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Title: Space Cooling in North America: Market Overview and Future Impacts

Abstract

The North American space cooling market, particularly in the United States, is experiencing shifts in regulatory regimes, population patterns, economic conditions, and consumer preferences-all catalyzed further by rapid technological innovation. Taken together these factors may result in a slight reduction in air conditioning shipments in the short term, however the longer term trends indicate a continuing increase in the number of air conditioning systems in the U.S. markets. These increases will be greatest in the warmer and more humid (e.g. higher load demand) regions. This will result in increasing pressure on the U.S. electricity supply system to meet the energy peak and consumption demands for building space cooling.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. SRA International, Inc., Knoxville, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1185989
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
IEA Heat Pump Center Newsletter (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 32; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0724-7028
Publisher:
IEA HPC
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

Citation Formats

Baxter, Van D, Khowailed, Gannate, Sikes, Karen, and Grubbs, Tyler. Space Cooling in North America: Market Overview and Future Impacts. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Baxter, Van D, Khowailed, Gannate, Sikes, Karen, & Grubbs, Tyler. Space Cooling in North America: Market Overview and Future Impacts. United States.
Baxter, Van D, Khowailed, Gannate, Sikes, Karen, and Grubbs, Tyler. 2015. "Space Cooling in North America: Market Overview and Future Impacts". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1185989.
@article{osti_1185989,
title = {Space Cooling in North America: Market Overview and Future Impacts},
author = {Baxter, Van D and Khowailed, Gannate and Sikes, Karen and Grubbs, Tyler},
abstractNote = {The North American space cooling market, particularly in the United States, is experiencing shifts in regulatory regimes, population patterns, economic conditions, and consumer preferences-all catalyzed further by rapid technological innovation. Taken together these factors may result in a slight reduction in air conditioning shipments in the short term, however the longer term trends indicate a continuing increase in the number of air conditioning systems in the U.S. markets. These increases will be greatest in the warmer and more humid (e.g. higher load demand) regions. This will result in increasing pressure on the U.S. electricity supply system to meet the energy peak and consumption demands for building space cooling.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1185989}, journal = {IEA Heat Pump Center Newsletter (Online)},
issn = {0724-7028},
number = 2,
volume = 32,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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