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ITIS P. Paleocapa - Le pompe di calore

Introduction

Today, I’m beginning to understand that our knowledge about the reality around us is essential to
plan a safe and sustainable future, a future full of new technologies that will improve our lives.

It is therefore very important to know whether these innovations are beneficial or detrimental for
the nature.

We discovered fossil fuels such as coal and oil, during the so-called "industry 2.0", and now that we
are in "industry 4.0", we are realizing how they are polluting and harmful for the environment;
however we can do nothing without them because we haven’t found anything to replace them.

Innovations are advantageous but not always sustainable for humans; novelties should be able to
simplify our lives by neglecting the harmful consequences that they cause.

For this reason I think that knowledge is very important to understand if innovations are useful or
harmful. It is difficult to find something innovative, productive, sustainable and cheap in order to
facilitate its diffusion.

Moreover, we should also know that residential air conditioning consumes 18% of Italy's energy
consumption; if it seems a small percentage it’s important to say that we are considering only the
residential level and not overall level. It is the second largest source of consumption after transport
(32%), so we can conclude that we should focus on air conditioning, finding new functional
technologies, with accessible price.

Lastly, it’s essential a deeper analysis with my work, taking advantage of the knowledge acquired
during my school period and the research carried out for the drafting.

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