Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Most refrigerators, air conditioners, and heat pumps are ...

Power consumption of a home refrigerator can be cut by 29% while improving cooling capacity. Researchers replaced widely-used, but environmentally unfriendly, R134a refrigerant with the more ...

Nanoparticles can reduce the power consumption of cooling devices such as refrigerators, freezers and air-conditioning. (Courtesy: Taiwo O Babarinde, University of Johannesburg) Adding multi-walled ...

New refrigerant legislation has led to a transition to hydrocarbons as a long term solution for plugin refrigeration systems. For many years, Embraco has been investing in the development of hermetic ...

(Nanowerk News) Power consumption of a home refrigerator can be cut by 29% while improving cooling capacity. Researchers replaced widely-used, but environmentally unfriendly, R134a refrigerant with ...