Aug 21, 2024 - News
Portland among top cities with largest back-to-school cooling demand
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Portland classrooms need more cooling during back-to-school season now compared with past decades, a new Climate Central analysis finds.
Why it matters: Maintaining a comfortable and healthy environment in schools is key to kids' educational success, but that's getting harder amid a warming climate.
Threat level: Many schools in rapidly warming locations, like Oregon, also start school in early September, when heat waves can strike.
What's next: Like other buildings, schools must adapt to a changing climate — and that can mean costly upgrades.
- "Buildings can be retrofitted with better windows and insulation to reduce energy waste, and existing fossil-fuel burning systems can be replaced with safer, more energy-efficient options," per Climate Central.