Borenstein, Seth.

Air Conditioners Heating Up U.S. Cities. / Seth Borenstein. - KRT News Service, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 75. Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Air Conditioners Heating Up U.S. Cities, July 18, 2002; pp. n.p..

"The air-conditioners that are cooling downtown office buildings are also making sweltering city streets even hotter. Anyone who's felt the hot blast of an air conditioner's exhaust knows how that happens, but preliminary findings of new research suggest that the waste heat from air conditioners can add as much as two degrees to outdoor urban temperatures." (KRT NEWS SERVICE) This article reveals that air conditioners are making U.S. cities hotter.

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Air conditioning.
Heat--Physiological effect.
Urban heat island.
Waste heat.

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