Excessive Air Conditioning Use May Cause Cities to Heat Up — and Passive Cooling Techniques Could Be the Future
August 20th, 2026
Via Discover, a report on new research that reveals how passive cooling techniques are going to be increasingly important to reduce energy use and cool urban areas. Learn more about them. In a [...]
The Anti-Flood City Is Finally Taking Shape
August 14th, 2026 Via Curbed, a look at how – from concrete walls to hilly landscapes – New York can see its early defenses against future catastrophe: One evening a few months ago, during the kind of [...]
August 14th, 2026 Via Curbed, a look at how – from concrete walls to hilly landscapes – New York can see its early defenses against future catastrophe: One evening a few months ago, during the kind of [...]
New York City Embarks on Study to Build Thermal Energy Network around Subway Stations
August 13th, 2026 Via ThinkGeoenergy, a report that New York City has announced a feasibility study for the implementation of thermal energy networks to cool subway stations and heat municipal buildings: A study will [...]
August 13th, 2026 Via ThinkGeoenergy, a report that New York City has announced a feasibility study for the implementation of thermal energy networks to cool subway stations and heat municipal buildings: A study will [...]
How An Atlanta Ordinance Could Help the City Cool Off
August 13th, 2026 Via Yale Climate Connections, a brief on a new Atlanta ordinance that requires new construction and major renovations to use reflective roofs that can cool neighborhoods by as much as six degrees: [...]
August 13th, 2026 Via Yale Climate Connections, a brief on a new Atlanta ordinance that requires new construction and major renovations to use reflective roofs that can cool neighborhoods by as much as six degrees: [...]
Cooling Murals to Reduce Surface Temperature
July 13th, 2026 Now this is a cool project! Students and volunteers from the Yale and New Haven communities recently painted a “cooling mural” on the basketball court at Kimberly Field in the city’s Hill [...]
July 13th, 2026 Now this is a cool project! Students and volunteers from the Yale and New Haven communities recently painted a “cooling mural” on the basketball court at Kimberly Field in the city’s Hill [...]
A Home Battery Revolution Is Reshaping the Power Grid
July 2nd, 2026 Via Yale Environment 360, a look at how – as residential batteries have become more energy dense, cheaper, and smaller – more households are storing their excess solar power. Now, [...]
July 2nd, 2026 Via Yale Environment 360, a look at how – as residential batteries have become more energy dense, cheaper, and smaller – more households are storing their excess solar power. Now, [...]