US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris

Re:US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units ... by lxgr on Saturday June 22, 2024 @09:10PM (#40763749)

> This is outside the optimal sleeping temperature FYI as a normal human being going to work. This really surprised me actually, but some say it should be as low as 18C.

I'm definitely with you on that these athletes should do whatever they think is best for them for the few days that they're in the olympic village, but generally cooling down the entire world's bedrooms to 18C would be pretty catastrophic, at least using today's technology. One day, hopefully!

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Re:US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units ... by berndi on Saturday June 22, 2024 @09:20PM (#40763808)

Assuming a bedroom with surface area of 50 m^2 and an insulation R-value of 2 m^2K/W and an outside temperature of 30C, 300W would be required to keep the room at 18C. Cooling down 8 billion such bedrooms would require 24TW, which represents approximately a 10% increase in global power consumption.

Certainly a lot, but doesn't seem "catastrophic" and is realistic with today's technology.

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