Why Experts Are Looking Back to 1903 for Extreme Heat Solutions
July 16, 2026
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A 123-year-old cooling system at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital is offering cities a lesson as extreme heat raises health risks. Installed in 1903, the brick-and-iron system helped make the hospital one of the world’s earliest mechanically air-conditioned public buildings. Two steam-powered fans pulled outside air across water-soaked coconut-fibre screens. The
