A team of IBM researchers is working on a solar concentrating dish that will be able to collect 80% of incoming sunlight and convert it to useful energy. The High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal system
If you've ever seen police officers walking around in full gear during a heat wave, you've probably felt a little faint just looking at them. Lucky for them, scientists from the Swiss Federal
If you pay the bills in your household, you probably know that cooling your home in the summer is one of the largest (and most expensive) drains on your energy bill. Well, Ecooler by Mey and Boaz Kahn is
You know the drill: the temperature shoots up, the central air-conditioning goes on full-blast, and your electric bill climbs into the stratosphere. A new “smart” metal developed by
British inventor Sir James Dyson, of vacuum fame, has unveiled a new bladeless fan that he says is the opening salvo in his war on air conditioning.
Frigid seawater pumped in from the ocean’s depths will soon help cool more than half of the buildings in Honolulu’s downtown. Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning LLC, which is undertaking the $240
