Roughly 40% of residences in metro Denver have central air conditioning. In lower-income areas, that number drops to about 20% of residences. Meanwhile, Denver is getting hotter.
Each summer, more than 65,000 Americans on average visit an emergency room for acute heat illness, the CDC said. A series of warmer-than-average temperatures often produces more hospital admissions for problems with respiratory, cardiovascular and kidney-related diseases.A visitor checks his mobile device after taking a photo of the skyline of downtown Denver from the amphitheatre at Red Rocks Park as temperatures soar toward the 90-degree mark on Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Morrison.
Yelenick is in the middle of it all and said the windows to his home, which he endearingly referred to as “the most polluted home in Denver,” are always open. “It’s not like it wasn’t hot before, but it’s different now,” Crowe said. “It used to be cooler at night. The wildfire smoke I don’t remember being as much of a factor. I don’t want to live in a house where I can’t use 80% of it for months at a time anymore.”Anthony Yelenick sits on the porch at his home in Denver on Friday, June 17, 2022.Soon, Crowe will need to pay attention to when she’s using her air conditioning.
Instead, Flenniken suggested running the air conditioning at night and through the morning and early afternoon, then closing the blinds to better maintain the cool air through peak hours.
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