Cholera epidemics stopped by drinking cleaner water, not with vaccines or “herd immunity”.
Covid is going to be stopped by breathing cleaner air. twitter.com/MackayIM/statu…
There's already a huge investment going on in replacing HVAC systems for energy reasons, so there's probably good hybrid approaches. I've had several people reach out before/after the pandemic with ideas in this space.
Is there much headroom for innovation in hvac? The mechanical/electrical parts seem kinda done besides some geometry optimization, but non-ghg heat exchanger chemicals seems hard
But that’s also besides the point of this thread. AQ filtration systems are being iterated on aggressively to find PMF—and it’s country/region-specific.
I've since forgotten the ideas, but my impression was that there were plenty of interesting ones.
I remember public ideas of regulating where the heat/cooling goes, whole building systems that manage solar/waste heat, and similar.
Yes, massively so.
(a) Regulatory side: make variable speed common. Right now MUCH more expensive (so AC manufacturer can upsell) and always tied to manufacturer's crappy thermostat, not generic (especially SMART) thermostats.
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