# The great indoors

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Podcast: [Ask MIT Climate](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ask-mit-climate-81054)
Published: 2025-04-03T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://askmitclimate.org
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Duration seconds: 910

## Resource

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.

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