For 70 Years, the UN in New York Has Been Using East River Water to Cool Down.

United Nations, United States. In the bowels of the UN in New York, a pump sucks water from the East River: an old low-consumption air conditioning system that tries to expand at a time when the world is looking for cooler places to live. This cooling system has been there "from the beginning, integrated into the design" of the headquarters inaugurated in the 1950s, explains Chief Engineer Michael Martini, while showing AFP the facilities. Moder…