New technologies are making it easier to find these urban heat islets, opening the door to new strategies for efficiently improving community health.
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Cities are seeking low-cost ways to ease the heat island effect. Researchers found benefits and trade-offs in two popular options, but they vary by city and even neighborhood.
Use electric fans as your first cooling strategy, and only turn on the aircon when the indoor temperature exceeds 27°C.
Before buying or renting your next home, take a closer look at how it will cope with the heat. Try this expert 12-point guide to avoiding ‘hot boxes’.
Cooling blankets are all over social media. But do they help you sleep? Here’s what we know so far.
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It’s time to get that knowledge back.
As summer temperatures rise, finding ways to build cities that don’t hold in the heat and can provide some cooling is increasingly important.
Our new research shows a few simple steps can dramatically improve the energy performance of a home, and ensure occupants don’t shiver through winter unnecessarily.
Older adults face greater health risks from extreme heat for several reasons, including their medications..
Underground thermal networks have the potential to revolutionize how Canadians heat their homes while helping to reduce carbon emissions.
When you’re running late in the winter, you don’t want to have to spend time scraping frost off your windshield. Try some expert-recommended techniques instead.
With a record hot summer expected, will rooftop solar cover our need to be cool?
In the first commitment of its kind, 63 countries promised to slash emissions from cooling and refrigeration.
The pilot project opening in Sydney will use the best available evidence to keep vulnerable people cool on the hottest of days.
Heat illnesses can vary, from relatively mild heat exhaustion to the potentially life-threatening condition of heat stroke. Here’s how to tell the difference.
You can’t bring your AC to space, unfortunately, but innovative flow boiling and condensation research might lead to lighter, more efficient heating and cooling on spacecraft.
People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.
The sunniest days also see the biggest demand for air con.
Thermostats don’t tell the whole truth about heat, particularly in older homes.
Health and climate change researchers explain the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention.
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