heating
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Ford Improved EV Range by 13 Percent Using Radiant Interior Heat
If you’ve ever owned an electric vehicle, you’ve probably noticed the range benefit that comes with turning off your heat or air conditioning. As long as temperatures are relatively moderate, it’s no big deal. Just wear a sweater when it’s chilly, and you’ll be fine. But when temperatures get low enough, you’re going to want…
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Heat Pumps Are Ready to Have a Moment
It took nearly 170 years, but geothermal heat pumps are finally ready to have a moment. The poorly named appliance — they heat and cool buildings — could be the key to ensuring our homes are more comfortable and climate pollution-free.
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A New Material Uses The Cold Darkness Of Outer Space To Cool Your House
In today’s awesomely brutal-sounding material science news, Stanford engineers have created a building material that exploits that “cold darkness of the universe” to cool itself — even when the sun is shining. Stanford calls it a “cosmic fridge”, and it could replace air conditioning.
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London Underground’s Excess Heat Will Warm The City’s Homes
If you’ve ever braved London Underground’s Northern Line tube service during rush hour, you’ll have have experienced the 10th circle of hell that Dante somehow managed to forget.