However, we believe that air conditioning availability and usage is likely highly correlated with measures of socioeconomic status, and thus may be implicitly included in our analysis.
The relatively high rate of heat illness in rural areas, which may reflect differences in occupational exposures in certain settings or to differential prevalence in air conditioning availability and usage, is another example.
In the United States, an inverse relationship has been found between air-conditioning ownership and mortality, with excess heat-related mortality 'reducing by 1.14 deaths per year (per standard million) for every percentage increase in home air conditioning availability' (38).
The use of solar energy is one of the most attractive solutions especially for air conditioning, as availability of solar radiation and cooling loads are approximately in phase.
Social, economic, educational, demographic, infrastructural factors, intensity of urban heat islands, housing characteristics, access to air conditioning, and availability of health care services can also affect the effects of temperature on human health [ 3].
Many personal and environmental factors may modify the effects of temperature on human health, including age, gender, presence of chronic diseases, economic, demographic factors, the intensity of urban heat islands, housing characteristics, access to air conditioning and availability of health care services [ 3].
There is also a second, more powerful computer that controls the simulator's motion base and directs everything in the car, like air conditioning, cell phone availability, low-grade engine noise, real traffic sounds and much more.
Supermarkets were much preferred by many consumers on factors ranging from atmosphere (particularly air conditioning), car parking availability, hygiene, and price (for some food types).
In addition, the temperature mortality association could be modified by factors such as gender, age, educational level, and the availability of air conditioning and central heating, which were not considered in the present study but can be examined and controlled for in further research.
In 1950, the availability of air conditioning provided impetus for many companies to relocate to Houston resulting in an economic boom and producing a key shift in the city's economy toward the energy sector.
