Air Conditioners

Learn From The Romans: Moderation (Also For Air Conditioning)

Marta Mondelli | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green


Marta Mondelli

Plenty of people switching off their units when leaving the apartment or when the temperature is not terribly hot, but there are still many of them carelessly wasting away energy and ozone.

An Open Door to Global Warming

Richard Kauffman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green


Richard Kauffman

When it comes to energy consumption and global warming, it would seem that there are at least six hypotheses (most faulty) that would explain the apparent disconnect between common sense and behavior.

An Air Conditioner Or Tons Of Fans? Ask Umbra

Grist.org | Umbra Fisk | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green


Q. Dear Umbra, I'm a girl trying to make it in a big, hot, airless city -- New York, that is. We're in the middle of a heat wave that will soon end, ...

Ingersoll-Rand Buys Trane For $10.1 Billion

AP | Posted 12.17.2007 | Business


Ingersoll-Rand Co. will acquire Trane Inc. in a $10.1 billion deal that would create one of the world's largest makers of air conditioners, the two co...