Air conditioning accounts for roughly 10 percent of global electricity consumption, and that figure is rising fast. To address this challenge, a Florida resident created a functional off-grid cooling ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S ...

As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S. But if you’re like me, you always feel a little guilty about that. Past generations managed without air conditioning – do ...