Europe’s Heat Wave: Upstairs Gets AC — Downstairs, Not So Much
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A drone view shows the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium, April 29, 2026.(Yves Herman/Reuters)
Europe’s struggles with air conditioning appear to have taken a hierarchical turn at its headquarters in Brussels’ Berlaymont building, The building does have AC (will no one think of the planet?), but the current heat wave has proved too much for its cooling system, reaching 95 degrees on Friday (a level reached or exceeded on over a hundred days in Phoenix last year, but perhaps it’s unkind to point that out).
Staff working at the Berlaymont building received a text at midday, reading: “BERL — URGENT — Due to extreme weather conditions, forced shut down of air cooling system from floor
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