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Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
20 hours ago

Mike Holmes Named The Kitchen Appliances That You're Wasting Money On - Tasting Table

Investing in Energy Star Rated kitchen appliances ensures longevity, reduces energy consumption, and lowers utility bills over time.
Remodel
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Guest Idea: Map Appliance Power to Identify and Tame Your Home's Top Electricity Consumers

Appliance power mapping identifies individual device energy consumption, revealing phantom loads and inefficiencies that waste up to $183 annually per household through targeted, low-cost solutions.
Everyday cooking
fromTasting Table
20 hours ago

Mike Holmes Named The Kitchen Appliances That You're Wasting Money On - Tasting Table

Investing in Energy Star Rated kitchen appliances ensures longevity, reduces energy consumption, and lowers utility bills over time.
Remodel
fromEarth911
1 month ago

Guest Idea: Map Appliance Power to Identify and Tame Your Home's Top Electricity Consumers

Appliance power mapping identifies individual device energy consumption, revealing phantom loads and inefficiencies that waste up to $183 annually per household through targeted, low-cost solutions.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

Designed Comfort, Purchased Comfort: Passive Design and Air Conditioning in Hong Kong

Widespread reliance on air conditioning has significantly altered architectural design incentives, particularly in Hong Kong.
Remodel
fromTasting Table
1 day ago

Reverse Your Fridge Door To Maximize Space In A Cramped Kitchen - Tasting Table

Reversible refrigerator doors can enhance kitchen flow, safety, and convenience by allowing for better placement and access.
Alternative transportation
fromFast Company
2 days ago

3 surprising (but simple) ways to save gas as fuel costs skyrocket

Gas prices are rising due to disruptions in oil supply chains, particularly from the conflict in Iran, leading to increased costs at the pump.
Environment
fromTheregister
4 days ago

AI datacenters create heat islands around them, paper finds

Datacenters significantly raise surrounding temperatures, impacting communities up to 10 km away, with average increases between 1.5°C and 2.4°C.
#data-centers
fromFuturism
4 days ago
OMG science

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests

fromFortune
1 week ago
Environment

Data centers aren't breaking the grid. A broken grid is | Fortune

A new Senate bill misidentifies data centers as the problem, while the real issue lies in an outdated and underbuilt electrical grid.
fromTechRepublic
1 week ago
Environment

AI Data Centers Face Water Backlash - Can Air Solve the Crisis?

Data centers face community pushback over water consumption, prompting solutions like atmospheric water harvesting to provide sustainable water sources.
OMG science
fromFuturism
4 days ago

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests

Data centers are creating heat islands, raising land temperatures by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit and affecting over 340 million people.
Data science
fromThe Walrus
3 days ago

Data Centres Are on Track to Wreck the Planet. Can We Stop Them? | The Walrus

Hyperscaled data centers consume massive power and water, raising concerns about their environmental impact.
Tech industry
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

The latest in data centers, AI, and energy

Massive data centers are essential for AI development but raise concerns about their environmental and community impact.
Environment
fromFortune
1 week ago

Data centers aren't breaking the grid. A broken grid is | Fortune

A new Senate bill misidentifies data centers as the problem, while the real issue lies in an outdated and underbuilt electrical grid.
Environment
fromTechRepublic
1 week ago

AI Data Centers Face Water Backlash - Can Air Solve the Crisis?

Data centers face community pushback over water consumption, prompting solutions like atmospheric water harvesting to provide sustainable water sources.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 days ago

Fewer heat-related deaths in 2025 despite warmest summer

The UK Health Security Agency reported around 1,504 heat-associated deaths in England during summer 2025, roughly half the predicted 3,039, despite the season being the warmest on record.
UK news
Health
fromMail Online
4 days ago

'Office Air Theory' claims your office is making you UGLY

Office environments may negatively impact appearance, leading to symptoms similar to 'sick building syndrome'.
European startups
fromTechzine Global
6 days ago

Vertiv acquires ThermoKey to boost AI data center cooling

Vertiv is acquiring ThermoKey to enhance its thermal management solutions, focusing on heat exchange technologies for data centers and AI applications.
Environment
from99% Invisible
3 days ago

Service Request #4: How Does the Grid in Phoenix Work? - 99% Invisible

Phoenix's extreme summer heat underscores the critical importance of a reliable electrical grid for survival.
Remodel
fromArchitectural Digest
3 years ago

We Asked Experts How to Eliminate Dust From Every Surface in Your Home-This Is What They Said

Proper dusting involves cleaning from top to bottom and addressing air vents to effectively eliminate dust and improve home health.
fromFast Company
4 days ago

See it: Air temperatures and pollution around the world are captured in real time in these animated weather maps

We created Earth in Action to provide a lens into what's happening on our planet, as it happens. Whether it's something typical, like the current air temperature, or an extreme event like a major dust storm, we wanted to provide an opportunity for people to see them.
OMG science
Education
fromThe Oaklandside
1 week ago

Oakland classrooms reached scorching temperatures last week. Parents are demanding action

Oakland classrooms suffer from extreme heat due to inadequate cooling systems, impacting student comfort and learning ability.
Environment
fromFortune
4 days ago

Data centers are so hot, their 'heat island' effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away and impacting 343 million people worldwide, study finds | Fortune

AI infrastructure is creating a 'data heat island effect' that raises local temperatures and impacts millions of people.
Upper West Side
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

Evenly Lit, Not Overlit: Rethinking Brightness in Subtropical Cities

Avoiding western light in homes enhances thermal comfort and reduces harsh illumination effects.
European startups
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Fast, modular, and solar-powered: a better way to build data centers

A modular data center powered by solar panels and repurposed EV batteries operates 99.2% of the time, showcasing a sustainable alternative to traditional data centers.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Google teams up with gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Google partners with Crusoe Energy for a natural gas power plant to supply energy for its Texas datacenter, marking a shift from its carbon-neutral goals.
NYC real estate
fromInside Climate News
3 weeks ago

New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing - Inside Climate News

New York State is installing 10,000 induction stoves in public housing apartments to improve air quality, address gas outages, and electrify cooking through a $32 million commitment.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

London homes 'overheating due to climate change'

London faces severe home overheating risks from climate change and urban heat island effects, requiring both passive cooling measures and efficient active cooling systems to protect vulnerable residents.
Environment
fromNature
1 week ago

How buildings and cities can be aligned with life

Buildings currently harm the environment, but regenerative design can restore ecological systems and reduce waste through nature-inspired strategies.
fromReadWrite
2 weeks ago

From Reactive Repairs to Smarter Home Protection: How Technology Is Changing Roof Care

In the past, roof inspections mostly focused on what could be seen from the outside. Contractors looked for broken shingles, worn flashing, or areas where water might enter the roof. The problem is that roof damage does not always show clear signs right away. Water can move through roofing layers before it becomes visible inside the home.
Renovation
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

How to maintain efficient heat recovery ventilation in modern commercial spaces - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Checking your equipment once a month helps catch small issues before they turn into expensive repairs. A routine keeps everything running smoothly and extends the life of the hardware. Managers should create a simple checklist for their maintenance staff to follow.
Business
#building-integrated-photovoltaics
Miscellaneous
fromDesign Milk
1 month ago

This Compact Space Heater Pays its Users

Heatbit redirects heat from bitcoin mining into home heating while paying users and purifying air, addressing technology's hidden environmental impact.
#geothermal-energy
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 weeks ago

400-foot installation turns climate pledge arena into a living environmental interface

Inside Climate Pledge Arena, a large-scale media installation titled Turn the Tide transforms two interior walls into an architectural interface combining environmental imagery, and . Designed by Digital Kitchen within the arena by , the installation spans nearly 400 feet across the building's east and west walls. The intervention is integrated into the spatial environment of the arena, which is recognized as the world's first net-zero carbon certified arena.
Renovation
fromSustainable Bus
1 month ago

Konvekta to present CO-based thermal management systems for electric buses at mobility move 2026 - Sustainable Bus

Heating, cooling, and battery temperature control are among the biggest energy consumers in electric buses today - and thus have a direct impact on range, availability, and operating costs.
Alternative transportation
Design
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

A Swiss Designer Just Replaced Your HVAC System With a 500-Year-Old Pot - Yanko Design

Ancient terracotta-based heating and cooling systems offer a unified, energy-efficient alternative to modern split infrastructure by leveraging centuries-old physics of thermal absorption and evaporative cooling.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Heat pumps for all new homes and plug-in solar in green tech drive

The Iran war has once again shown our drive for clean power is essential for our energy security so we can escape the grip of fossil fuel markets we don't control.
Environment
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
1 month ago

A Water Heater That Doubles as a Data Center - and Cuts Your Energy Bill - Yanko Design

Superheat H1 replaces traditional heating elements with processors that simultaneously compute and heat water, using a single electricity input twice to reduce hot water energy consumption by up to 80 percent.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Thermal Memory: How Climate Shapes Architectural Heritage

Heritage is usually catalogued by what can be drawn, not by what changed temperature. In heat, buildings are learned first through skin, only later through sight. Generations learn, through their bodies, what works. Shade reduces glare and radiant heat. Air movement shifts perception by several degrees. Thick walls slow temperature swings.
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

How Architecture Is Learning to Generate Its Own Energy

Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy represents a modular technology that can be manufactured in large-scale facilities, generating economies of scale, while also being adaptable to small-scale applications. From residential rooftop systems to large-scale power generation installations, photovoltaic solar energy has established itself as a cost-effective option for electricity production in many countries around the world.
Environment
Renovation
fromLos Angeles Times
34 years ago

Best Ways to Keep Outside Air Conditioning Unit Cool

Shading outdoor air-conditioner compressor units improves efficiency and cooling output by keeping surrounding air cooler, allowing condenser coils to dissipate heat more effectively.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future

"So whenever people think about hot weather, they always talk about the temperature," he says. "There's two issues with that. First of all, most people don't realise that the temperature is measured in the shade. So if you're in direct solar radiation, the amount of heat stress you're exposed to is much greater as it will stress your body out a lot more."
Public health
Environment
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

AI datacenters may gulp NYC's daily water supply at peak

American water infrastructure requires billions in investment to meet datacenter peak water demands during summer months, potentially needing 697 million to 1.45 billion gallons daily by 2030.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

A sobering preview': extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds

One-third of the world's population now lives in areas where extreme heat severely restricts safe daily activities, with elderly people experiencing over 900 hours annually of heat-limited outdoor time.
Gadgets
fromWIRED
1 month ago

This Much-Hyped Wall Heater Might Save You Energy. But It Has a Fatal Flaw

Boldr Kelvin is a stylish, energy-efficient far-infrared wall heater delivering gentle silent warmth but poorly heats air and sends substantial heat back into the wall.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

How Quilt solved the heat pump's biggest challenge | TechCrunch

Quilt's three-zone heat pump uses sensor-rich, data-driven control to maintain efficiency under demanding conditions while simplifying multi-zone installations and enabling over-the-air performance upgrades.
Renovation
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Understanding U-Value: The Foundation of Energy-Efficient Envelopes

Building envelope thermal transmittance (U-value) is the fundamental metric determining energy efficiency, calculated by dividing heat flow by surface area and temperature difference to assess insulation performance.
E-Commerce
fromArchitectural Digest
1 year ago

These Space Heaters Will Arrive Before the Imminent Winter Freeze

Amazon sells a wide range of space heaters—portable, infrared, and oil-filled—featuring eco modes, digital displays, remote controls, oscillation, and safety protections.
New York City
fromCity Limits
1 month ago

More NYCHA Apartments to Get Climate-Friendly Heat Pumps

Over 700 Beach 41st Street Houses units will switch to electric heat pumps, reducing pollution and improving reliability compared with aging fossil-fuel boilers.
Media industry
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Turning up the thermostat in freezing weather won't warm your home, experts warn

Do not increase thermostat settings to heat rooms faster; thermostats set final temperature, not heating speed, and higher settings will likely increase energy bills.
#bitcoin-mining
Marketing
fromForbes
2 months ago

How HVAC Contractors Can Turn Service Data Into Marketing ROI

Using existing service data from current and past customers improves lead quality and marketing ROI more effectively than increasing ad spend.
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Trane swallows LiquidStack to juice its DC cooling lineup

You may recall LiquidStack was one of the early players in two-phase immersion cooling, and first dunked servers into tanks of dielectric liquids to cool down crypto mining operations. Microsoft was among the first to trial LiquidStack's tech all the way back in 2021. Since then, the company has expanded its portfolio to include both single-phase and dual-phase immersion tanks, plus direct-to-chip cooling technologies, including a rather beefy 10MW modular coolant distribution unit (CDU).
Artificial intelligence
#heat-pumps
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Real estate

Exclusive: Gradient's heat pumps get new smarts to enable old building retrofits | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
Real estate

Exclusive: Gradient's heat pumps get new smarts to enable old building retrofits | TechCrunch

fromArchDaily
1 month ago

When Light Meets Energy in Glass Ceilings

From the large industrial roofs and galleries of the 19th century to the contemporary atriums of museums and public buildings, glass has been a recurring material in shaping large and monumental interior spaces. More than a technological or engineering solution, these horizontal glazed planes introduce a distinct luminous quality: light that comes from above. Unlike lateral daylight entering through façades, zenithal light is more evenly distributed, reduces harsh shadows, and lends spaces a sense of continuity and openness that is difficult to achieve otherwise.
Design
#heat-pump-technology
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How heat pumps work in cold weather

Heat pumps function effectively in extreme cold temperatures, with air-source models operating reliably down to minus 25°C and ground-source systems providing even greater efficiency by accessing stable underground heat sources.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Do heat pumps work in cold weather?

Heat pumps function effectively in extreme cold temperatures, with refrigerants operating below minus 40°C and air-source models working reliably at minus 25°C, making them viable alternatives to fossil fuel heating systems even in harsh climates.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How heat pumps work in cold weather

Heat pumps function effectively in extreme cold temperatures, with air-source models operating reliably down to minus 25°C and ground-source systems providing even greater efficiency by accessing stable underground heat sources.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Do heat pumps work in cold weather?

Heat pumps function effectively in extreme cold temperatures, with refrigerants operating below minus 40°C and air-source models working reliably at minus 25°C, making them viable alternatives to fossil fuel heating systems even in harsh climates.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

New heat network rules tokenistic, says homeowner

New communal heating regulations add billing and complaints protections but exclude a price cap, leaving residents facing unexpectedly high heating bills and affordability pressures.
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Self-Sufficient Facades: Where Solar Protection Meets Renewable Energy

Spaces of light and darkness are conceived to enhance circulation and spatial directionality, as well as to highlight the colors, textures, and forms of specific architectural elements. That said, the impact of natural light on building facades reveals the need to develop strategies that support energy savings, improve the thermal and visual comfort of interior spaces, and promote the reduction of carbon emissions.
Design
Renovation
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

Why Proper Ventilation Matters More Than Stove Placement In Modern Kitchens - Tasting Table

Proper stove ventilation is essential for safety, prevents buildup of smoke and harmful pollutants, and requires planning for ducting or recirculating options.
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Why your house is dustier than your neighbor's and the airflow mistake causing it - Silicon Canals

I was that person who only changed their HVAC filter when it looked like it had grown its own ecosystem. Richie Drew, Vice President of Operations at One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, puts it bluntly: "Dirty filters can reduce airflow, increase dust in your home and strain your heating system." Think about it this way: your HVAC filter is like the bouncer at an exclusive club, except instead of keeping out people without the right shoes, it's blocking dust particles from circulating through your home.
Remodel
Remodel
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

corrugated metal interiors reinvent vegetable storage fridge into industrial hospitality space

A former vegetable storage fridge was adapted into a contemporary hospitality space that preserves industrial character through restrained materials and minimal structural interventions.
Environment
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Can Shading Become Energy? From Passive Facades to Productive Envelopes

Facades can generate significant renewable energy by integrating colored photovoltaic shutters that combine shading, daylight control, and electricity production without adding envelope complexity.
Environment
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Londoners borrow thermal cameras to cut heat loss

Free thermal imaging camera loans helped Londoners identify heat loss and insulation problems, prompting targeted home improvements that reduce energy bills and improve living conditions.
Environment
fromFast Company
2 months ago

These super-insulating windows are as energy-efficient as walls-and could help save the power grid

Vacuum-insulated windows deliver R18 performance, cut building energy use up to 45%, reduce grid electricity demand, and pay back within three to seven years.
fromWIRED
1 month ago

I Love My Dehumidifier and Will Never Go Back to the Damp

You should buy a dehumidifier. It will almost certainly improve your home environment. Pulling moisture from the air helps banish condensation and mold, making it cheaper and easier to regulate the temperature in your house or apartment. There's a reason the chatter about dehumidifiers has grown so loud and sales are soaring; it's because they work. Whether you've seen a persuasive Reddit thread, a life hack on TikTok, or an expert guide to the best dehumidifiers, the hype is real.
Environment
#global-warming
Environment
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

Germans swear by this 5-minute winter habit that keeps homes healthier and cuts heating costs - Silicon Canals

Open windows fully for five minutes several times daily to quickly replace humid indoor air with dry outdoor air, reducing condensation and mold.
Environment
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

The heating mistakes inflating your energy bills by hundreds - and what to do instead

Neglecting radiator maintenance and common central heating mistakes can add hundreds of pounds to annual energy bills.
Environment
fromMail Online
1 month ago

'House burping' trend really works, scientists say

Human emissions of greenhouse gases—especially CO2—have sharply increased atmospheric concentrations, driving global warming and producing harmful pollutants like NO2, SO2, CO, and particulate matter.
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