London — Many Europeans have long seen air conditioning as an unnecessary, costly, carbon emissions-heavy indulgence. But as the continent's summers get hotter, claiming more lives as they do, that ...

Families across the country are having their annual discussion/argument about whether it's time to invest in air con. Less than 5% of UK homes have it, but that number is set to grow as sweltering ...

Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren't equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing. But across large parts of Europe ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The deadline is fast approaching to join the waitlist for the City of Portland’s free AC unit program. The Cooling Portland program is set to cut off its waitlist as of June 30 ...

Harefest returns to Canby fairgrounds for 14th year of 'Mother of all Tribute Festivals' Classic rock fans, get ready for the "Mother of all Tribute Festivals" as Harefest returns to the Clackamas ...

Responding to a home in Queensland, Australia, a snake catcher found the reported reptile in plain view: a large coastal carpet python stretched across the top of an air conditioner rather than tucked ...

Abstract: This paper presents a hierarchical and distributed control method for AC and DC microgrid clusters interconnected by the flexible DC distribution network to simultaneously achieve multiple ...

Abstract: In a hybrid AC/DC microgrid (MG), power quality issues arise when an unbalanced load connects to the AC subgrid, which are not confined to the AC subsystem but extend to affect the DC ...