Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Dear Pablo: I am considering getting a hot water recirculation pump.

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Humidifiers use one of four evaporation types: steam, evaporation, ultrasonic and impelling. Most modern humidifiers have cool and warm mist settings, each with hard water caveats. Cool mist: Cool ...

Q. I know I don't know too much about this type of thing, but I do know when something's wrong. And something is definitely wrong with our furnace and air conditioner. I came downstairs a few days ago ...

Your skin cracks and bleeds, your lips shrivel to prunes and your nose feels stuffy and inflamed. Not only is dry winter air uncomfortable, but experts say those skin changes weaken your body’s ...

For those of us whose skin in the winter gets as scaly as a lizard’s, home humidifiers might sound essential. But humidifiers are more complicated to use and care for than some other household ...

There are myriad benefits to using a humidifier for both your health and home, but do you know about the things you should never put in yours? While some may seem obvious, such juices or perfume, you ...