home > news > global temperature July 2019
July 2019 records show global temperatures rising
4 August 2019
BBC reported that the July 2019 temperature was maginally higher.
Different regions will need to resolve the different local
impacts.
Credit:John Herbert | wall of air conditioners Hong Kong
One likely result in the areas with increasing temperatures
will be the extra demand for electricity.
If the weather is hotter, more new air conditioning
units will be installed, and existing air conditioning
units will run for increasingly longer periods of
time.
In turn requiring more electricity, and more electricity is
likely to cause the release of more greenhouse gases (GHG).
More GHG emissions impact the environment increasing
the demand for air conditioning......and the cycle
continues.
BBC report July 2019
A key issue still not addressed, is future growth.
As millions of people across Asia become more affluent,
sales of luxury goods including air conditioning units
will naturally increase, increasing the demand for
electricity power generation and related emissions.
The energy efficiency rating of these new air conditioning
units is almost immaterial, its the quantity, a million new
air conditioners per year is still a million new air
conditioners!
About the Author
John Herbert is a
veteran chief engineer with more than 30 years international engineering experience, educated in
the United Kingdom, he worked in the UK and then across Asia for more than two decades
engaged by international and local companies. He is a Hong Kong Registered Energy
Assessor (REA) and BEAM Professional, and is stationed in Hong Kong.
