air conditioning

Property website highlights surge of interest from prospective buyers in homes that are fitted with air conditioning, as the UK experiences its fifth heatwave of the summer

The spike in demand for air conditioning equipment means manufacturers need to get better at designing and maintaining systems to maximise efficiency, writes Essentra Components' Lilian Knauf

Calls for a credible sustainable cooling strategy are not anti-air conditioning, they are simply an attempt to ensure measures to guard against extreme heat are as effective as possible

Number of households in England reporting overheating increased from 1.7 to three million in five years, government data reveals

Heatwaves have seen a spike in demand for air conditioning units, but does the UK's response to worsening extreme heat provide an opportunity to make sustainable cooling a reality?

Ember study explores how heatwave impacts could be eased by deploying solar panels and air conditioning units in tandem

Report warns rapid expansion of renewables is largely covering fast-growing energy demand from data centres and cooling systems rather than displacing fossil fuels

Government expands heat pump scheme to include heat batteries and 'air-to-air devices' that can cool homes in summer, despite speculation over budget cuts

Defra launches consultation on plans to slash emissions of hydrofluorocarbons by over 98 per cent by 2048

Energy giant and South Korean multinational to pair Kraken energy management software with LG appliances in millions of UK and German households