Episode

The great indoors

Podcast: Ask MIT Climate
Published: Apr 3, 2025
Duration seconds: 910
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Summary

Modern buildings are complex machines, using heating, cooling and a host of other appliances to turn energy into comfort. But that energy comes with a cost: today, our buildings do more to warm the climate than heavy industry, agriculture, or transportation.