Planting shade trees on the property, using breezeways or courtyards to let air flow through a building and installing windows that can open to let in a breeze are all relatively affordable design ...

By radiating 96% of all light—both infrared and visible—polymer sheets can cool an 80 degree Fahrenheit outdoor air temperature to 65.3 degrees Fahrenheit inside the box, seen at right.

Planting shade trees on the property, using breezeways or courtyards to let air flow through a building and installing windows that can open to let in a breeze are all relatively affordable design ...

Keeping buildings cool isn't easy. In fact, conventional air conditioning methods are very energy intensive and account for up to 15 percent of the energy used in buildings in the United States alone.

As extreme heat becomes more common, urban dwellers must relinquish their bias against daytime darkness and embrace the ...

To heat and cool buildings takes up an astonishing 40 percent of energy used across the world. It's a figure that grows only more troubling as climate change continues to threaten the planet.

Long before our reliance on air-conditioning, Dubai's old town kept people's homes cool using a combination of clever ...

From sleeping porches to coastal escapes, these tips and tricks helped people deal with extreme heat before the advent of air-conditioning History of Now Laura Kiniry - Travel Correspondent With ...