Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...

Air conditioning accounts for roughly 10 percent of global electricity consumption, and that figure is rising fast. To address this challenge, a Florida resident created a functional off-grid cooling ...

Batteries aren't one-size-fits-all, and neither is the way they're wired to your house. Here's what you should know about AC- and DC-coupling. When we think about solar panels and batteries, we don't ...

It’s summer in the Pacific Northwest and hot days above 85 degrees are on the horizon. To keep yourself cool this year, investing in a new portable AC or window unit might just be your best option. No ...

As is the case for many people, my home cannot be retrofitted with central air. My 100-plus-year-old Brooklyn apartment, which features prominently in my seven years of air quality reporting for WIRED ...