Home improvements often get expensive without giving you much in return. Some upgrades stand out because they lower utility ...

Heat pumps can keep your home cozy in the winter and — despite their name — cool your home efficiently in the summer. You can save up to $2,000 with federal tax ...

Another summer, another series of heatwaves sweeping across the US -- and we're not even through with them yet. When the temperature gets that high, it's important for your health and home safety to ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich in Germany have evaluated the environmental, economic, and eco-efficiency performance of 13 different heating systems for a typical German two-story ...

Jennifer and Eric Mauchan live in a Cape Cod-style house in Framingham, Massachusetts that they've been cooling with five air conditioners. In the summer, the electric bill for the 2,600-square-foot ...

Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, also known as HVAC, are an essential part of every commercial and residential building. Through heating, cooling and filtration, HVAC systems ...

A team from Saarland University in Germany has secured funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder program to develop elastocalorics heating and cooling technology as an alternative ...

Forrest Meggers, a professor at Princeton University, has turned his home into a live-in laboratory that pushes the boundaries of sustainability. By Hilary Howard Two years ago, on a tree-lined street ...