Heating, Cooling & Refrigeration · Recorded milestone
Termite-inspired cooling
Recorded year1996
Mick Pearce's Eastgate Centre in Harare cools itself like a termite mound, using far less energy than an air-conditioned block.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.