/channels/taxonomy/term/24972/all en /channels/channels/news/sustainable-alternative-air-conditioning-351321 <p>As the planet gets hotter, the need for cool living environments is becoming more urgent. But air conditioning is a major contributor to global warming since units use potent greenhouse gases and lots of energy.</p> <p>Now, researchers from 平特五不中, UCLA and Princeton have found in a <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666386423003788?via%3Dihub">new study</a> an inexpensive, sustainable alternative to mechanical cooling with refrigerants in hot and arid climates, and a way to mitigate dangerous heat waves during electricity blackouts.</p> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:04:33 +0000 webfull 193165 at /channels /channels/channels/news/110m-nine-innovative-mcgill-research-projects-329223 <p>Today, 脡lisabeth Bri猫re, Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages announced funding results from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI) Innovation Fund (IF) for universities in Quebec.</p> Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:28:10 +0000 webfull 168778 at /channels