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Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning

uchimizu event

How Japan keeps its cool when temps are high

Energy

At a recent uchimizu event at the Higo-Hosokawa Garden, participants in lightweight kimonos used wooden ladles to spray water in long arcs that caught the late-afternoon light.

Cooling with CO2

China, U.S. to seek way to end production, use of climate change causing HFCs

Environment

King County in Washington trying to convert sewage to energy

Environment

Energy sticker shock

Environment

Turn off your air conditioner

Business, Economics and Jobs

It may be hot, but air conditioners are robbing people of the ability to withstand heat. One man wants to stop it.

Clean cookstoves protect women and the environment

Conflict & Justice

Ari Daniel Shapiro reports from Uganda on the introduction of more efficient stoves that also help protect women from sexual violence.

The World

Weatherization Projects

Home weatherization and energy efficiency are called the “low hanging fruit” in the effort to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But at the ground level in Boston, efficiency advocates struggle to overcome language barriers, layers of bureaucracy and other complications.

Breathing Indoors: What Helps?

Steve Curwood talks with retired NASA researcher and indoor plant expert Bill Wolverton about what common house plants have been found to help with improving indoor air quality.

Freon Free in 1996

As of January 1, 1996 car manufacturers in the United States will start selling autos with air conditioning that is CFC(chlorofluorocarbon)-free. Some consumers are confused about what that means and how it may impact them. In this consumer information segment, Steve Curwood talks with Drusilla Hufford of the Environmental Protection Agency on what consumers need […]