Innovative air conditioning technologies, new building concepts and a data-driven analysis of the causes of heat are used.
Bangkok The TV presenter’s skin is shiny, wet spots are forming on his gray T-shirt. It is filmed in the environmental chamber of a research facility in Singapore, which simulates heat and high humidity. “It’s hard for me to breathe,” says the young man.
The idea of the local TV station’s show: to show what everyday life in Singapore might be like in the not too distant future. Temperatures are rising in the Southeast Asian city-state twice as fast as the global average. The past decade has been the hottest in the country’s history. By the end of the century, the average temperature threatens to rise by almost five degrees, according to the Center for Climate Research Singapore.
The heat is a hot topic in the city-state. Singapore is reacting and launching numerous projects for intelligent, resource-saving cooling of the metropolis. Innovative air conditioning technologies, new building concepts and a data-driven analysis of the causes of heat are used.
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