Air conditioners place a heavy burden on the grid when the weather gets hot, but this strategy shows they can actually ...

This summer, though, I’m going to try something different and take my air conditioning off the grid, so I’m not paying for electricity. Here’s how. My house was built in the 1930s ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Johanna Mathieu, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) As summer arrives ...

Given that weather-related power outages are on the rise, it's more important than ever to prepare with off-grid home backup ...

But dogtrots were more than mere buildings. Dogtrot design was actually a primitive form of off-grid air conditioning. Named ...

During peak demand hours, air conditioners can account for ... people turn their cooling systems down or off to help relieve stress on the grid, Betts says. Blue Frontier is testing several ...

Johanna Mathieu works for the University of Michigan. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, ARPA-E, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She is ...