Demand and the need for cooling are growing as the effects of climate change intensify. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and German company ZAE Bayern have built an emission-free, s... Read more
The new Trilogy 40 Q-Mode™ could save about 60% of annual energy use The Energy Department‘s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with ClimateMaster, has developed a highly ef... Read more
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight — an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 pe... Read more
Researchers in Norway are testing an entirely new kind of heat pump. While heat pumps used today typically last 10 to 20 years, the new one will last practically indefinitely, the scientists... Read more
Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a... Read more
Heat pumps provide heating in winter and cooling in summer. While they’re OK for moderate climates, they are not efficient in extreme cold climates. Building on work that began five years ag... Read more