Leave air-con out in the cold

摘要

As energy costs spiral and green concerns hit fever pitch, now could be the time to investigate an alternative coolingsystem. In the battle to cut energy costs and reduce environmental impact in the manufacturing sector, air-conditioning is rapidly coming to look like a big no-no. For a start, it calls for the manufacture of refrigerants, one of the world's earliest environmental issues, and the chief culprits in the - still - growing hole in the ozone layer.