With rising temperatures becoming the norm, keeping your home cool without AC is becoming a year-round priority, especially as air conditioning becomes too expensive or impractical for many spaces.

Close curtains to block heat and keep your home cooler. Window treatments help reduce sunlight and indoor temperatures. Try blackout, linen, or light-colored curtains with backing. It's hard to get ...

Hot summer days spent floating in the pool are made so much better when there’s a cool beverage within arm’s reach. If the idea of pausing a relaxing pool float session to step out onto that hot deck ...

Another heat wave—this one steeped in humid air, including from a Midwestern phenomenon called corn sweat—is blanketing the eastern half of the U.S. this week in July. Tens of millions of people are ...

Temperatures could hit 100 degrees Monday and Tuesday — a level of heat that Philadelphia hasn't reached since 2012. But people who need to be at home, for work or any other reason, are stuck trying ...

Heat waves have swept through much of the U.S. already this summer, breaking temperature records, straining power grids and buckling roads. And a long-lasting heat dome is set to bake much of the ...

Our backyards should be safe and inviting spaces all year round, including during the summer months. But the choices we make about garden design and maintenance, such as whether to have artificial ...

Be sure to face your box fans the right directions in windows this summer. Michiganders can use fans as an option to cool their homes this season. Summer heat has begun and if you're looking to save ...

Adam has been a leader in the tech media field for over a decade, with bylines at a number of different publications. When he's not hosting the Benefit of the Doud podcast, he's busy getting his hands ...

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