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1.3. General introduction
1.3.4 Demand for cooling
The demand for cooling (air conditioning) is one of the large end-use
energy services. The growing wealth in the world leads to an increased
demand for this service in many countries (especially those with a hot
climate). The most common way to meet this demand is by means
of individual electrically driven air conditioning units (see figure 1.1),
which in many cases is not the most energy efficient way to deliver this
service.
Figure 1.1: Individual air conditioning units on facade. Edited picture taken from [15].
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