2020-05-06 · index of AC electricity (2050 vs 2020)
Cooling demand will triple by 2050
Air conditioning saves lives in heat — and can warm the planet if grids stay dirty.
1 cell = 0.3 index of AC electricity (2050 vs 2020) (0.1% of AC electricity demand index) · 1,000 cells
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Air conditioning saves lives in heat — and can warm the planet if grids stay dirty.
IEA Future of Cooling: demand could triple — grid shows 200 index points of growth on 100 baseline.
This grid fixes AC electricity demand index at 1,000 equal cells (0.1% of AC electricity demand index). Figures follow IEA Future of Cooling as summarized in the source line — rounded so cell counts sum to the chart.