In the summer, both air conditioning demand and solar energy generation are at their peak — so what happens when you pair the two? As Gavin Harper, a research fellow at the University of Birmingham ...

Adapting solar thermal tech used at utility-scale plants, start-up designs system to use the sun's heat to power industrial chillers and drastically cut peak electricity use. Martin LaMonica is a ...

The air conditioner uses technology that turns solar heat into air conditioning with minimal electrical power use, thereby saving 90 percent of energy, said the company. The air conditioning system is ...

I always thought “air conditioning” and “off the grid” didn’t belong in the same sentence, unless it was suggesting that you COULDN’T have air conditioning off the grid. But like so many things in my ...

Solar power would appear to be an obvious choice for the developing world, but as impoverished regions need systems that are simple, self-operating and cheap to build and maintain, this is generally ...

August 5, 2007 Any renewable energy product that can compete with traditional systems is worth applauding and SolCool’s solar powered, Millennia 4.0 HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) ...

SolCool's air conditioner can be run directly from solar panels, existing wiring or even, in a pinch, batteries. Photo: Keeping cool from the sun Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech ...

The heat of the sun could soon be cooling down business buildings worldwide. This summer, Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture received the first complete commercially available solar ...

Daikin Australia has just released a new small agile reverse cycle air conditioner (that's a heater and air-conditioner all-in-one). The 3.6kW heating/2.5kW cooling FTXZ25N/RXZ25N is the highest ...

Vehicle owners can now continue to keep the air-conditioning system on during the October heat even when they stop the vehicle and switch off the engine. This is thanks to an innovative ...