Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heatwaves all over the world are becoming longer and more intense and the need for cooling is rising fast, putting strain not just ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Humming air conditioners are the soundtrack to summer in the U.S., given that almost 90% of households use them for cooling. Even ...

Mark Goldsworthy works for CSIRO, which researches air conditioning as well as performing Minimum Energy Performance Standards testing of air conditioning systems for the Department of Climate Change, ...

Evaporative coolers—commonly known as “swamp coolers” but also called evaporative air conditioners, desert coolers, wet air coolers and even swamp boxes—have been around in their modern form since the ...

Johanna Mathieu works for the University of Michigan. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, ARPA-E, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She is affiliated ...

Choosing an air conditioner sounds like it should be easy, but when you start researching different types of units, along with their various specs and installation methods, it can spiral into an ...

You probably don’t spend much time thinking about the compressor in your air conditioner, at least as long as it’s pumping out cool air. But if you’re in the market for a new window AC this season, ...