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Staying Cool: How to Replace Your Old Central Air Conditioner Here's a crash course in the mechanical system that helps you keep your cool when temperatures start to climb. |
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Adding Central Air Whether or not you've got ductwork, adding central air is more affordable and less disruptive than you might imagine... |
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5 Essential Steps for Window AC Upkeep Your window unit has worked hard all summer to keep you cool. Return the favor with a little end-of-season TLC |
The Motley Fool
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Keep Your Cool (and Your Cash) Cut your summer utility bills by as much as 40% with these simple savings tips. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2008
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Stop Sweating That A/C Bill Small things (like changing the filter and cleaning the coil) can reduce your unit's original efficiency anywhere from 5% to 20% each year. Here are some additional tips that will help you beat the heat wave and keep your (financial) cool this summer. |
Scientific American
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Working Knowledge: Home Heating Pumps That Warm and Cool By extracting warmth and coolness from the outside air or ground, heat pumps can provide greater efficiency and lower cost over the long haul. |
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Calling in an HVAC Pro Tips for dealing with the pros who maintain and repair your heating and cooling systems... |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2007
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Get Ready for the Heat Wave Here are six ways to save big bucks on summer cooling costs. |
This Old House
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Cooling Trends Buying a room air conditioner: How big? How Much? |
Popular Mechanics
December 2008
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How Your Heating System Works: A Primer Regardless of what prompts you to take a second look at your house's heating system, or perhaps the first look, you do need to be conversant with what makes it tick. Here are the basics. |
Popular Mechanics
December 9, 2008 |
Home Heating and Cooling Maintenance Keep Repairs At Bay Home maintenance isn't restricted to repairs. In fact, certain tasks -- when performed regularly -- may actually prevent things from breaking in the first place. |
This Old House
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Eight Homeowners Save Over $12,275 on Energy How? By putting power-saving technologies to work inside their homes. Read on to see if you can do the same. |
This Old House
November 2007
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Geothermal Heat Pump For the ultimate in comfort and energy conservation, start by digging a hole. |
Food Engineering
November 4, 2007
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Sustaining Your Energy Action Plan An energy action plan should start with a thorough analysis of the manufacturing facilities WAGES, that is, the five utilities water, air, gas, electricity and steam. |
Popular Mechanics
May 11, 2009 |
How to Fix Common Heating and Cooling Problems Appliances are meant to make our lives easier, which they usually do. Until, that is, they start leaking, heating imperfectly, burning toast they were supposed to brown, and generally malfunctioning. |
Food Processing
March 2006 |
Equipment Round-Up: Refrigeration and freezing This line-up of the latest in freezing and refrigeration equipment won't leave you cold. |
AskMen.com
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How To Save Energy Here are four basic areas of the home that provide ample opportunities to reduce energy use and save money. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009
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The Guide to Home Geothermal Energy Unlike wind and solar, geothermal's power source never varies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
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Purdue Researchers Create Miniature Cooling Device Mechanical engineers have developed techniques for modifying household refrigeration technology with small devices to cool future weapons systems and computer chips. |
Bank Technology News
April 2010
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Data Center Cooling From the Frozen Tundra When the time came to expand the data center and upgrade the cooling systems executives at Associated Bank seized the opportunity to save some energy and money by tapping into the great outdoors. |
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August 17, 2007
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Saving Some Money and the Planet Eco-friendly used to mean more expensive. Finally, technological advances, high energy prices, and increasing consumer demand for greener options have helped make green choices far more cost-competitive. |
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February 2006
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Electro-shock therapy Energy management suddenly has taken on grave importance. Read what Tyson, ConAgra, Publix and other processors are doing to reduce consumption and find alternatives. |
The Motley Fool
November 5, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Save Energy and Dollars at Home There's money on the table for homeowners if you take some energy-saving steps. |
| This Old House |
Weak Baseboard Heaters Must you replace baseboard heaters that have gotten miserly with the heat? Maybe not. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2005 |
Chillin' Out with a New Compressor Fluid A cold storage facility for grapes from South Africa's famous Hex River Valley keeps its cooling systems running at peak operating efficiency despite a warm climate. |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2010
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Stop Heating the Entire Neighborhood Save big by giving your home's biggest energy hogs a little TLC. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
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How to Adjust Your Car's A/C for Max Fuel Economy By adjusting the fan and temperature speed, you may be able to get better gas mileage. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2009
Dayana Yochim |
Stop Paying to Heat the Whole Neighborhood Big savings -- financially and atmospherically -- can be had by giving your home's biggest energy hogs (heating and cooling systems and major appliances) a little TLC. Plug the leaks and slash your utility bills by 30%. |
Fast Company
Daniel Terdiman |
IBM: Data Centers Could Cool Themselves With Their Own Waste Heat The centers, which use tremendous amounts of energy, will become far more efficient if "waste heat" generated by churning data centers can be converted into cool air. |
Popular Mechanics
June 24, 2009 |
Quick DIY Fixes For Air Conditioners and Ceiling Fans With the fast pace of appliance innovations -- new styles, new features, and new price tags -- it's hard to make the judgment between fixing an older appliance and ditching it for a new unit. |
Fast Company
August 8, 2011
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Brian Parsonnet's "Ice Bear" Makes Air Conditioning More Energy Efficient Here comes the next generation of innovators revolutionizing batteries. Brian Parsonnet led the development of the Ice Bear, a device that is attached to commercial air conditioners and uses ice to store energy, making cooling more efficient and easing the burden on the electric grid. |
