That could help make a dent in the high figure of 60% of energy that buildings use to cool their internal spaces, especially in warmer places like Singapore and the Middle East.

"We've done installations at about 4,000 sites globally," Paeper said. "There are six million commercial buildings in the U.S. alone, and a very small fraction of them have installations like this." ...

This combination of multiple cooling mechanisms gives the paint super-cooling powers. In a pilot test in Singapore, one of the most humid cities in the world, the paint achieved up to 10 times ...

The pilot project is designed to serve 140 residential and commercial customers, replacing natural gas to heat and cool the buildings. It is considered the first utility-owned geothermal system in ...

In addition to air conditioners, other gadgets can efficiently keep a home cool. In hot and arid locales, an evaporative cooler can lower the air temperature while increasing humidity. Also called ...

As a hot summer approaches and experts continue to figure out the most affordable and environmentally-friendly ways to cool buildings, German researchers have invented a new facade to ...

Beating the scorching heat was much different before air conditioning was commonplace, and many people had to be creative when trying to stay cool and comfortable on a hot summer afternoon.

Oyster mushrooms and bits of bamboo sound more at home on a Chinese menu than stuck to the wall, but scientists have used this mix to make aesthetically pleasing tiles with bumps and textures that ...

The CAS plant was originally constructed in 1988 as a cogeneration plant producing both electricity as well as steam that was used to heat and cool buildings connected to the loop.