When shopping for a new heating and cooling system, you may wonder what HVAC stands for. HVAC is an acronym for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. This includes your heating system, central ...

When certain rooms in a home are consistently warmer or cooler than others, there may be an obvious cause, like an uninsulated exterior wall or drafty windows. But that's not always the case. If ...

As a rule, temporary HVAC is left up to the imagination of the contractor, and it is usually based on carrying a bare minimum cost to the project. I have even experienced HVAC subcontractors carrying ...

This past May I wrote in the Back2Basics column about the design intent of a small city school system that chose to invest in an annual contract for a temporary air-cooled chiller for special events ...

Pretty much wherever you live, it’s probably hotter than it used to be. Last year was the hottest on record, and most of the country's major cities have experienced an increase in the heat index and ...

If you've noticed that your utility bills have skyrocketed, or it's taking much longer to heat your home than usual, your ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...