If you live in the Phoenix area, it is likely hard for you to imagine what it would be like to live without air conditioning during the summer. It would not be strange if occasionally, with heartfelt ...

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As summer heat builds, more people will rely on air conditioning units to keep cool. However, before air conditioning existed, people had to be creative when trying to stay comfortable in sweltering ...

Windcatchers, developed over 3,000 years ago, cooled buildings without electricity using airflow, evaporation, and ...