Well on the refrigerant side of it, irrespective what trump says, Both ASHRAE and AHRI are steadfast on its commitment towards lower GWP refrigerants. R134A which already was an environment-friendly alternative to r22 (which was phased out) is being replaced progressively with refrigerants with better GWP numbers, Opteon XP10/ R513a, and other refs such as R1233zd(E), R1234yf, R1234ze(E) also will make in into the fray.
Actually, the concept of air conditioning itself is a huge contributory factor to global warming.
Yes R134A really has taken up a huge role for medium press in global markets, on scroll segments there is the R410, but do not discount the R123's in the low-pressure centrifugal market, these behemoths can range from 800 to 4000T on a single machine offsetting 50 packaged air-cooled chillers. And Xp10/513 and can progressively replace both R134A and R123, the opportunity is huge, while the loss in efficiency is negligible. It's overall effect would cut down GWP due to refrigerants it replaces by half.
Alas those 4000 TR Centrifugal Chillers are what I used to see during a stint in the Gulf. They're more useful in the district cooling segment of which I've done quite a few projects in the Gulf. Out here, it's mostly present in it's absence in that there aren't many district cooling projects in India and given the slump in the real estate market preceding demonetization, it'd take a long time for the market to boom and still longer for concepts like District cooling to flower.
Where I live the average temperature is 7'C. 23 is a near record high and something we just don't experience too much.
I like my summers green, but cold enough to keep snow around all year.
Where I live is the warmest part of Norway. Much of the inland gets down below -42'C, especially within Norway's central mountains which trap cold air as inversion.
I do travel a lot though, so I've experienced warmer temperatures. Been through high humidity plus temps upwards of 38'C in the eastern United States while in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.. It's horrid.
Me, in said heat.
Yesterday was the hotest day in Paris (and in the north half part of France) since the temperature was recorded !
Weather is acting weird here too. We are receiving unprecedented levels of rainfall in the North-East this year. I've never seen these levels of rainfall in the summer. Assam is already flooded with the death toll going to painfully high levels.
Thank you very much. I don't think it will be needed though the situation has been improving since the 17th of this month. Right now there isn't much water logging, the rain has reduced in intensity and has become more on and off than a continuous fall. Most people that were shifted to the flood relief shelters are returning back to thier houses. Now the number of people in flood shelters is around 300-400, at its peak it was around 15,000.
