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One of the prices we pay for discovering new, daily life-enhancing technologies, is occasionally inventing something that turns out to be less than ideal from an environmental perspective. That was ...

In extreme temperatures, cabin cooling and heating eat up significant amounts of power from an EV’s battery. As a result, there are many gains to be made in terms of boosting driving range by making ...

If your HVAC technician has ever told you that you have problems with your air conditioner's refrigerant, you may have found yourself bewildered by a flurry of numbers, chemical names, environmental ...

A refrigerant used in home air conditioners is going away. The most common air-conditioning coolant for decades was R-22, referred to as Freon. Production of it ends this year.It is being replaced by ...

Q: Is it possible for an HVAC technician to overfill an air-conditioning system with too much refrigerant (my system uses R-22)? For example, if the system needs two pounds, is it possible for the ...

As useful as refrigerators and air conditioners are, the gases they use as refrigerants can leak into the atmosphere and become major contributors to climate change. Now engineers at Harvard have ...

Q: I have an old heat pump air conditioner with R-22 refrigerant that leaks out periodically. I’ve heard of contractors using a leak sealant to correct this problem. Are sealants effective? Also, I’ve ...

There perhaps is nothing more uncomfortable than being in a car on a hot summer day with warm air blowing out of the vents when the air-conditioning system is turned on. This could be occurring ...

Air conditioning accounts for roughly 10 percent of global electricity consumption, and that figure ...