What Should Air-conditioners Do for the Environment?
There are two main ways that air-conditioners impact the environment in a life cycle that includes manufacture, use by customer, recovery, and disposal at the end of useful life.
Air-conditioners need electricity to operate, and power plants generate CO2 (carbon dioxide) through the process of power generation.This is one of the cause of global warming.
Air-conditioners use fluorocarbons as refrigerants.Fluorocarbons affect the ozone layer and contribute to global warming.In addition to the above, there are other things that must be done: making efficient use of the resources used as raw materials for air-conditioners; and properly disposing or recycling used air-conditioners.
