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Efficient air conditioning could potentially save billions of gallons of gas
The U.S. Department of Transportation and National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) are hard at work developing new ways to make the air conditioners more efficient and reduce the interior tempteratures in our cars and trucks. What's the big deal? Apparently, a whopping seven billion gallons of gasoline are used each and every year in the United States alone to run automotive AC units, which represents 5.5-percent of the country's fuel use. Burning that fuel emits more than 58 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Surely, then, ... Read more →
EU calls for new eco-friendly air conditioners by 2011 Jeremy Korzeniewski
Following a directive first created back in 2006, the European Union has passed down a ruling that would force European automakers to find a new refrigerant to use in their vehicle's air ...
Automakers work on sustainable air conditioning Jeremy Korzeniewski
It wasn't all that long ago that the auto industry was under fire for its use of ozone-depleting chemicals in its air conditioning systems. To curb those fears, the older R-12 refrigerant was ...
Are high gas prices making your car sick? Jeremy Korzeniewski
While "sick car syndrome" has been known about for quite some time now, the recent rise in gas prices may be causing a resurgence of sorts to the odd but mostly preventable issue. The cause of the ...
Mobile Air Conditioning Society Worldwide: recycle your refrigerant Jeremy Korzeniewski
Even though the older types of refrigerant like Dichlorodifluoromethane (R-12) have been replaced with newer types like Tetrafluoroethane (R-134a), your car's air conditioning system could still be ...
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Air conditioning could soon cost a lot more for Euro drivers 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
Air conditioning was once considered a luxury option but in the past decade it has become almost universally standard equipment. New European Union rules could put a stop to that for drivers over there. In an attempt to reduce atmospheric emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, the rules would require a ...
Windshield reflects sun -> cools car -> reduces aircon -> improves mpg! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
Picture the scene - its a stinking hot day and you're glad the windows are up and the air conditioner is on. But what setting do you have the chill on? You know in the long run that it all adds up to more fuel burnt and money spent if that bad boy's set to deep freeze. PPG Industries looks to have ...
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