ArticleNature communications2024
Inequalities in global residential cooling energy use to 2050.
Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Courtyard design for energy efficiency and thermal comfort: machine learning insights across hot and warm climates.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A dataset for understanding self-reported patterns influencing residential energy decisions.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Outpacing climate change: adaptation to heatwaves in Europe.International journal of biometeorology · 2025Article
- The temporal change of heat exposure and adaptation capacity in Chinese adults from 1994 to 2023.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors.
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Abstract
Intersecting socio-demographic transformations and warming climates portend increasing worldwide heat exposures and health sequelae. Cooling adaptation via air conditioning (AC) is effective, but energy-intensive and constrained by household-level differences in income and adaptive capacity. Using statistical models trained on a large multi-country household survey dataset (n = 673,215), we project AC adoption and energy use to mid-century at fine spatial resolution worldwide. Globally, the share of households with residential AC could grow from 27% to 41% (range of scenarios assessed: 33-48%), implying up to a doubling of residential cooling electricity consumption, from 1220 to 1940 (scenarios range: 1590-2377) terawatt-hours yr.
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