Why Heat Release From Air Conditioners Can Make Neighborhoods Hotter

06/11/26

“Why can heat release from air conditioners make neighborhoods hotter?”

Air conditioner works by ejecting heat from one space to another. This typically manifests in urban areas as cooling living and office spaces at the expense of the outside air. If enough air conditioning systems are active, then they can noticeably raise the temperature of the surrounding neighborhood. Research from Arizona State University demonstrated that this effect is especially noticeable at nighttime.