 (hardcover)
1595584897 (hardcover)
9781595587756
1595587756
9781594484421
1594484422

Subject:

Air conditioning Environmental aspects.
Chlorofluorocarbons Environmental aspects.
Global warming.
Global Warming
Climatisation Aspect de l'environnement.
Chlorofluorocarbones Aspect de l'environnement.
Réchauffement de la Terre.
global warming.
Klimaatregeling.
Klimaatveranderingen.
Energieverbruik.
Ecosystemen.
Broeikaseffect.
Luftkonditionering miljöaspekter.
Global uppvärmning.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296143
Call No.: BIB 242557
Status: Available

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