Air conditioning

With air conditioner demand surging, scientists are looking for ways to improve the energy efficiency of cooling systems and limit damaging emissions that accelerate global warming.

Innovation is focused on three major fronts, with much of the attention on energy consumption. Air conditioning units account for 6 percent of electricity used in the United States.

The Center for Urban Mobility joined the campaign to distribute water in Sofia because of the dangerously high temperatures. According to the executive director Dimitar Dilchev, the campaign was successful and people are using the water provided to them.

1,500 bottles of water are planned for each day and the campaign covers central city areas.

Türkiye, like in other parts of the world, is roasting in a dangerous heatwave that experts warn may affect the country's electricity production.

On July 14, electricity consumption hit more than 1 million kWh, which marked a record consumption for a single day, as households and businesses increased their use of air conditioners to cool off.

HOUSTON - On the third day of 100-degree temperatures last week, locked without air-conditioning in a Texas prison north of Houston, Joseph Martire said he began to feel overwhelmed. His breathing grew heavy.

The government of the Republic of North Macedonia adopted measures to save electricity up to 15 percent. Recommendations are provided for households and companies, and specific obligations are introduced for state institutions, which must be complied with, otherwise sanctions will follow, MIA reported.

The EU is urging people to drive less, use less air conditioning and work from home at least three days a week to reduce their dependence on Russian oil and gas. The European Commission says the measures developed by the International Energy Agency will save households an average of nearly 500 euros a year.

The fight against the fire on the Greek peninsula of the Peloponnese continues.

 Many people, including Bulgarians, were evacuated because of the fire. Tourists reported that several villages were evacuated on Saturday as fires came closer.

Turkey's calendar-adjusted industrial production surged 11% year-on-year last November, the country's statistical authority said on Jan. 13. 

The figure, which beat market expectations, indicates strong growth for the third quarter of 2020.

In April 2020 against the corresponding month of the previous year, industrial production fell by 38.4% as gross series and dropped 38.6% as series adjusted by number of working days and seasonality, according to the data published by the National Institute of Statistic (INS) on Friday.

Increasing natural ventilation and the regular maintenance of air conditioning units are some of the basic methods by which the spread of the new coronavirus in public buildings, offices and homes can be reduced, according to experts.