This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern ...

Willis Haviland Carrier designed and launched the first-ever air conditioning system in July 1902. For its time, it was an absolutely revolutionary innovation in technology that fundamentally changed ...

The Energy Storing and Efficient Air Conditioner (ESEAC) integrates energy storage with cooling and humidity control, and, ...

The Chinese bus company couldn’t work it out. Some days when its buses merely crawled along Shanghai’s streets, their power consumption would go through the roof. The reason why was a mystery. So, a ...

Air conditioning has become an essential part of modern life, but its environmental impact is significant. Traditional cooling systems, largely unchanged since their invention in 1902, contribute ...

From quick fixes to new ways of designing our homes, we’re examining better ways to keep comfortable on a warming planet. A green roof covers a building in New York City. Roofs covered in gardens and ...

Desiccants that pull water out of the air could help cool buildings more efficiently A surprising set of materials could soon help make more efficient air conditioners that don’t overtax the ...

Last week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands ...