Q: Is there anywhere you can direct me to find out what size air conditioner is appropriate for a 1,350-square-foot apartment? The building is about 5 years old and we live near the water so there is ...

If you don't want to heat up the stove or grill on a really hot day, there's another source of energy to cook food with — and it's directly overhead: the sun! Solar cookers, devices that use the sun ...

The idea of cooking a delicious meal just by using the power of the sun is enticing, and GoSun Go is making it happen with its line of solar ovens. We’ve talked about the design before and checked ...

A lot of the solar technology that hits the news tends to be a bit on the high-tech side, such as photovoltaic and concentrating solar power devices, but taking advantage of free energy from the sun ...

In 2019, it’s easy to feel like appreciation for the great outdoors is at an all-time low. After all, it only makes sense that the younger generations would be skipping out on camping trips in favor ...

Eleven years ago, Crosby Menzies walked away from his marketing job for The Wall Street Journal’s London office. “Financially, I was doing fine but my heart just wasn’t in my work,” he recalled.

Solar Cooker: Amidst the shortage of LPG, a solar cooker can serve as an excellent alternative. It operates on sunlight, and ...

Sunny weather makes ovens out of more than just cars. The same physics that make a hot car interior a hazard to children or pets left inside can be used to heat food in solar cookers. In Sacramento ...

Solar Cookers International (SCI), a non-profit organisation has come up with a new skill to help in tapping the natural solar energy for domestic purposes like cooking and water purification.

If it’s easy and free, it’s too good to be true, right? Not when it comes to solar cooking. Just as the term suggests, this cooking method captures the power of the sun. It’s a passive process, ...

Heat waves have been the bane of summer for many in the Midwest and Northeast, including the millions left powerless after severe weather earlier this month. As we reported, many people without power ...