Sentences with phrase «than air conditioning»

If one of your home's appliances or systems breaks down, it can mean more than your air conditioning or dryer not working — it can also mean having to cover an unexpected expense.

They use a lot less power than air conditioning units and will pay back their initial cost quickly in what you save on the utility bill every month.

Not exact matches

Nearly everything is more affordable than in the U.S. Expats report that basic utilities tend to run around $ 20 per month, thanks in part to the mild weather which requires little heating or no air conditioning and the government subsidies on liquid petroleum.

«It's more business oriented than personal now,» says Larry Harmon, president of DeMar Plumbing, Heating and Air - conditioning, in Clovis, Calif..

Napoleon's leaders — in particular the second generation — understand they're selling more than just a grill, fireplace, furnace or air conditioning system.

Japan's massive economic growth and expanding wealth of the 1980s produced a new generation of Japanese who were more interested in holidays and air conditioning than working hard and coming up with new products, Ramasamy suggests.

The deaths received national media attention after authorities revealed that more than 100 people were driven about 150 miles through Texas while crammed into the trailer without air conditioning or water, while temperatures outside surpassed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

That was so much better than hearing through the grapevine that the air - conditioning was second - rate.

Feeling «too cold» usually first manifests in women's hand and feet, which in an overly air conditioned environment can become several degrees cooler than the hands and feet of their male colleagues.

The second floor of a two - story building with a failed cooling system would almost always be hotter than the lower floor, especially in Florida, said Todd Washam, director of industry and external relations at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, a group based in Arlington, Va., that represents 4,000 companies nationwide.

It will be cheaper, they tell us, to adjust to increased storm damage, build more dikes and seawalls, relocate people and pay the costs of increased air - conditioning than it would be to take steps to slow global warming.

It's nearing 100 degrees in Denver this weekend, and even though Father's Day is riddled with grilling recipe ideas, I've opted to hole up in my air - conditioned kitchen rather than sear myself on the back patio over a smoky hot grill.

More than 800 kilometres away, in an air - conditioned boardroom, the fate of the factory their milk gets sent to for processing appears to have been sealed.

Coconut products are solid at temperatures lower than 76 - degrees Fahrenheit, so that probably just means your air conditioning is on!

The trip took more than 12 hours, and the air - conditioning broke along the way.

the ballpark will be ancient and adored, and people will walk into this classic piece of Americana, walk through the tunnel to get to their seats and see it in the distance, with 80 years of weather and air conditioning aging it more than a touch, but in the most charming way possible.

The air conditioning was more than adequate to the point it got a little cold during the night if you left it on and our little one woke up a bit cold, flip the panel down and alter the strength of the fan to lowest and that seemed pretty fine — maintained temperature at a steady 19/20 degrees.

The air conditioning was a bit poor in our room — to be honest we didn't really need it for the first 4 nights as there was a real strong wind on an evening which kept things nice and cool but half way through our stay the wind suddenly dropped and the room was stifling — Reception actioned this immediately and sent an engineer to our room — who couldn't get it fixed although it did get marginally better — reception offered to change our room but again this was more hassle than it was worth by this point during our stay so they provided us a fan instead which did the job.

When you do so, you're no different than a Section 8 recipient whining about a lack of air conditioning and jacuzzi.

It was relatively hot in Charlottetown for the two days we were there but much hotter in the room and so we appreciated the interior air conditioning unit that rolled around on casters and vented to one of the windows via a long and snaky hvac flexible hose — this is not to say it produced great cooling, but only that it produced some and was better than nothing.

With the mercury spiked at more than 100 degrees across the metropolitan area, many kids who spend their days romping through area parks found that activity curtailed with more time spent in pools or air - conditioned park buildings.

Leaving Clearwater in a giant air - conditioned tour bus, the group was taken on something of a 90 - minute odyssey through the greater Tampa area after the bus driver became more than briefly lost that resulted in more than a few momentarily peeved Republicans.

In many ways, motorcycles are a lot more practical for electric propulsion than cars: They are small and light and lack energy - hogging features like air - conditioning and entertainment systems.

Science and reason won out in the end, of course, even if the pioneering Carrier Air Conditioning Company of America was forced to market its machines as air «cleaners», rather than as air «coolers&raquAir Conditioning Company of America was forced to market its machines as air «cleaners», rather than as air «coolers&raquair «cleaners», rather than as air «coolers&raquair «coolers».

Without air - con we'd be packed in worse conditions than bananas (Image: Ashely Cooper / Aurora Photos)

Assoc Prof Chua said, «For buildings located in the tropics, more than 40 per cent of the building's energy consumption is attributed to air - conditioning.

«In order to sleep well during the summer when temperatures are warmer than normal, we may need to adapt by using more air conditioning, added fans at night and other technologies to counteract altered future temperatures.»

The region experienced similar smoke conditions caused by El Niño in 2006 but the Harvard - led team found that deaths from air pollution more than doubled between the 2006 and 2015 events, from about 38,000 to about 100,000.

The risk of dying from heat - related causes was relatively constant during the first part of the 20th Century, then decreased dramatically from the 1970s to the 2000s, during which time the portion of households with air conditioning more than doubled, from 39 percent in 1979 to 84 percent in 2003.

Many Olympians are also planning to live and train in South Korea, he says, which is in a similar time zone to Beijing and has similar heat and humidity conditions, but boasts much less air pollution than the Chinese city.

Then again, with the surface of Venus being at almost 900 °F (500 °C) under more than 90 times the air pressure of Earth's atmosphere at sea level, with occasional showers of acid, it's not easy to test the properties of materials under Venusian conditions.

A study by a joint research team including professor Kazuyo Tsuzuki of Toyohashi University of Technology, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Asahi Kasei Homes revealed that airflow from an air conditioner (AC) stimulates the human body while sleeping and impacts on sleep conditions even if the mean airflow velocity is lower than an insensible level.

Our homes and offices account for more than one third of all greenhouse gases emitted by human activity — the bulk of it for heating in winter and air - conditioning in summer, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Velders says his team came up with higher warming estimates than IPCC because their model accounts for trends that others don't, such as the faster - than expected adoption of HFCs driven by the Montreal Protocol, and an air - conditioning boom in the developing world.

They are designed to operate fully exposed in the harsh conditions of the Array Operations Site, to survive strong winds, and to keep their smooth reflecting surfaces accurate to at least 25 micrometers (less than the typical thickness of a human hair) under a wide range of air temperature of -20 to +20 degrees.

Water undergoes a change of state from gas to liquid under these conditions, because cooler air can hold less water vapour than warmer air.

Several days after Category 5 Hurricane Irma blew through the Caribbean and Florida in September 2017, more than a half - dozen seniors died in a steamy hot Florida nursing home when the air conditioning failed due to lack of power.

Refrigerant gases containing hydrocarbons have a much lower global warming potential than fluorinated gases currently used in industrial refrigeration and air conditioning units.

The Air Force's 45th Space Wing, which manages the Eastern Range, predicted a greater than 90 percent chance of acceptable weather conditions for the April 18 launch date.

«How can such tiny insects, each less than 1 centimeter in size and equipped only with a simple brain, construct air - conditioned buildings up to 500 times their size?»

To help keep the fat in mint condition, the liposuction procedure uses lower than normal suction pressures to minimise trauma to the fat — which is then kept in a vacuum to reduce its exposure to air and oxidisation.

A respiratory condition in which the lung airways are chronically inflamed, asthma can be triggered by substances other than pet dander, such as dust mites, exhaust, smoke, and cold air, or even allergens from rodents and cockroaches.

This large ficus (ficus robusta) is bred for toughness, which means that it's not only one of the most effective plants for purifying indoor air, but it's sure to be hardy even in less than ideal conditions.

We know you'd rather lounge by the pool for an hour or two more than heading to the air - conditioned hotel gym, but in order to keep your fitness regime when on holiday, you need to put exercise first.

It keeps you warm in chilly air - conditioned offices but it's way more elevated than your typical keep - at - work - for - when - it's - cold old cardigans.

Denim capris will go with just about any top in your closet, and they'll keep you a little warmer than shorts as you sit in your air - conditioned classes.

It is hotter than a biscuit here in North Texas and I boy am I thankful for air - conditioning!

But I try not to take the A / C for granted... I have one class where there's no air conditioning and it's awful, so I think I'd much rather be freezing and having to bring a sweater than sweating!

I often opted to sit on our balcony in the 108 degree weather rather than sitting in the comfortable air conditioned room.

Home to many more amenities than you're childhood tree house may have housed, this property is air conditioned complete with a kitchenette, deck, and private outdoor shower.