Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

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 ...

A new product on Kickstarter boasts a way to cool an outdoor HVAC system, which, in theory, will lower energy bills. However, ...

Whether you have a gas furnace, a heat pump or something else, regular upkeep can save you money and keep your home's air cleaner. Andrew King is an award-winning journalist and copywriter from ...

Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...

A new HVAC system is not a trivial investment. We asked an HVAC pro to fill us in on likely costs and how to tell if a system needs replacement.

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 ...

The earliest record of an air-conditioned car was in 1933 when a New York-based installer became the first to retrofit an HVAC, which stands for Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning, system to ...

It can cost $130 to $450 to repair your HVAC system and up to $5,000 to replace it. Those numbers can easily strain most people’s budgets. Luckily, a good warranty can cover most of the HVAC repair or ...