“In the U.S. we’ve been so used to feeding on cheap energy that we forgot to innovate. We have many techniques we can use to reduce heat, and we can actually borrow from what happens in the Middle East and look at Iran or look at Dubai and Turkey.” 

John Onyango, a professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. The U.S. Should Ditch AC and Use Middle Eastern Techniques to Cool Its Cities [Time]