International. In regions where stations occur, air conditioning systems in homes account for a third of electricity consumption in the summer season, according to a study by the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
The study insists that companies must continue to work to improve the efficiency of their equipment or modify their energy source to lower peaks in electricity demand.
According to Professor Amancio Moreno, from UC3M and who wrote the note, companies should enter the new generation of solar energy cooling systems: "If we were able to lower energy consumption through this new generation of cooling systems, we could lower carbon dioxide emissions."
The professor also highlights that generally the air conditioning equipment in homes works most of the time at half a machine during the summer, so he recommends "using variable flow techniques".
