As the Paris 2024 Olympics gear up to be the 🌍’s ‘greenest ever’ Games, Mayor Anne Hidalgo is urging competing nations to ditch traditional air conditioning and embrace innovative cooling tech. With summer temperatures predicted to hit record highs, the debate heats up: prioritize sustainability or performance at all costs? 🔥
Hidalgo doubled down on the eco-vision this week, telling Reuters that athletes’ village buildings use a groundwater cooling system and sun-blocking designs to stay comfortable. 🏘️ ‘Trust the science,’ she said, highlighting Paris’s bet on ‘mother nature’s AC’—no energy-guzzling units required.
But not all teams are convinced. While some countries plan to install portable ACs for their athletes, Paris insists its underground pipes and shaded facades will keep things chill. Can science outsmart the heat? We’ll find out this July. 🏅
