<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/nuos-irt122018.php" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/nuos-irt122018.php&source=gmail&ust=1545841491286000&usg=AFQjCNHfP1gwWz0ODFG56Yds8BJUgrFoug" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; display: block; padding: 0px;" class=""><header style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 18px 0px;" class=""><span class="m_8022489666828051340author" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000" class="">NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE</font></span></header><div class="m_8022489666828051340hidden-xs m_8022489666828051340entry" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="m_8022489666828051340intro" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(185, 186, 188); padding-left: 10px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">An NUS study has revealed that Singapore households from different socioeconomic groups vary significantly in their use of water and electricity for the relief of heat. The findings suggest that water provides heat relief for lower-income households while demand for electricity increases among the more affluent, likely through the use of air-conditioning, when temperatures rise. Results from the study could provide insights on how other urban populations in tropical Asian cities will respond as incomes rise and the climate warms.</font></span></p></div><dl class="m_8022489666828051340meta m_8022489666828051340hidden-xs m_8022489666828051340dl-horizontal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 17px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><dt class="m_8022489666828051340yellow" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; float: left; width: auto; clear: left; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; text-transform: uppercase; border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 177, 52); border-top-color: rgb(255, 177, 52); border-right-color: rgb(255, 177, 52); border-bottom-color: rgb(255, 177, 52); padding-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 12px; min-width: 100px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">JOURNAL</font></span></dt><dd style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.42857; margin-left: 100px;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Nature Communications</font></em></dd></dl></a><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Full release <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-12/nuos-irt122018.php" class=""><font color="#1155cc" class="">https://www.eurekalert.org/</font><font color="#1155cc" class=""><wbr class="">pub_releases/2018-12/nuos-<wbr class="">irt122018.php</font></a></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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