If you live in the Phoenix area, it is likely hard for you to imagine what it would be like to live without air conditioning during the summer. It would not be strange if occasionally, with heartfelt ...

In case you haven't noticed, heat pumps are hot. Although these devices, which use electricity to generate both air conditioning and heat, have been around for decades, the latest models are much more ...

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Eureka! On July 17, 1902, the first air conditioner -- which wouldn't be called that for years -- began cooling the Brooklyn printing plant, and a new era was born. Alas, Carrier left Buffalo Forge in ...