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Article: Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero.
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- November 10, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 November 2009-UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK: Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in some extremely green heating products for our homes and in air conditioning equipment for our cars.
Most domestic heating and automotive air conditioning requires a lot of energy. Domestic space heating and hot water account for 25% of energy consumption in the UK. Across ...