This week, Californians got a reminder of one of the most vexing paradoxes of global warming. With temperatures well over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in some regions on Tuesday night, hundreds of thousands ...

The Zacks Building Products - Air Conditioner & Heating industry is set for continued growth as demand strengthens for energy ...

Willis Haviland Carrier designed and launched the first-ever air conditioning system in July 1902. For its time, it was an absolutely revolutionary innovation in technology that fundamentally changed ...

Last September, the Western U.S. was hit with a 10-day heat wave that broke temperature records across the region, including in California. Air conditioning surged and with it, a record demand in ...

This past July was the hottest recorded month in human history. Heat waves smashed temperature records worldwide and even brought summer temperatures to Chile and Argentina during the Southern ...

Air conditioning has become an essential part of modern life, but its environmental impact is significant. Traditional cooling systems, largely unchanged since their invention in 1902, contribute ...

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, ...

In many parts of the world, the cool blast of an air-conditioner on a hot day is nowadays seen as a luxury rather than a necessity. Climate change is tipping the balance. Average global temperatures ...

The Chinese bus company couldn’t work it out. Some days when its buses merely crawled along Shanghai’s streets, their power consumption would go through the roof. The reason why was a mystery. So, a ...

Why air-conditioning is the wrong climate villain. I’ll admit that I’ve rarely hesitated to point an accusing finger at air-conditioning. I’ve outlined in many stories and newsletters that AC is a ...

As record-breaking heat waves baked Californians last month, the collective strain of millions of air conditioners forced the state’s grid operators to plunge hundreds of thousands of households into ...

As pollution levels spike across cities, smart purifiers have become essential home devices. The Philips AC4221 steps in with ...